In the Classroom: In advance
of reading The Emperor's Silent Army, take
time to introduce new vocabulary words included in the text that may be unfamiliar to the students: archaeologist, anonymous, archer, barbarian, boasted, bronze, cavalry, chariot, crossbow, currency,
decaying, despised, dignified, drought, elaborate, embroider, excavate, fortification, ignorant, immortal, infantry, intruder, jade, kiln, loot, massacre, mercury,
notion, outpost, pheasant, ransack, replica, revolt, strategically, superstitious, temperament, trench, trudge, tyrant, tunic, vanguard, and veteran.