A Hand Drawn Old World Map

Tennessee has been working on his own hand drawn map of the old world. He started this project in September and has been adding countries each week. He ran out of room to write the names, but the learning process was hands on and experiential in nature and that is what matters the most.

Ancient Civilizations/Art/Geography/English Lesson 11: Ancient Afican Civilization

1. Add the countries of Africa to your map.

I did this.

2. Write your own imaginary story about how fire was given to humanity.

I will use Greek Gods, since I cannot think of others. This is an imaginary story about how fire was given to humanity.

Back in the times when mortals were considered animals, they were cold, and only gods had fire.

The great god Pan took pity on them, took a dab of fire from Apollo's sun chariot, and decided to give some to the mortals.

Zeus saw this, and made it rain on the fire. The humans got colder.

Hermes, Pan's father, decided, since Zeus was watching Pan, to continue his son's work. He couldn't see why Zeus didn't want to let the mortals have fire. They would probably kill themselves with it anyway.

So, as he stole the fire, the god of thieves and communication flew, so as not to alert Zeus doing ground patrol.

As he flew down, though, he dropped the torch in a field.

As he was dragged back to Olympus, he was punished by Ceres, the Goddess of harvest.

This was not the end, though. Since humans had been created by Prometheus personally, they had been made immortal.

They discovered the fire.

In the end, Zeus punished the humans. The animals already had death, since they were just in bulk. Zeus created the concept of death in humans.

So ends the Golden Age. So begins the Bronze and Iron ages.

3. Make a homemade drum, papaer mache calabashes, Arican beads or draw/paint pictures of African art, architecture, calabashes, masks, batiking, beads and/body adornment.

African Art by Tennessee

4. Using the them of Anansi as a trickster whose victims end up getting back at him, write your own Anansi Story and illustrate it.

Anansi and the Nandi Bear

One evening, Anansi was walking alone, and heard a low, rumbling roar. As he ran home, he caught a glimpse of Brother Tiger's home. "Whatever that horrible beast is, I can surely trick it into eating Bro' Tiger," he whispered. When he went home, he asked his neighbor Brother Bull what the sound was. "That was the fabled Nandi Bear," said Bro' Bull, "It lives in the Atlas Mountains and feasts on brains." "Is it dim?" Anansi asked. "Yes. It would accidentally eat it's own brain if it was able to." Anansi began to formulate a plan.

The next day, he dragged a leg of gazelle to the mountains. As before, he passed by Tiger's home. Nervously, he knocked on the door. Tiger opened it and growled, "How darrrre you show yourrr face herrrrre. What do you want?"

"No, Tiger. I do not want a physical gift. I just want to be friends."

"Hmph. And I suppose you eat trrrrees and can jump to the moon as well?"

"Come with me to the mountains tonight. I want to give you something."

"Hmph. Verrry well."

"Thank you."

Anansi closed the door, breathing heavily. What he did not know, was that Tiger was on good

terms with the Nandi Bear.

That night, the Nandi Bear found the gazelle leg and gobbled it up. It was so good that he stayed at the place and licked his paws until Anansi got there.

Around a few feet from where the bear was, hiding in the undergrowth, Anansiset up camp. He told tiger that he would be right back, and he was getting the thing. Tiger saw the Nandi Bear in the thicket, and told him to follow Anansi. The bear, being hungry, agreed to do this. As Anansi hid, leaving Tiger to be eaten (or so he thought) the bear had sneaked up on him.

Anansi heard a twig snap, and looked behind him. There was the Nandi Bear, paws still bloody from his meal of gazelle leg. Anansi ran all the way home.

And that is why, whenever you discover a spider's hiding place, it runs away.

Ancient Civilizations: Ancient Persia

1. Add the location of ancient Persia before it became an empire on your map.

I drew Persia on my map of the world.

2. Draw a timeline that depicts an important person, place or thing of each 

of the periods listed below:

3200B.C. - Sumerians settle in Mesopotamia

2686B.C. - 1090 B.C. Ancient Egyptian civilization

1792B.C. - Hammurabi unites Mesopotamia

1290 B.C. - Hebrews exodus from Egypt

1200 B.C. - Iron Age begins

549 B.C. - Persian empire established

Here is my pictoral timeline:

3. Look for pictures of ancient Persian reliefs and metal work. Notice the stylized appearance of the people. Draw a picture in this style of a person doing something.

