"The Masque of the Four Seasons" by Walter Crane [Selected Works]
Morality. Mortality. Justice. Arranged Marriage. How Art Made the World . Resources . Lesson Plan 5. Overview Every culture and religion must in some way focus on the facts and mystery of life and death. Why are we here on earth, and where--if anywhere--do we go when we die. In addition, the problem of memory--how we keep in mind those people and events of the past that are most meaningful to us--ties us to the same questions about life’s lessons and purpose.
While cemeteries, monuments and memorials have long been an essential part of people’s experience and representation of death, the invention of photography made memory both tangible and available to everyone in a new way. With photography, a person or scene could be “captured” in a real moment in time, and kept alive through the image. The impact of looking into the eyes of someone in a photograph—even someone that you could never have met or known—can be both emotional and uncanny. The following activities focus on the concepts of recorded images, memory, death, and memorial. Estimated Time Homework + 1 classroom periods. Civilizations | History Programs from PBS. Carthage's Lost Warriors Secrets of the Dead PBS In 146 BC, as the Romans conquered the vast Carthaginian Empire in North Africa, thousands of people fled their homeland.
Now, science is suggesting some may have taken refuge thousands of miles away in South America. In addition to the scientific evidence, blonde, blue eyed indigenes suggest that contact with the West occurred long before Columbus arrived. Continue Your Inner Fish - Preview Your Inner Fish PBS Paleobiologist Neil Shubin uncovers the answers in this new look at human evolution. Carthage's Lost Warriors Preview In 146 BC, as the Romans conquered the vast Carthaginian Empire in North Africa, thousands of people fled their homeland. Bones of the Buddha - Preview The mystery surrounding the bones of the Buddha dates back more than 100 years ago, when colonial estate manager William Peppe and his workers began digging at a mysterious hill in Northern India.
Built to Last Constitution USA with Peter Sagal PBS It's a Free Country. Google World Wonders Project lets you explore ancient sites around the world. This week Google launched a new project called the World Wonders Project. The goal of the project is to let people explore ancient and cultural sites around the world up close. It sounds sort of like Street view for history and archaeology buffs.
The World Wonders Project currently has 132 ancient and cultural sites located in 18 different countries for people to view. The project uses Street View technology for an up-close view of locations, including sites such as Stonehenge, Pompeii Italy archaeological sites, and ancient temples in Japan. Google even get you closer to some of the monuments then you can get if you're actually there. There's been a rope preventing people from gaining access inside the giant stone slabs at Stonehenge for 35 years.
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