Zheng He DBQ - Google Drive - Print & Digital

Zheng He Document Based Question (DBQ) - Google Drive - Print & Digital 

Zheng He was a famous Chinese explorer that made a total of seven voyages between 1405 and 1433. During this time, Zheng He was able to spread China's wealth and power, establish foreign relations with other nations, and add to the growing list of China's tributary states. Upon the return of the seventh voyage, Zheng He's ships were destroyed and China became isolationist. In this activity, students will read about Zheng He and examine seven documents to determine how the Chinese viewed the outside world. They then will complete a writing assignment at the end answering the following prompt: Describe how Ming China, through the voyages of Zheng He, viewed the world outside of China.

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This is a great addition to your unit on Ancient China, lesson on the Ming Dynasty, or the Age of Exploration!

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• Teacher notes to help guide your lesson
• KWL chart for students to start before learning about Zheng He
• Reading on Zheng He
• 7 documents with guiding questions for students to answer about each resource
• Writing prompt at the end
• Sample teacher answer key (not included in preview)
• Rubric (not included in preview)

A warning note to the teacher: this resource does include primary source documents in which various non-Chinese cultures are depicted as being barbarian. Some of the descriptions have racist sounding comments. No matter what grade level you are teaching, this is an excellent opportunity to open up discussion about what racism is and how it can be addressed. 

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