Summery of the Taj Mahal Story

A long time ago in India there was a prince called Khurram. One day at the Meena Bazaar during the Nauroze Festival he met the prime ministers daughter and was taken by her beauty. After meeting and talking they both fell in love with each other. Prince Khurram and Mumtaz we devoted to each other by their strong bond of love. Mumtaz had many children. After giving birth to a little girl Mumtaz became ill and week. One day during a battle Khurram was called back to where Mumtaz was resting. That night she died leaving Khurram overcome with grief. He refused to eat for many days and nights. When he remembered the promise that he had made to Mumtaz (to let the whole world know of their love.) So he then proceeded to build the finest moselium he could imagine. He brought in pearl white marble, jade, crystal and many other rare and fine jewels from around the world. After years and years the tomb of Mumtaz was considered complete. They called this great place the Taj Mahal.

One Practice from the Buddhist Eightfold Path

I chose the practice Right Effort. Right effort is defined as "Right effort can be seen as a prerequisite for the other principles of the path. Without effort, which is in itself an act of will, nothing can be achieved, whereas misguided effort distracts the mind from its task, and confusion will be the consequence. Mental energy is the force behind right effort; it can occur in either wholesome or unwholesome states." I think that everyday most people show different forms of effort so at many different times in my life I have shown different efforts and different elements in my life that are important to me. Such as trying hard in school or a sport. But I also think that the amount of effort that Buddha put into making the world a better place is way beyond anything that i have done. So I think that putting in more effort in some parts of my life couldn't hurt.

Mapping Project

1) Include picture of poster and 3D map 2) Compare all three of your maps a) How do physical features, climate and elevation relate to each other? All the physical features of our maps were of course in India so therefore they were all very similar. For example, even though they were different kinds of maps, physical features map (3D map), climate map, and elevation map. In ,each we had the same places marked such as the Thar Desert, Indus and Ganges rivers and the Himalayas. In our climate map we mainly focused on what sort of weather and the temperatures that it were in different Indian areas, whereas on our 3D map and elevation map we focused on the hight of the different areas of India. b) What conclusions can you draw? (Think about natural resources, climate/weather, and human settlement.) To conclude I think that India definitely does have a wide variety when it comes to the natural recourses, elevation, and climate/weather. Because when you look at our map and other maps we had many different areas bordered off by different features. Also when looking our different maps i started to realize why people settled where they did, because you wouldn't want to settle in the middle of the Thar Desert but in the areas that provided a wide variety of recourses such as by a river like in areas like New Deli.

Hindu God: Ganesh or Ganesa

Ganesh or Ganesa, is one of the most well known and worshipped god within the Hindu Pantheon. Ganesh is hte son of Shiva and Parati, he has an elephantine appearance with a curved trunk, large ears, and the massive pot-bellied body of a human.
Ganesh is known as the Lord of Success and destroyer of evil and obstacles, aswell as being worshipped as the god of education, knowledge, wisdom, and wealth. Along with all is purposes of worship Ganesha is one of the five prime Hindu Deities (Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva, and Durgoa are the other four Hindu Deities.) Hindu Deities are beleived to be forms of the god Brahman and provide one of the ways to communicate with this one divinity.

"Faceless" Indus Valley National Geographic Article Summery

In 1921 a new civilization was discovered in what would become modern day Pakistan, the discovery revealed the Indus Valley civilization and the cities of Harappa and Mohenjo Daro. This culture/civilization emerged around 4,500 tears ago and remained thriving with trade and their highly fertile land from the Indus River floodplane for nearly 1000 years.

The inhabitents of this great Indus civilization were (as archaeologists have discovered) skilled urban planners with an understanding of how to control water using irrigation systems. However to the modern-day people those who occupied the ancient city in the 3rd millinnium still remain a mysterious puzzle.

The entire city is shrouded in mystery. It lacks palaces, temples, and monuments, there is no obvious central seat of government or showings of kings and queens. The city does however show signs that cleanliness and modesty we ranked hightly in this mysterious civilization. The city also appeared to be high in wealth and stature due to artifact that have been discovered such ivory, lapis, carnelian, and gold beads, also don't forget the baked-brick structures around the city.

Some examples of the ancient cities great irrigation systems include a watertight pool callecd the Great Bath. The Great Bath was perched ontop of a mound of dirt held inplace by some of the baked brick walls, it is the clostest structure that Mohenjo Daro has to a temple. Archaeologists also found that there were wells located in many places around the city as well as bathing areas and drainage systems in almost all houses in the area.

From about 2,500 to 1,900 the city was among some of the most important to the Indus civilization. However seeing as it had no government it was probably governed as a city-state. Maybe elected officials were chosen from each of the mounds.

Ancient Egypt: Unit Reflection

Learner Profile Reflection:

During this unit we started with drawing maps of the Nile River and other famous geological sites surrounding it, then we moved on to study the art of ancient Egypt as well as the rulers, and then lastly we finished off with our teaching projects. During the entire unit we continuously were learning a wide range of information therefore we were being both thinkers and inquires. Thinkers because there was several activities that we needed to complete and in order to do the activities and projects we needed knowledge of ancient Egypt, making us knowledgeable when completing the activities.

Approaches to Learning:
During this unit i think that the main ATL's that i think we used were organizational, collaborative, and communication. I think that We needed to be organized because we had one large standup presention along with several other projects therefore we needed to be organizedw with our work in order to fufill due dates and expectations. Which brings us to communicationbecause for our teaching project we needed strong communication skill so that we could present well. And then lastly our colloborative work was needed during the mapping projects, while working will other people on a map.