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BrainBots: The Ancient World – Sui, Tang, and Song Dynasties

Books

Picture Books

The Water Dragon by Li Jian (ages 6-9)

Cang Jie (ages 4-8)

Cai Lun (ages 4-8)

Ming’s Adventure with the Terracotta Army

Ming’s Adventure on China’s Great Wall

Ming’s Adventure with Confucius in Qufu

Ming’s Adventure in the Forbidden City (Qing dynasty)

Mulan (ages 5-9, illustrated by Li Jian)

Zheng He (blends fact and fiction)

Genghis Khan (ages 4-8)

Longer Books

Winnie Zeng Unleashes a Legend by Katie Zhao (ages 8-12)

The Tiger’s Apprentice by Laurence Yep (ages 10-13, a bit older)

Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin (inspired by Chinese folklore, not set in ancient history)

Lao Lao of Dragon Mountain by Margaret Bateson-Hill, illustrated by Francesca Pelizzoli

The Kite Rider by Geraldine McCaughrean

The Firework-Maker’s Daughter by Philip Pullman, illustrated by Peter Bailey

Videos

Complex

• What makes the Great Wall of China so extraordinary – Megan Campisi and Pen-Pen Chen
• The incredible history of China’s terracotta warriors – Megan Campisi and Pen-Pen Chen
• The myth behind the Chinese zodiac – Megan Campisi and Pen-Pen Chen

History, People and Myth

• 2,000 Years of Chinese History! The Mandate of Heaven and Confucius: World History #7
• The Ancient Origins of the Chinese People | Story of China w/ Michael Wood | Full Episode 1 | PBS
• Qin Shi Huang | Historical Tyrants | Chinese History
• The Three Kingdoms – Yellow Turban Rebellion – Part 1 – Extra History
• The Three Kingdoms – The Battle of Guandu – Part 2 – Extra History
• Who was Confucius? – Bryan W. Van Norden
• The Silk Road: Connecting the ancient world through trade – Shannon Harris Castelo
• Inside the Ancient Capital of the Shu Kingdom
• Yu the Engineer and Flood Stories from China: Crash Course World Mythology #17

Language and Writing

• Chinese in two timelines: linguistic vs dynastic
• What “Ancient” Chinese Sounded Like – and how we know
• Chinese is NOT picture writing! – History of Writing Systems #5 (Determinatives)
• How the Han dynasty changed Chinese pronunciation