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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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