Here is my profile rock relief of a woman with a spool of yarn.

 

Ancient Civilizations/Art/Geography/English, Lesson 20: Middle Ages

1. Choose a research topic from the lisst below and choose at least three resource materials. Your job is to go into depth on your chosen topic. This paper is due at the end of Lesson 24 and should be a minimum of 5 pages long, plus a cover page, at least one illustration and a bibliography.

Topic Choices:

Knights and the Crusades
The Muslim Empire
Women in the Middle Ages
Monasteries (founders, orders and lifestyles)
Castle and Castle Life
Architecture and the building of Cathedrals
Manors and Village Life


****I chose Knights and the Crusades, and I just started taking notes.


2c. Look at pictures of Romanesque and Gothic churches and cathedrals. In two paragraphs, describe both kinds of architecture and give examples of each.

Gothic architecture is a style of architecture for buildings in Western Europe in the Middle Ages. It came after Romanesque architecture and before Renaissance architecture. Gothic architecture started in France in the 12th century and lasted into the 16th century. Its important features are the pointed arch, the ribbed vault and the flying buttress, which are explained below. Gothic architecture is best known as the style of many of the great cathedrals, abbeys and churches of Europe.

"Romanesque" was the style of architecture in Europe before the "Gothic" style. Gothic architecture grew out of Romanesque architecture. There was not a clean break between the two styles. Some features of Gothic archicture are also features of Romanesque architecture. Ribbed vaults are a feature of both Gothic architecture and Romanesque architecture.

Some features of Gothic architecture are not features of Romanesque architecture. Large stained glass windows are a feature of Gothic architecture but are not a feature of Romanesque architecture. All the types of buildings, and the general shape of the buildings were already there in the Romanesque period.

This is an example of Romanesque architecture. This is a cathedral located at Vezelay and where Bernard of Clairvaux preached the second crusade.



This is an example of Gothic architecure. It is a gothic chapel in Poland.



This is an example of Romanesque Revival architecture wich ocurred in the late 19th century. This is Royce Hall, the main building at the University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA).




3. Continue to take notes for your resourcs for your research paper.

****I took lots of notes.

4. Find the Scandinavian and Eastern European countries and the Caspian and Black Seas on your map. Add Iceland and Greenland to your map.

****I added Iceland, and the rest. I checked out the Caspian sea and learned that my map isn't very readable.

5c. Find a book of Norse myths. Read some stories and then describe three or four characters with one paragraph written for each.

In Norse mythology, Odin was the king of the Aesir. He is a god of war, but also associated to wisdom, poetry, and magic. Odin rides on an eight-legged horse called Sleipnir, and his famous spear is called Gungnir. He also has an precious arm ring called Draupnir, and two ravens called Hugin and Munin who tell him all the things happening around the world. Odin only has one eye, because he sacrificed one to drink from the fountain of wisdom. Odin would be swallowed by Loki's son, the wolf Fenrir at Ragnarok.

Odin



Loki is a giant in Norse mythology. He is the personification of cunning, trickery, and evil. Although Loki is a giant, he lives with the gods because Odin adopted him. He has the power of changing his appearance and even gender, although he had to borrowed Freyja's magical dress at times to change into birds. Once, Loki changed himself into a mare, and he bore the son of a horse. This eight-legged horse is then called Sleipnir, and became the favourite horse of Odin. Loki also has many monstrous children, namely Hel, Fenrir, and Jordmungand. He and his children became enemies of the gods in Ragnarok.

Loki

Freyja is a goddess in Norse and Germanic Mythology. She is the twin sister of Freyr and the daughter of Njord. She is originally worshipped as a fertility godess. But in the Eddas, she was often portrayed as a godess of love, beauty, and attraction. She was also associated with war, battle, death, wealth, magic and propheciey. Freyja was said to be the most beloved, honored, and renowned among godesses. She is one of the most popular godesses of Norse mythology.

