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THE FIRST EMPEROR/ DIGGING UP THE PAST: DISCOVERY

AND EXCAVATION OF SHI HUANGDI’S TOMB COPY MASTER

Reading Strategy

SET A PURPOSE FOR READING

Your purpose for reading these two selections is to make comparisons.

Directions: Note similarities and differences in the information given in the two selections by answering the questions in the chart.

|What do you learn about… |“The First Emperor” |“Digging Up the Past” |

|…the emperor? | | |

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|…the history of the tomb? | | |

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|…the excavation of the tomb? | | |

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|What do you learn the most | | |

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Resource Manager Unit 8 79

The First Emperor/Digging Up the Past

|What do you learn about… |“The First Emperor” |“Digging Up the Past” |

|…the emperor? |founder of China |first emperor of China |

| |had Great Wall of China built to keep out enemies |became emperor at 13 |

| |feared death | |

| |searched for secret of immortality | |

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|…the history of the tomb? |took 30 years to build |700,000 workers forced to work on tomb |

| |surrounded by walls |begun when emperor was 13; not finished at his death at 36 |

| |tomb was meant to be “spirit city” |smaller pits included bones of birds and animals, clothing,|

| | |and possibly food for the emperor |

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|…the excavation of the tomb? |life-sized clay statue uncovered by peasant plowing |8,000 clay soldiers excavated so far |

| |an army of statues found beneath the ground |pits are 16-24 feet deep |

| |Chinese archaeologists working slowly and carefully |largest pit contains 6000 soldiers |

| | |no two faces alike;5 1/2 – 6 feet tall; brightly painted; |

| | |hands positioned to hold weapons |

| | |second pit holds soldiers, horses and chariots |

| | |third pit holds high command |

| | |burial mound 1 mile from pits |

|What do you learn the most about in each |about the life of the emperor and why the tomb was built |about what was in the tomb |

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