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 Student name: Melissa Webb. Domain: Humanities - history. VELS level : 4. Title of lesson: Constructing a model of the Great Wall of China. Duration: 40 minutes.

** OBJECTIVE(S): ** Students will demonstrate their knowledge of the Great Wall of China when constructing or creating the Great Wall uses a selection of materials provided.
 * LEARNING FOCUS: **  Students demonstrate an understanding of key aspects of an Asian country. They explain significant events and people in the history of that country. They describe aspects of governance, customs, religious traditions and daily life.


 * ** Time ** ||  || ** Students activities ** ||   || ** Teacher activities ** ||   || ** Resources/materials ** ||


 * Approx. 10minutes for the discussion and instruction time.

Approx. 20minutes for the construction time.

Approx. 10minutes for the share time. ||  || Ask students to be seated on the floor. Students are to be actively listening and participating in the discussion.



Students are to choose what material they are going to use who they are going to work with and begin creating their Great Wall of China.



Students are to come back and be seated on the floor. When asked, a student for the group presenting will go get their project and bring it to the front of the room. The group will answer questions that the teacher asks.

Lesson concluded. ||  || Ask students to be seated on the floor.

Pin up on the board a map of china with the great wall shown. Ask students if they know much information about the Great Wall of China? Give them some facts about the wall (on next page). Ask the question and see if they can answer it. By the end of the class today I want you to have recreated the Great Wall of China, at a smaller scale. You can use Lego, building blocks, a computer program, pencils and paper and draw it, ensuring it is 3D, or any other type of media you wish, just come and run it past me first. You are able to work in pairs or threes. At the end you will be presenting to the class what material you used, the key parts of your Wall and what you like about your construction.

Walk around room watching and ensuring that everyone is on task. You can add suggestions and ask questions about the development of the project, about materials, tools and procedure.

Remember to announce time limits.

Ask students to stop what they are doing and be seated on the floor. Ask members from each group to get their construction and bring it to the front of the room. Not all at once but just prior to when they are presenting. The teacher can prompt but students are to present their work, what materials they used, how they went about creating their wall, job allocations if working in a group and how they feel about the end product. This will be completed with each group.

Lesson concluded. ||  || Lego. Building blocks. Computer. Paper. Pencils. ||

Facts that could be told to the class to gain interest and prompt discussion. Do you know where the Great Wall of China is located? ** The Great Wall of China stretches over approximately 4,000 miles from Shanhaiguan in the east to Lop Nur in the west. Simply put, the path of the Great Wall of China stretches from a seaport on China's east coast to Xinjiang in China's northwest and in between it passes through a variety of mountains, plateaus and deserts.

The labour force used in the construction of the Great Wall of China was made up of three main groups: the soldiers, common people, and criminals. The soldiers were the primary workforces, while the criminals were forced into labour as punishment.
 * Do you know who built the Great Wall of China?**

The Great Wall of China was never built at one go. Initially, powerful regional kingdoms built their own walls, which were solely meant for their own defensive military requirements. The earliest known sections of the Great Wall of China were constructed in the 7th century BC. After the emergence of unified China in the Qin Dynasty (221-206 BC), the Great Wall of China became a collective entity. Around 1700 years after this the Great Wall of China was enlarged and enhanced.
 * Do you know how long it took to build the Great Wall of China?**

The Great Wall of China stretches over approximately 6,400 km across a variety of terrains like mountains, plateaus and desserts.
 * Do you know the length of the Great Wall of China?**

The width of the Great Wall of China is different at various positions and hence ranges from 15 to 30 feet.
 * Do you know the width of the Great Wall of China?**

The Great Wall of China has an average height of about 25 feet.
 * Do you know the height of the Great Wall of China?**

The Great Wall of China was built to serve as a site for lookout posts, as means to provide the armies a swift warning system and to create an elevated military roadway through the rugged terrain. Owing to the differences between agricultural and nomadic economies in China, the Great Wall provided a protection to the economic development and cultural progress. The Great Wall of China also safeguarded the trade routes such as the Silk Road, and facilitated safe transmission of information and transportation.
 * Do you know the purpose for which the Great Wall of China was built?**

In the nascent stages the Great Wall of China was mainly built from earth, stones and wood. The use of bricks was a later development. Owing to the enormous amount of quantities of raw materials required to construct the Great Wall of China, the builders usually used materials that were available easily. For example while building over the mountain ranges, the stones of the mountain were used; while in the plains earth was pounded into solid blocks to be used in construction, whereas in the deserts, the sanded reeds and juniper tamarisks were put to use.
 * Do you know what the Great Wall of China is made of?**