Freya

Ancient Civilizations/Art/Geography/English Lesson 10: Ancient China (Confucius & Taoism)

1b. Write your own practical Code of Living that can be applied to your everyday life. List as many rules as you can.

MY LIFE

A parent's word is law.

Life is a painting. Strokes must be applied slowly (Everything comes in good time).

Police your own life.

Treat others badly if you want to be treated badly.

Freedom is an illusion. (You must work to be free).

Respect is as valuable as Life.

Truth is Life.


SOCIETY

Difference is only skin deep.

Beauty does not mean royalty.

The Earth is our essence. Protect it.

Hunger means neglect. Which means abandon. Which means death.

War is pointless.

2. Keep reading your book of Chinese tales.


3a. Find a quiet, comfortable place to sit. Bring a piece of paper and a pencil. Set a timer for 10 minutes, and then close your eyes and sit quietly. Pay attention to your thoughts, to the sensations in your body, and to the things you hear and smell. Sit as still as you can. After 10 minutes, write about your experience of quietude.

As I sat outside, I immediately had a sense of peace. My heart slowed, and also my senses began to overload me. As the songbirds sang, and the shade hugged me, I was relaxed. I was soothed and did not think of the stress of the day, or about dying, or anything. I now know how to clear my mind. There was a faint trace of smoke in the air from the local fires, but that was okay. I could make out at least 5 different songbirds singing. Part of the experience, my eyes were open, so I would have enough detail to fill one page. I was sitting in a chair next to and elephant ear plant. It had a foamy stem, and the leaves were already crumpling up for winter.

To get even more perspective, I moved to a shady spot. It hugged me coolly like a blanket. If I had a quiet place, I would have gone into it. It is great for people who are stressed.

4. Finish the Chinese tales book.

I am.


5. Finish reading The Rainbow People and choose one of the tales to summaraize for your next assignment.


6. Summarize one of the Chinese tales you have read.

The Rainbow People starts when a young wanderer decides to go up a magical mountain. The path is winding and he ends up where he was. The wanderer decides to play his flute to straighten the path. The sad song seems to straighten the path, and make the fishermen on the beach cry.

He walks up the mountain and finds a colony of farmers with a field of vegetables. The farmers do not answer his questions. He plays his flute to earn dinner, but a girl around his age says he can have some of hers. After some debating, they decide that he can work for his. They work all day and night. At night, their faces shone with rainbow lights. Finally, at midnight, they had their meal, which consisted of weed stew. He asks why they eat weeds when they had a bountiful garden. The girl informs him that the landlord eats all of the vegetables, and leaves none.

He decides to confront the landlord, who is a wizard. He went to the top of the mountain, where there was nothing but moonlight and a giant tree. Looking into the tree, the wanderer saw small globules filled with glowing worms. Lots of small men with knives danced around, doing servant work. Some stood guard around a brass box. on top of the box sat an old wizard with green moss for hair. He puts on a satin robe. As he takes his black robe off, the wanderer notices that he has lots of legs, like his tree. The wanderer also catches a glimpse of a brass key around his neck. He decides that it probably goes to the brass box. He wonders what is inside. The wizard hits a gong that was set behind the box.

The little men vanished. The wizard went to sleep on the box. The wanderer waited, then snuck out from behind the vines. He switched out the gong for a pail of water, then used an unraveled string from his sash to tie the wizard up. He hid in the chest, and tugged on the string until it broke, and the wizard got up. He shouted and struck the pail of water , which splashed all over him. The wanderer risked a peek, and saw the wizard poke at his mossy hair. He looked all around the tree for the gong, and the wanderer ducked down. The wizard decided to change, and went over to the chest. As he lifted the lid, the wanderer straightened up, and the wizard surprisingly asks who he was. The wanderer ripped the key from around the wizard's neck, and unlocked the box.

Unfortunately, in unlocking the box, the gong fell out of his pocket, where it had been. The wizard picked it up and made the armed men appear. The wanderer opened the box and found a golden flute. The wanderer picked it up just before the men started slashing at him. He put off most of the slashes with his old flute. Then, since he was breathing hard, the flute gave a little toot, and all of the men hopped. Curious, he began to play the flute. The wizard and his army started to dance. The wizard pleaded and bribed, but the wanderer kept playing.

