The Last Emperior of The Dragon Throne pages 186-189

The Last Emperior of The Dragon Throne pages 186-189 \

Read pages 186-189 of Story of the World Book 4 

https://www.ducksters.com/history/china/puyi_last_emperor_of_china.php#:~:text=Biography%3A,family%20on%20February%207%2C1906.&text=Puyi%20grew%20up%20in%20the,little%20of%20the%20world%20outside.

Discuss the ramifcations of the Queen's Cixi's last bequest. 

Homework 

You are one of the investors of the Railroad in Sichwan provience.  Write a letter to the Qing government telling why you don't want to give up the railroad project. 

Captain James Cook Voyages

Today we are going to study about Captain James Cook!  

Read pages 198-200 in The Story of the World Book 3, https://amzn.to/3bwoR7y  Then discuss the questions with  your Teacher (me?)

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Questions: 

Why did James Cook sail to Tahaiti? 

What did he do there? 

What were his secret instructions? 

How did his sailors feel about that? 

What did he find 1st, 2nd, 3rd? 

What did he name the strange bay? 

What did he do on the 2nd voyage? 3rd?

What was the Northwest Passage? 

Why do you think that it was important? 

Which islands did he find? 

Why did the islanders treat him and his crew with honors? 

How did the islanders get him to leave? 

What happened to the ship that made him turn back? 

How did the natives feel about seeing the ship again? 

What did they do to the ship? 

How did Cook take revenge? 

How did James Cook die? 

How many other sailors die? 

For more information: 

https://www.ducksters.com/biography/explorers/captain_james_cook.php

Homework: You are the First Mate of Captain James Cook. Write the Ship's Journal Entry for the day the ship left Hawaii for the last time. Tell about what happened to the ship and about the Natives. 

You will give this to the King of England when you return there. 

Tell your recommendations about Hawaii. 

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The “Foreign Conquest” of China: The Rise of the Manchu - The Story of the World Book 3 Chapter 10

The “Foreign Conquest” of China: The Rise of the Manchu 
 The Story of the World Book 3 Chapter 10

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There were many dynasties in China throughout history,  and many arose and fell because of many different reasons. The Manchu dynasty arose from foreigners from inside China itself. Read from pages 89-91 and then discuss these questions with your teacher. 

Questions

Where did the Ming dynasty come from? 

What traditions did they have? 

What kinds of artwork did they do? 

Which ethnic group were they? 

Where is Manchuria? 

What did the Manchurians say the Han Chinese did to the people of Manchuria? 

What was the population of China at this time? 

How did the weather change?  What happened as a result of this? 

How did the government deal with this problem? 

What did the soldiers do? 

Who was Li Tzu-ch’eng, and what did he want to do? 

Why didn't Li Tzu-ch’eng, find any soldiers when he went to Peking? 

What did the emperor do? 

How did the Manchu take power? 

What was different about the hairstyle of the Manchu? 

How did the Manchu treat the Han? 

Who was K’ang-hsi, and how did he feel about the Han? 

What did he do with the taxes? 

How long did he rule China? 

Homework: You are in Li Tzu-ch’eng's council. Advise him about what to do about the Ming Dynasty, and the Manchus. 

Write your recommendations. 

For more information go here:

https://www.ducksters.com/history/china/ming_dynasty.php

 https://www.ducksters.com/history/china/qing_dynasty.php

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