You Wouldn't Want to Work on the Great Wall of China! (You Wouldn't Want To...)

By: Jacqueline Morley and David Antram and David Salariya

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Synopsis: You're a poor farmer living in China around 215 B.C. With plenty of things to worry about— bad weather, poor crops, and big taxes to pay— you've barely noticed the political upheavals taking place around you recently. A few years ago, China as one nation did not exist. The land was divided between rival states who had been fighting each other for centuries. But now a really strong ruler from the state of Qin has emerged. He has united the country and called himself Qin Shihuangdi, which means "First Great Emperor of China." He is ruthless and cruel. No one dares to disobey his orders and he does not care how many people die carrying them out. You are one of the unlucky thousands he sends to build a huge defensive wall 1,800 miles long on China's northern border. It's known as the Great Wall of China and it's still there today.