The student enjoyed researching ancient China and found that they invented important technologies like gunpowder, paper, and printing. They struggled with taking detailed notes by hand and presenting all their information on notecards. However, creating artifacts to showcase what they learned and presenting their project was fun. The student hopes to continue studying ancient China's wars in the future.

1. Ancient Civilizations Reflection
My Civilization: Ancient China
The Research Journey:
My favorite part of the research journey was step 3 (“which sources
are helpful”) because it was so fun finding books and seeing “is this
good for me or not?”.My best research question was what kind of
legacies this civilization hasbecause I didn’t know that the ancient
Chinese invented gunpowder, paper, compass and printing.
While doing my research, I found it difficult to write my notebecause
it was too much and my hand was hurting.The most interesting thing
I learned about the structure of society was that wealthy families
paid for intelligent poor boys to go to school.I think that gunpowder
is an important legacy of ancient China because I am interested it
helped with wars and defense.
Report Writing
I am proud of my report because I wrote millions of pieces of
information.While writing the report, I became better at
understanding ancient China because I learn a lot about ancient
China. If I wrote it again, I would improve my report by writing more
information andusing good handwriting in my notes.
Archeology Presentation
I enjoyed making my artifacts because it was so fun.I found it difficult
to learn to use the palmcards because there was so much
information.I am most proud of my artifact because they helped me
and it was so fun to show them to people.
I enjoyed the archeology presentation because it was really fun
showing everyone what I learned.It was difficultlearning to
useparmcards and picking our sand. While preparing for this
presentation, I became better at saying things loudly and clearly.
What else?
During this unit I especially enjoyed learningabout ancient China. I
took extra time to learn about the food. They had many kinds foot
binding and I hate seeing them. After this unit, I might continue to
learn about the wars because I am really excited to know about the
ancient wars.