Finally, the wanderer said he would only stop playing if the wizard let the Rainbow People go. The wizard complied, and chanted a spell. The wizard told the wanderer that you can lose something in the very act of saving it. The wanderer ran down the mountain, and saw the field. But all that was in the field were Asian dragons. He looked in the huts, but found only torn clothes. He thought that the dragons had eaten the farmers. But then he heard the girl's voice behind him. He turned around, but found only a dragon. He looked closer, and noticed the same birthmark he had noticed on the girl earlier. He asked how long she had been in her human spell. She said too long. Then a stream of dragons cascaded into the sea. They said good-bye, and then she joined them.

THE END

Ancient Civilizations/Art/Geography/English, Lesson 9: Ancient China

1. Add China to your world map.

I added China and (accidentally) Kazakhstan to my wold map.


2. Start reading "The Rainbow People" (a book of Chinese tales).

I started "The Rainbow People."

3d. Describe how children in your environment treat their elders. What happens to many people as they grow older? Where do they live and who takes care of them? Is age respected in this culture?

Here is my essay.

Elders in My Community

As people grow older, they lose respect, which is the opposite of what is supposed to happen in ancient China. Most people just ignore them. Many elders live alone in a house they paid for with their retirement fund. I understand the sorrow of living life and then just ceasing all existance. It would be sad. They sometimes visit other people.

Elders are not respected much in this culture. In ancient China, elders were granted utmost respect for their supposed wisdom. Other kids ignore elders, and I’ve known some kids that are afraid of elders. The main reason why elders should have respect is because most elders are unable to help themselves sometimes; such as crossing a street. I think that elders should live with another person to help them.

If people all helped their elders, then I'm sure that they would be happier.

4a. Using a bamboo brush, a bowl of black watercolor paint and a large piece of white paper, paint a picture of bamboo. Each section of the bamboo's trunk should be drawn upward; the whole trunk should also be formed on the same principle - from root upward.

Bamboo by Tennessee

Ancient Civilizations/Geography/Art/English Lesson 8

1. Please refer to lesson 18 for a handmade map of the world that includes Persia, India and other asian countries.

Definiton of caste:

NOUN

Any of the hereditary, endogamous social classes or subclasses of traditional Hindu society, stratified according to Hindu ritual purity, especially the Brahman, Kshatriya, Vaisya, and Sudra castes.
A social class separated from others by distinctions of hereditary rank, profession, or wealth.

2. Pretend that you are a member of a caste. Write a letter to a friend telling about your life in that particular caste. Describe your day and your feelings as you are forced to stay within a certain group for all of your interactions. Mention things that you might like to do but can't because of your caste.

Spy Hussien Jack

Indochinese Kshatriya Caste Training Academy
Hukishtan, India

January 15, 593

Servant Ganyoaw Namoin
Imperial Palace
Hukishtan, India

Dear “Ganyo”:

I am having a wonderful and horrible time in the Kshatriya Caste. I am very glad there is a secret informer subcaste, or else my catlike stance and sneaking skills would go to waste swinging around swords in the Warrior subcaste. Today I practiced making no sound while walking. This was easy because they gave me socks knitted from yak’s hair. After that a big hairy Cretan (don’t ask how he got to the IKCTA, I have no idea) pinned me to a wall and told me that if I am ever caught, never surrender without a bribe. He did this for an hour until it was drilled into my brain.

After a long day of cartwheels, wall scaling, and karate, I got a room full of Warriors to sleep with. The next day, the troll’s message was “Reconnaissance is the key to success.”
There are many things I wish I could do but can’t. I even have to deliver these letters secretly myself (I hope you are burning these like I said!). I can’t visit my sister, mother, or father. I can’t even write to them.

I hope you realize how lucky you are to have a secret friend
All I have for friends are a bunch of bloodlusts and highbrow rulers. Maybe that’s my problem. I’m lonely.

