Ancient China
A couple of weeks ago, we studied Ancient China. The kids enjoyed learning about the different ancient Chinese inventions. They particularly liked the earthquake detector:
When an earthquake would occur, little balls in the dragons’ mouths (the squiggly things hanging off the side of the jar) would drop into the frogs’ mouths below.
We also learned why and how the emperor of China built the Great Wall. And then the kids built a Lego model out of it:
I personally found it fascinating that the ancient Chinese really didn’t have any contact with any other culture prior to about 200 BC. It makes sense though…with the Himalayas to the southwest, a desert to the west, and the Pacific Ocean to the east, it’s not like it was an easy trek to explore other areas!