The Terracotta Warriors
Donna STANMORE 
The Terracotta Warriors
Learning objective: To identify the historical significance of the Terracotta Warriors
Learning Aim: To collect evidence provided by the Terracotta Warriors.
The Terracotta Army is part of a massive burial tomb built for Emperor Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor of China. There are over 8,000 life-size statues of soldiers buried along with the emperor.
Emperor Qin wanted to live forever. He spent much of his life and resources searching for immortality and the "elixir of life". He also spent a huge amount of resources building for himself the largest single tomb built for a leader in the history of the world. He felt this huge army would protect him and help him to keep his power in the afterlife. He died and was buried in 210 BC, over 2000 years ago.
What was a major part of Emperor Qin Shi Huang's burial tomb?
The Terracotta Warriors
Learning objective: To identify the historical significance of the Terracotta Warriors
Learning Aim: To collect evidence provided by the Terracotta Warriors.
How many life-size states of soldiers were buried along with Emperor Qin?
8 000
7 000
6 000
5 000
The Terracotta Warriors
Learning objective: To identify the historical significance of the Terracotta Warriors
Learning Aim: To collect evidence provided by the Terracotta Warriors.
Match the sentence starter to its correct ending.
would protect him and keep him in power in the afterlife.
Emperor Qin wanted
the largest tomb in the history of the world
Emperor Qin spent much of his life
Emperor Qin built himself
looking for the 'elixir of life'
Emperor Qin felt that the army
which is over 2000 years ago
Emperor Qin died in 210 BC
to live forever
The soldiers of the Terracotta Army are life-size statues. They average around 5 feet 11 inches tall with some soldiers being as tall as 6 foot 7 inches. Despite there being so many statues, no two soldiers are exactly alike. There are soldiers of all ages with different ranks, facial features, and hairstyles. Some of the soldiers look calm, while others look angry and ready to fight. The soldiers were even designed with different clothing and armour. Men from the cavalry are dressed differently than foot soldiers. Some soldiers don't have armour. Perhaps they were supposed to be scouts or spies
The Terracotta Warriors
Learning objective: To identify the historical significance of the Terracotta Warriors
Learning Aim: To collect evidence provided by the Terracotta Warriors.
Did all soldiers look like they were ready to fight?
How could you tell the different roles of the Terracotta Warriors?
Different designed features
Different Clothing
Different Armour
All of the options
The Terracotta Warriors
Learning objective: To identify the historical significance of the Terracotta Warriors
Learning Aim: To collect evidence provided by the Terracotta Warriors.
True or False: those soldiers with no uniforms could have been scouts or spies.
True
False
As impressive as the soldiers are today, they were likely much more impressive 2,000 years ago. The soldiers were painted to look even more realistic and then covered with a lacquer finish. They also held real weapons such as crossbows, daggers, maces, spears, and swords.
The tomb is most famous for its large rows of soldiers, but there were plenty of other statues to accompany Emperor Qin in the afterlife. There were 150 life-size cavalry horses and 130 chariots with 520 horses buried with the army. In other areas of the tomb, figures of government officials and entertainers have been found.
The Terracotta Warriors
Learning objective: To identify the historical significance of the Terracotta Warriors
Learning Aim: To collect evidence provided by the Terracotta Warriors.
Match the sentence starter with its correct ending.
The statues were more impressive 2000 years ago
real weapons such as crossbows
because they were realistically painted.
The statues also held
The Terracotta Warriors
Learning objective: To identify the historical significance of the Terracotta Warriors
Learning Aim: To collect evidence provided by the Terracotta Warriors.
What other types of statues were found in Emperor Qin's tomb?
The Terracotta Warriors
Learning objective: To identify the historical significance of the Terracotta Warriors
Learning Aim: To collect evidence provided by the Terracotta Warriors.
Identify three things in this picture that provide evidence about the Terracotta Army
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What do you think is missing?