Yours truly,
Jack

3. History of Indian Dance

The dance tradition of India is at least 5000 years old. A dancing girl figurine was found in the ruins of Mohenjodaro and is dated at roughly 2nd Century B.C. Many group dancing scenes are depicted in detailed rock paintings. The wall paintings of Ajanta and Ellora, the sculptures of Khajuraho, the temple walls of Hoysala dynasty (So many odd words!), stand sufficient evidence for popularity of Indian dances from ancient times.

Through the centuries the dances have been used as a means of worship and expression of emotion in India. The temple dancers led very strict lives in order to perform sacred dances to please Gods and Goddesses.

A Portuguese traveler visited the Vijayanagar kingdom in 1520-22 A.D., and has left behind a dramatic description of the dancers he saw in the kingdom. He visited special dancing halls where maiden were given demanding training. The walls were decorated with paintings depicting a variety of dancing poses which helped the dancers to correct their steps. The king himself took interest in their dance education and occasionally visited these halls. During the Navaratri festival celebrations the dance performances were given great importance. The dancers were adorned with many ornaments, made out of gold, pearls, and diamonds.

The Indian dances have sprung from myths of the goddess Nataraja. Their dramatic contents are based on other mythological lore of the country. The dance technique is based on a few ancient treatises. The Indian dances consist of three different types. "Nritta" is simple dance with movements of body and limbs. "Nritya" is linked with facial expressions, hand gestures and body poses. "Natya" has the elements of a drama which is introduced through the use of spoken world. All the types involve the use of "mudras", which are well developed types of gestures during the dance. The dancers use their entire body to communicate with the audience.

The major Indian classical dances are: Bharata Natyam, Kathakali, Kathak and Manipuri, Kuchipudi, Odissi and Mohini Attam. In addition, there are many folk and tribal dances spread all over the country.

An Odissi dancer

An Ancient Egyptian Meal (Vegetarian)

Tennessee did research on Ancient Egypt this week and discovered some of the things they may have eaten. We decided to have an Ancient Egyptian meal. We included hummus, whole wheat pita, olives, grapes, dates and lentils (no meat - we are vegetarians)as shown below:



















Tennessee loved everything, but
California was highly suspicious of this meal.

Ancient Civilizations/Geography/Art/English Lesson 4 Egyptian Report

Egyptian Religion










A Report by E.G.Lenac

Egyptian Wall Carving

This is a report on Egyptian Religion, from sacred animals to revolts from kings. Many things happened during the period of the Egyptians. Some became Greek, Roman, Christian, Islamic, and Jewish. Some decided to make their own religion, such as saying that there was only one god.
Only one god? The Egyptians believed in many gods. Each for a different purpose or help.
Some of the major gods are:
Amon: The sky god. He is depicted as a blue frog. He is dead set into Egyptian literature.
Ra: The sun god. He is extremely popular in hieroglyphs and has been combined with Amon to form Amon-Ra, the supreme deity.
Osiris: This guy has a story to himself, which will be told later. He went from being the god of nature to god of the Afterlife.
Isis: The goddess of love and beauty. She resurrected Osiris as the first mummy.

Now I will tell the story of how Osiris became god of the Afterlife.
The myth says that Osiris was killed by a wooden sarcophagus secretly being made to fit his measurements by Seth, who was jealous of Osiris's position as king, and so plotted to kill him and take his place. A party had been held where the coffin was offered to whoever could fit inside. A few people tried to fit in, but no one could. Osiris was told to try, but as soon as he got in, the lid slammed on him and was locked. It was then sealed with lead and thrown into the Nile. After hearing that Osiris was gone, Isis went to look for him. She later heard that the coffin had floated down the Nile River up to the coast of Byblos and gotten stuck in the trunk of a tree. She also heard that the tree had been taken and used as a pillar for a palace of Byblos. After explaining the situation to the queen of Byblos and getting her permission, she managed to take out the coffin without collapsing the palace and took Osiris' body out into the desert and buried him back in Egypt.
Again, Seth found Osiris' coffin, took his body out, and sliced him into 13 parts, scattering them across Egypt. Each part represented one of the 13 full moons (each year has 12 or 13 full moons).
Once again Isis set out to look for the pieces and she was able to find and put together 12 of the 13 parts, but was unable to find the 13th, his private spot, which was eaten by the Oxyrhynchus fish (a fish with an unusual curved snout resembling temple pictures of Seth). Instead, she made an, um, decoy out of gold and sang a song around Osiris until he came back to life.
Osiris was resurrected. So Isis gave birth to Horus. Because of this experience, Osiris became Lord of the Dead, and the Afterlife.

