yet one more idea for a lesson/report. a wonderful recent newspaper article to whet interests
http://www.timesonline.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article788237.ece this articel talks aboutthe records kept and the circumstances of the time inregards to why china has not announced it
i find this very interesting as a discussion point with the class. another interesting site is
http://targetedoutrage.blogspot.com/2006/04/ancient-chinese-naval-secrets.html
anyhow i thought some of you might be sparked by these.