{"id":12135,"date":"2026-07-02T09:48:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T06:48:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/range.haifa.ac.il\/%d7%a4%d7%a2%d7%99%d7%9c%d7%95%d7%aa-3-%d7%a6%d7%91%d7%90-%d7%94%d7%98%d7%a8%d7%a7%d7%95%d7%98%d7%94\/"},"modified":"2026-07-30T13:23:43","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T10:23:43","slug":"activity3-the-terracotta-army","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/range.haifa.ac.il\/en\/activity3-the-terracotta-army\/","title":{"rendered":"Activity 3: The Terracotta Army"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"12135\" class=\"elementor elementor-12135 elementor-8002\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d95eb6 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6d95eb6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8841d1b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" 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style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Museums in China<\/span><\/a> \\(\\blacktriangleright\\) Activity 3: The Terracotta Army<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9f2a1d9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9f2a1d9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Activity 3: The Terracotta Army<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-248db38 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"248db38\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d415d55 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Activity<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ddf4c85 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ddf4c85\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9f35cce e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"9f35cce\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ea01598 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ea01598\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>Watching and Discussion: Watch pictures and short videos of the Terracotta Army (you can search on Google or YouTube).<br \/>Focus on the fact that each soldier looks different, even though they were created in the same workshop.<br \/>Try to imagine: who was the emperor who needed such an army?<br \/>\\(\\space\\)<\/li><li>The Identification and Preservation Mission: Display a picture of a broken part of a soldier (such as a hand or a head) or draw them.<br \/>The children will try to identify &#8220;which part is missing&#8221; and attach it back into its place, similar to the work of restorers in a museum.<br \/>\\(\\space\\)<\/li><li>Creating a Personal Army: Use plasticine, light clay, or dough to create a small figure of a soldier or a person, emphasizing the uniqueness of each figure, just like in the Terracotta Army.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-adbc389 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"adbc389\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element 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