Reaching out across the ocean.ppt

* Reaching out across the ocean In ancient China, there were some famous explorers such as GanYing, Du Huan and Zheng He. What do you know about them? Pre-reading: Fast reading: Who reached out across which ocean is stated mainly in the passage? Find out more information about GanYing, Du Huan and Zheng He. Further reading: Read the whole passage carefully paragraph by paragraph. After Zheng He Before Zheng He Para 1 Para 9 Para 8 Para 7 Para 6 Para 5 Para 4 Para 3 Para 2 Questions: (Para.1) What formed the foundation of mankind’s interest in exploration? What was Columbus’ purpose of searching for the wealthy Asian lands? Guess who explored the Western Ocean before Columbus. “T” or “F” questions: (Para.2-5) In the Han Dynasty Gan Ying travelled over land to the Eastern Roman Empire. Between the Han and the early Tang Dynasty, Swahili kingdoms and the islands off the African coast developed into the world trade center. During the Song Dynasty Du Huan wrote Record of My Travels. In the eleventh century the Africans made a voyage to the court of the Song Dynasty. T T F F After Zheng He Para 9 Para 8 Para7 Para 6 Find out the topic sentence of each paragraph: Second sentence First sentence First sentence First sentence Post reading: Form 1: Song Dynasty Ming Dynasty Tang Dynasty From Han Dynasty to the early Tang Dynasty Han Dynasty Goods Way of travel Name Period Gan Ying Over land (silk road) Rhinoceros horns Ivory,rhinoceros horns,spices,shells, animal skins,sugar Du Huan Over land and by boat By sea Zheng He By sea Zebras,giraffes,ivory, rhinoceros horns,shells Form 2: shells Rhinoceros horns Ivory Giraffes Zebras Africa and Asia Africa Gooods Discussion: What’s the symbolic meaning of exchanging goods between countries? Can you think of some other acts in history whose symbolic meaning is more important than the act itself? 2. Besides voyage explorations, what other explorations are there? *