I will now give a list of all the gods and goddesses.

Anubis is the god of mummification.
Bastet is the cat goddess.
Sehkmet is the goddess of fire, war and plague.
Nut is the mother of gods.
Geb is the green god of Earth.
Osiris is the god of fertility/the Afterlife.
Isis is the goddess of love, wife of Osiris.
Seth is the god of deserts and evil.
Thoth is the scribe god.
Horus is the god with falcon's head, god of heaven.

Anubis and Horus.



Thoth.


Ma'at is the goddess of truth.
Amun is the god of the sky.
Wadjet is the goddess of pregnancy and motherhood, goddess in snake form.
Anuket is the goddess of river Nile.
Ra is the god of the sun.



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Now I will tell the story of Akhenaten, the “Heretic Pharoh.”

In the early years of his rule, Akhenaten (Amenhotep IV) lived at Thebes with Nefertiti and his 6 daughters. The king's religious revolt might have begun with his decision to celebrate a Sed festival (a sort of royal party used to increase the Pharaoh's supposed godly powers). The friendship between Akhenaten and the priests of Amun-Ra (The sun and sky god) slowly drained away. In Year 5 of his reign, Akhenaten took slow steps to establish the Aten (Disk of the sun) as the uber, one and only god of Egypt. To encourage his full loyalty to the Aten, the king officially changed his name from Amenhotep IV to Akhenaten or 'Servant of the Aten.'
Akhenaten's fifth year also marked the beginning of construction on his new capital of Egypt, Akhetaten or 'Horizon of Aten', at the place known today as Amarna. Very soon afterwards, he dumped all Egyptian religious prayers, marriages, temples, etc. in Akhetaten, though construction of the city seems to have continued for several more years. In honor of Aten, Akhenaten also directed the construction of some of the hugest temple complexes in ancient Egypt. In these new temples, Aten was worshipped in the outside, rather than in dark temple hallways, as had been the previous custom.
By Year 9 of his reign Akhenaten declared that Aten was not just the supreme god, but the only god, and that he himself was half Aten, and half Pharaoh. He ordered the recalibrating of Amun-Ra's temples throughout Egypt, and in a number of temples, hieroglyphs of the plural 'gods' were also removed.

Egyptian upper-classes often had sacred animals to keep them company. They kept greyhounds, which explains why Anubis looks for all the world like a wolf combined with a barracuda. Dogs were used for hunting, work, and companionship. Cats were related to the goddess Bast, and therefore should be worshipped, right? Baboons and monkeys were common pets also.


Egyptians wasted their lives for their afterlife that they never got. They never slowed down and enjoyed the ride. It was because of this hurriedness that they built all their amazing temples and mounuments, so they would be in
the good part of the underworld. No other people in Africa were as advanced as they. All others were just tribes. In conclusion, Egypt was the star of Africa.

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BIBLOGRAPHY

http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/egypt/index.htm http://library.thinkquest.org/J002046F/ancient%20egyptian_life.htm http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/kids/wr/article/0,28391,55368,00.html http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/lifeinegypt.htm http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Egyptian_gods_and_goddesses
http://www.wikipedia.org/

Ancient Civilizations/Geography/Art/English Lesson 4 Outline for Report

1. Introduction to Egyptian Religion.
What this Report is about

Many gods theory

Main Gods

2. Egyptian mythology stories.
Osirus Death Story

3. List of gods and goddesses with descriptions.

4. Akhenaten

5. Animal Worship.
Cats.
Dogs

6. Conclusion.

Ancient Civilizations/Geography/Art/ English Lesson 3 Research

(Left click the image to the right to see the Ancient Egyptian Alphabet)

Egypt Perimeter:

Roughly 575 miles up on the left side.
Roughly 600 miles across on bottom.
Roughly 775 miles up on right side.
Roughly 575 miles acreoss on top.



