The Big Question: WHY DO SOME CIVILIZATIONS DIE AND OTHERS SURVIVE?
Key Words:
*Civilization - any type of culture, society, etc., of a specific place, time,or group: Greek civilization.
*Medieval - of the Middle Ages
*Middle Ages - the time in European history between classical antiquity and theItalian Renaissance (from about 500 a.d. to about 1350):sometimes restricted to the later part of this period (after 1100)and sometimes extended to 1450 or 1500.
*Folk tale - noun
1.
a tale or legend originating and traditional among a peopleor folk, especially one forming part of the oral tradition ofthe common people.
2.
any belief or story passed on traditionally, especially oneconsidered to be false or based on superstition.
The Importance of History
*What is history?
*How can we record important events in history?
*What would the timeline look like of your:
-life
-parent/s' life
-nation (people of a certain country)
-pet
EXAMPLE OF ANCIENT EGYPT
We will be looking back in time by reading folk tales from different cultures (i.e. Egypt, China), examining art and performing in drama activities.
Yorkville Art Walk
You did such an amazing job analyzing different art forms, styles and works.
Then, you did some critical thinking by asking such rich questions.
Now, think about:
Here is an abstract painting done by a female artist.
Why is art important?
Here is a contemporary painting by a Canadian male painter.
How has art changed over time?
Norval Morrisseau was an artist from Sandy Lake Reserve in northwestern Ontario. He was born in 1931. He was part of the First Nations community. He was the first Ojibwa to break the tribal rules of painting Indian legends and design shapes to illustrate his folklore.
How can art teach us about a civilization?
This artist chose the shape or form of a tree in his paintings.
Why is the shape or form of a tree important here?
What does the tree look like?
Q:Why is art important?
ReplyDeleteA:I think art is important because some arts tell us a story about the art or the art teach us about civilization.
What is history?
ReplyDeleteHistory is like a story about what happend long time ago
History means a record of events that happens a long time time ago.
ReplyDeleteThe Poll was closed but my answer is Norval Morrisseau. His Artwork had a Theme of Healing.
ReplyDeleteQ:Why is art so inportant?
ReplyDeleteA: I think art is very inportant because art is around us all the time.
Example:structures,clothes,nature)
You see, without art we would'nt of had any new inventions.
happy early birthday Min!
ReplyDeleteHappy birthday Min :D
ReplyDeleteI'm sick so i wasn't there today.
Q:Why is art important?
ReplyDeleteA:Art is important becouse it can tell us events from the past and
and it can tell about tribes and civilizations.Art can also tell us
about the artist's feeling,such as bright colours mean happiness and
dark colours mean sadness.
Q:Why do some civilizations die and others survive.
ReplyDeleteA:I think it is because some civilizations are capable of adapting to there civilizations.
Dear Ms.Perlmutter,
ReplyDeleteHow long can I do the p.p.t presentation?