The Go Jetters Save a Terracotta Army in China
In The Go Jetters Save a Terracotta Army in China, the Go Jetters crew travels to China to save the Terracotta Army from Grandmaster Glitch’s noisy concert. Ubercorn shares funky facts about the Terracotta Army, a collection of clay statues that were buried with the first Chinese emperor. Can the Go Jetters stop Grandmaster Glitch’s concert from shaking and shattering the statues? This video is excerpted from BBC’s Go Jetters, a series that follows the adventures of four international heroes as they travel the globe visiting landmarks and solving environmental problems with Ubercorn, a disco-dancing unicorn.
Lesson Express
Q: Where are the terracotta statues?
A: They are buried in the grave site of China’s first emperor.
Q: Look at a photo of the real life Terracotta Army. Why do you think the Chinese buried all these statues with their emperor?
A: Student responses will vary. Students may talk about how the emperor could take an army into the afterlife with him, or that the emperor was in charge of the army during his life.
Q: Why did the Go Jetters have to stop Grandmaster Glitch’s show?
A: His noisemaking shook the statues and the statues might fall and break.
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