Fact or Fiction in Han and/or Post Classical China?
Overview
This assignment uses to the story of Mulan to explore what is fact and what is fiction in Han China. The assignment asks students to consider the Disney version of Mulan and how this portrayal affects the accuracy of a Chinese folk story and specifically the story's Confucian values.
Attachments
The attachment for this resource is a sample activity to examine the historical accuracies and inaccuracies in Disney's Mulan.
About This Resource
The sample assignment was submitted by a participant in a one-day workshop entitled “New Approaches to Frontier History” for world history teachers hosted by the Alliance for Learning in World History.
This resource was contributed by Erica Murray.