TASK B China's present day threat

Group members to post sources and comments here.

TASK B India's present day threat

Group members to post sources and comments here.

TASK A Source-Based Question: China

    1. What does the source definitely tell me?

Was building the Great Wall easy? Give evidence from the source.

    2. What guesses can I make? What can I infer?

Why did the Chinese build the Great Wall?

    3. What doesn't this source tell me?

What were the external threats that necessitated the building of the Great Wall?

    4. What other questions do I need to ask?

Was the Great Wall successful in protecting China against the external threats?

TASK A Source-Based Question: India

Integration was one way of dealing with invasions. Invaders were assimilated into the local culture. The Kushans, the Central Asian tribe who invaded India in the first and second centuries AD and ruled most parts of northern India, adopted Indian ways of life. They adopted Hinduism and Buddhism. Their ruler, Kanishka, like Asoka, was a powerful advocate of Buddhism.

Foreign invaders of China integrated into Chinese society by accepting Chinese manners, customs and language. Rulers of nomadic tribes accepted Chinese wives. 

-Pilo, T. The Ancient History of India, Southeast Asia and China, p. 117.

    1. What does the source definitely tell me?

State one way to deal with invasions.

    2. What guesses can I make? What can I infer?

Why was integration/assimilation necessary?

    3. What doesn't this source tell me?

What were the external threats India faced (other than invasions)? What were the other ways/responses?

    4. What other questions do I need to ask?

Was integration/assimilation successful in protecting India against external threats?

Instructions

Task A:

1. In your groups of four, you will be assigned a country (China, India or a Southeast Asian nation)
2. Refer to the source of your assigned country
3. Pretend you are the teacher. Think of ONE question for each of the four analysis questions (I have provided examples of questions in blue)
4. Post your four questions for the source under 'Comment'
5. When you've finished posting, go to a classmate's post. Your classmate's source must be based on a different country from yours
6. Answer the four questions your classmate has posted

Task B:

1. In your groups of four, brainstorm what are some external threats that your assigned country face today
2. As a group agree on ONE external threat
3. Use the internet to find pictures, cartoons or videos that will best describe the external threat that the country face
4. As a group, choose the best picture, cartoon or video
5. Post the link to the picture, cartoon or video on the class blog
6. Briefly explain the external threat that the country face (in not more than three sentences)
7. Explain why your group has chosen the picture, cartoon or video (in not more than three sentences)