Little known fact: The Great Wall of China is made of play dough.
NO really. That’s what we learned in our homeschool history lesson this time.
And, it’s guarded by little play dough men.
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But really, the Great Wall of China history lesson
Or, we learned about China, and how they built the Great Wall to keep out the invading hordes, and how better to get it through their thick little skulls (they need to be thick to protect them from their head wounds, I could almost make that a whole category, did you know I almost went to the ER again a few days ago).
And then we learned about the Terracotta army in our Mystery of History 1 book*, and all of the great detail put into it. Right now, at 12:42 am I’m not remembering the name of the crazy emperor who decided to build that (though that is an improvement on burying your servants with you which the Egyptians did.), so you’ll just have to wonder.
I think I might go to bed. See, I have one kid at home right now, and she’s a night owl too (staying up until 10:30 or so), and so I’m staying up way later than I usually would……..
Ha ha ha ha ha, clearing out the drafts page and saw this one in there. I don’t even know why I almost went to the ER at the end of April. Shows how common or often it’s been.
Future Ticia here, we studied Ancient history again, and we went into much more detail about the Terracotta warriors.
Want some more information about the Great Wall of China?
- Mulan*- while it’s not solely about the Great Wall of China, it’s a great example of how it worked and why
- You Wouldn’t Want to Work on the Great Wall of China*- my son loves these books
- Mystery of History 1 pinterest board– or find all the cool Ancient history stuff I’ve saved on Pinterest
We have been learning a little about China. We'll have to get out the play dough!
We have seen a Nova episode about terracotta warriors recently, but I don't remember the name of the emperor either. Your playdoh warriors look really cute!
What a cute idea…putting a playdough wall directly on the map!
I love the playdough wall, and I'm impressed with the detail on your little soldiers! Very nice activity!
Very cute. Have you taken the kids to the miniature Forbidden City outside of Katy? It is very cool. Miniature Chinese soldiers, and really cool replicas. We went before kids and thought it was fabulous.
I love your wall. The soldier is cute too,
Read – Why you wouldn't want to build the great wall of china – GREAT book!
My husband travels to China – a lot – for his job, he's been on the site. Its a live dig – they are still uncovering soldiers!!
and his name I believe was First Emperor of Qin (Shi Huangdi)