Research Report:

Bibliography:


http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/egypt/index.htm BEST SITE

http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/kids/wr/article/0,28391,55368,00.html

http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/lifeinegypt.htm

http://library.thinkquest.org/J002046F/ancient%20egyptian_life.htm

http://www.cosmeo.com/

http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Egyptian_gods_and_goddesses

http://www.touregypt.net/gods1.htm

Notes:
Amon/Ra are the central gods.

Akhenaten created a whole new god and said it was the only one.

Amon is sometimes depicted as a nearly invisible blue frog, like the sky, since he is the god of
wind.

Each god has it's own big story.

Seth is rarely found in Egyptian Mythology.

There are lots of minor gods, but no half human, half gods, besides Pharohs (supposedly).

The Egyptians worshipped Greek, and Roman gods at one point.

Some ancient Egyptians were Christian, Islamic, and Jewish.

Anubis god of the dead

Bastet is the Cat goddess.

Sehkmet goddess of fire, war and plague.

Nut is the goddess of sky and stars, mother of gods.

Geb is the green god of Earth.


Horus is the god with falcon's head, god of sun.


Osiris is the god of fertility and Duat.


Isis is the goddess of love, wife of Osiris.


Seth is the god of deserts and evil.


Thoth is the scribe god.


Ma'at is the goddess of truth.


Amun is the god of Thebes, king of gods in New Kingdom.


Wadjet is the goddess of pregnancy and motherhood, goddess in snake form.


Anuket is the goddess of river Nile.


Ra is the god of the sun.

Ancient Civilizations/Geography/Art/English Lesson 2 Grammar

Grammar

1. Make a list of at least twenty nouns used in your lesson 2 essay.

slaves, gardens, Babylon, Nebuchadnezzar, Persian, princess, hills, Mesopotamia, plant, plateau, water, terraces, wedding, cake, large, pump, system, entrance, pipe, and flowers.

2. Use complete sentences in your essay.

3. Write a sentence using a common noun, proper noun and a singular noun.

Jack has a cat that has a ball.

4. Write six sentences using each type of plural noun.

"I need more wrenches!" exclaimed Noa.
There were foxes staring at me everywhere.
All of the plants in the cotton field had fluffs.
Nebuchadnezzar had many wives.
Both Roy and Riley lost their toys.
The babies cried loudly in the nursery.

5. Write three sentences using each of the types of possesive nouns.

The dog's bone is high up on that ledge. I
It's the the sharks' feeding time at the aquarium.
The mice's cheese is very high up, they won't see it.

Ancient Civilizations/Geography/Art/English Lesson 2

Assignments 1,2 & 3

1. Add the Fertile Crescent to your map and name it. Include the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.

(close up of the Fertile Crescent added to the map)



2. Build a clay model of a Ziggurat (an ancient Mesopotamian temple shaped like a pyramid and built up in a series of steps or terraces)



3a. Design a trademark that has meaning to you. Carve this design into clay and let it dry to make a seal.

Ancient Civilizations/Art/Geography/English Lesson 1: Extra Credit Report

Primitive Man

Evolution is an odd theory. It’s full of holes. But still, its effects are quite literally written in stone.
People used to think every single thing existing always did, but nothing, not even time, has always been around. From ape-men to predicted goblin-like human descendant, we will always change. There are many human ancestors, but I have chosen the most important.

Mini-Bigfoots and Handy Man (-Apes)

Meet Lucy (left). She is an almost 2 million year old Australopithecus afarensis. She is basically a tiny bigfoot. Being a bipedal chimp might not seem like much, but Lucy is at the crossroad between being a creature and being tribal (and eventually a sapient). More importantly, at the crossroad between being an ape and being a human.

A. Habilis (left) (Handy Man-Ape) was more proficient in tool-making and finding foodstuffs than it’s completely ape cousin. Tools have been found that are crude but have apparently been worked on well. This marks the beginning the Stone Age.
It’s head was less ape-like, but there were large jaw muscles, which meant it had little intuitive. Speech is thought to develop around this time.