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Jimmy Martinez.
Heidi KwalkI could use the image/painting of Marco Polo with the emperor in the classroom. When I use primary source (image, photos) with my students, I use the Library of Congress primary source analysis tool found on this link: http://www.loc.gov/teachers/primary-source-analysis-tool/ I can go over each section of this analysis tool as a mini lesson: 1) observe/details 2) think/infer 3) wonder/what questions do I have about this primary source. By going through these steps I am reinforcing critical thinking skills that can be applied across the disciplines. After I hook my students with this primary source image and analysis of it, students can read about Marco Polo as a secondary source. After the reading is completed, students go back to the primary source analysis tool and fill out the last part called "Further Investigation." This is where students could research anything that interest them about Marco Polo and his time. This could be assigned as an extra credit as well.
Salbador GonzalezThank you for sharing this article! Even though this article only shows 9 of the worlds most endangered languages, this made me think of the many languages that are close to being endangered and the many that have already been extinct and only mentioned in history books. This idea also brought to mind about the major lanaguages being spoken in certain countries and what can happen to them in the future if not taught to a vast population. I wonder why is it that people allowed the Manchu language to begin an extinction trend. was it government officials choosing to use other languages they knew and focus more on the cantonese and mandarin that most if not all Chinese speak nowadays? Lots of questions that only time will tell, unless languages spoken becomes a priority of the Chinese people for Manchu.
Salbador GonzalezHello Marcos, thank you again for sharing yet another article but giving me an idea for my physical education class. In comparison to the language extinction of the Manchu, I jsut thought about creating a game regarding many sports or games that have been extinct as time has passes. The only game I can remember is the Mesoamerican Ball Game, which the Aztecs used to play. It's similar to soccer but with different goals and ball. I can have students learn how to play the Mesoamerican Ball game called today as Ulama, then I would have them compare to another native american game, and then have them research for hw the answer to this question, Why did these games become less popular in society?
Salbador GonzalezThe topics that caught my attention during this session was the information regarding the forbidden city and the temple of heaven. I had heard about the forbiddent city but not known why it was called so or what was in it. The temple of heaven was interesting in regards to it being the only blue building in the forbidden city as well as it not having any nails in it.
I had not thought about why certain asian characters in martial arts movies had a shaved front of the head with a long braid on them. Now I know it came from the Ch'ing dynasty whereas cutting your braid was a revolutionary act. Time and time again, it shows how each emperor had their own ideas of what their empire should consist of, which makes China have so many customs from many years ago.
Marco Polo's story makes me wonder as well if Christopher Columbus did actually get influenced to go to China, but Professor Dube convinced me based on all the details he missed when describing the people and clothing.
Jimmy MartinezRicardo, thank you very much for the interesting article you shared. When you think of languages you think of a certain group of individuals who speak the same language and never really think of it as an animal/endagered species. You would think that generation after generation that the language might change a little bit, accents and such, but that the language would endure. That is definitely not occuring in our world. Languages are dying like the Manchu language. According to this article over half of the 7,000 languages will be extinct by 2100. That is a shocking number!
Jimmy MartinezI agree with you Scott, the forbidden city was absolutely amazing! The immensity of the all the structures and wonders/treasures that they have inside of the city are simply remarkable. Google Expeditions (A Virtual Reality App) actually has an aerial view with lots of great info on the forbidden city but unfortunetly does not have a better virutal experience.
Jimmy MartinezMarcos I have only been teaching for about 2 years now so i completely sympathize with the money problems that many teachers have. I have been working as a Lyft driver just to make extra money. I am currently climbing the pay scale and sometime I feel a little overwhelmed with how many PD's/classes I am taking. I've had to sacrifice many events with my family and friends this past year and most of the time I feel really when I have to cancel. More sacrifice in the beginning means less stress later.