This inquiry provides students with an opportunity to examine nine of China’s most impactful innovations and their contributions to the modern world. These innovations and inventions fall into three categories: 1) Communication innovations including, written language, paper, and printing; 2) Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) innovations including the compass, the Great Wall of China, gunpowder and fireworks, and; 3) Economic innovations including, common currency, silk, and the Silk Road. The Communication innovations were the widest ranging chronologically with written languag