Chinese Inventions Standard 7.3.5

Wood Block Printing Wood block printing invented during the Tang Dynasty Blocks cut from wood called movable type and took a very long time to make Books became inexpensive and more available to people.

Wood Block Printing

What Would You Make? On your paper, quick-draw a picture of from something you learned about the 5 Dynasties Charts. Draw as big as you did for the Amazing Race, 3 x 3 square. Show and share with Elbow Partner: -- Explain your picture and which Dynasty your picture is from.

3 x 3 Square

Gun Powder First intended for fireworks, soon new weapons developed Fireworks rockets were launched from a bamboo tube for fireworks, similar to today. Gun powder changed how wars were fought

What Do You Think? What are 5 Useful Things for fireworks powder, or gun powder, other than for weapons of any kind?

Compass Chinese compasses date from the 4 th Century B.C. (2400 yrs. ago) Compass tells which direction you are going.

Where Would You Go? Using a compass, or any other modern- day GPS device, where in the world would you go from your house if you had 24 hours to drive, or 12 hours to fly, or 6 days on a boat? Why would you want to go there?

Paper Papermaking knowledge stayed in China for several hundred years before spreading to Korea and Japan China kept how to make paper a secret.

Manufacture of Paper

Playing Cards

What are Ten Things Made From Paper?

Tea By the 3rd Century A.D. many stories told about the benefits of drinking tea, but it was not until during the Tang Dynasty that tea became China's national drink and the word ch'a was used to describe tea.

What Is Your Favorite Tea Flavor? ???

Kites The earliest Chinese kites were made of wood. Kites were made of paper after it was invented. Early kites were used for military purposes, not as playthings. Some were large enough to carry men up in the air to observe the enemy.

Kite Flying! Tell your Elbow Partner about a fun kite flying experience you have had or saw someone else have. Give details like where you were, how old you were, that sort of thing.

Other Well-known Inventions Wheelbarrow Umbrella Noodles Yo-yo Spinning tops, big ones ! Martial arts Used a sundial New kind of rice Large ships Silk

Big Finale! Boom! Boom! Boom!