Chinese Inventions

You will be assigned one of  four Chinese inventions:

gunpowder
paper
the printing press
compass

1. Click on the link below and scan the article to find the section that is about your invention. With your group, read the section aloud. Discuss the questions on the guide and then write your answers.

Four Great Inventions of Early China from TravelChinaGuide.com

2. Click on the link below and scan the article to find the section that is about your invention. Use COMMAND-F to bring up the browser’s search box and type in your invention so that you can find the relevant section quickly. With your group, read the section aloud. Discuss the questions on the guide and then write your answers.

Formation of the Chinese Civilization: The Four Great Inventions from China.org (sponsored by About.com)

3. Follow the guide to discuss the benefits and drawbacks of each of the articles.

4. Use Google and/or Sweetsearch and search for the keywords that you selected.

What (if any) PRIMARY SOURCES did you find? (quotations from journals; illustrations)
Primary Sourcebook from Fordham University: Ancient China (scroll down to Chinese Technology)

A great article that has more information for all four inventions:
Chinese Inventions 

Timeline with links: History of Chinese Invention and Discovery

Compass: Early Chinese Compass

Paper: The History of the Use of Paper 

Gunpowder: Invention of Gunpowder

Printing: The Invention of Block Printing

Printing Press and Gunpowder: Nova’s China’s Age of Invention

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wujing_Zongyao 

These four and other inventions: China’s Gift to the West

Is this website reliable? Ancient Chinese Printing Press