https://padlet.com/kristapod/8jl4bgr8khso Research societies through history to understand concepts of complex societies. en-us 2019-07-27 15:10:57 UTC 2023-02-20 20:17:16 UTC hello@padlet.com kristapod https://padlet.com/kristapod/8jl4bgr8khso/wish/372445721 2019-07-27 15:14:23 UTC https://padlet.com/kristapod/8jl4bgr8khso/wish/372445721 kristapod https://padlet.com/kristapod/8jl4bgr8khso/wish/372445759 The Sun Stone (or The Calendar Stone), Aztec, reign of Moctezuma II (1502-20), discovered in 1790 at the southeastern edge of the Plaza Mayor (Zocalo) in Mexico City, stone (unfinished), 358 cm diameter x 98 cm depth (Museo Nacional de Antropología)]]> 2019-07-27 15:15:33 UTC https://padlet.com/kristapod/8jl4bgr8khso/wish/372445759 kristapod https://padlet.com/kristapod/8jl4bgr8khso/wish/372445819 Discovery more about the Aztec warriors. ]]> 2019-07-27 15:17:17 UTC https://padlet.com/kristapod/8jl4bgr8khso/wish/372445819 kristapod https://padlet.com/kristapod/8jl4bgr8khso/wish/372445938 Produced for the exhibition "The Great Inka Road: Engineering an Empire" (http://americanindian.si.edu/inkaroad/), on view at the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C., through June 1, 2018. Every year, local communities on either side of the Apurimac River Canyon use traditional Inka engineering techniques to rebuild the Q'eswachaka Bridge. The old  bridge is taken down and the new bridge is built in only three days. The bridge has been rebuilt in this same location continually since the time of the Inka. This video is narrated by John Ochsendorf, professor of civil engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and produced by Noonday Films.]]> 2019-07-27 15:20:35 UTC https://padlet.com/kristapod/8jl4bgr8khso/wish/372445938 kristapod https://padlet.com/kristapod/8jl4bgr8khso/wish/372445995 The logistics of creating Inca architecture were enormous. The Inca’s greatest challenge is their lack of sophisticated equipment, like cranes or carts. This is not a culture with wheels, with draft animals, with the machines that we take for granted.]]> 2019-07-27 15:21:54 UTC https://padlet.com/kristapod/8jl4bgr8khso/wish/372445995 kristapod https://padlet.com/kristapod/8jl4bgr8khso/wish/372446050 2019-07-27 15:23:27 UTC https://padlet.com/kristapod/8jl4bgr8khso/wish/372446050 kristapod https://padlet.com/kristapod/8jl4bgr8khso/wish/372446112 2019-07-27 15:24:25 UTC https://padlet.com/kristapod/8jl4bgr8khso/wish/372446112 kristapod https://padlet.com/kristapod/8jl4bgr8khso/wish/372446226  What began as a modest population of hunters and gatherers expanded into more than forty flourishing city-states built within lush rainforests and ruled by dynasties of mighty kings. In an extraordinary burst of creativity from 250 AD to 900 AD, without the use of metal, pack animals or even the wheel, the Maya engineered sky-high temple-pyramids, ornate palaces and advanced hydraulic systems - all to appease their gods and support their growing populations.]]> 2019-07-27 15:27:51 UTC https://padlet.com/kristapod/8jl4bgr8khso/wish/372446226 kristapod https://padlet.com/kristapod/8jl4bgr8khso/wish/372446302 2019-07-27 15:29:49 UTC https://padlet.com/kristapod/8jl4bgr8khso/wish/372446302 kristapod https://padlet.com/kristapod/8jl4bgr8khso/wish/372446328 2019-07-27 15:30:39 UTC https://padlet.com/kristapod/8jl4bgr8khso/wish/372446328 kristapod https://padlet.com/kristapod/8jl4bgr8khso/wish/372446556 2019-07-27 15:36:46 UTC https://padlet.com/kristapod/8jl4bgr8khso/wish/372446556 kristapod https://padlet.com/kristapod/8jl4bgr8khso/wish/372446646 2019-07-27 15:39:31 UTC https://padlet.com/kristapod/8jl4bgr8khso/wish/372446646 kristapod https://padlet.com/kristapod/8jl4bgr8khso/wish/372446684 2019-07-27 15:40:14 UTC https://padlet.com/kristapod/8jl4bgr8khso/wish/372446684 kristapod https://padlet.com/kristapod/8jl4bgr8khso/wish/372446737 2019-07-27 15:41:23 UTC https://padlet.com/kristapod/8jl4bgr8khso/wish/372446737 kristapod https://padlet.com/kristapod/8jl4bgr8khso/wish/372446787 2019-07-27 15:42:53 UTC https://padlet.com/kristapod/8jl4bgr8khso/wish/372446787 kristapod https://padlet.com/kristapod/8jl4bgr8khso/wish/372446810 2019-07-27 15:43:36 UTC https://padlet.com/kristapod/8jl4bgr8khso/wish/372446810 kristapod https://padlet.com/kristapod/8jl4bgr8khso/wish/372446824 2019-07-27 15:44:06 UTC https://padlet.com/kristapod/8jl4bgr8khso/wish/372446824 kristapod https://padlet.com/kristapod/8jl4bgr8khso/wish/372446847 2019-07-27 15:44:44 UTC https://padlet.com/kristapod/8jl4bgr8khso/wish/372446847 kristapod https://padlet.com/kristapod/8jl4bgr8khso/wish/372446957 Look at this new book titles that might spark your interest]]> 2019-07-27 15:47:47 UTC https://padlet.com/kristapod/8jl4bgr8khso/wish/372446957 kristapod https://padlet.com/kristapod/8jl4bgr8khso/wish/372452032 2019-07-27 18:38:58 UTC https://padlet.com/kristapod/8jl4bgr8khso/wish/372452032 kristapod https://padlet.com/kristapod/8jl4bgr8khso/wish/372452038 Is the New Always Better? Let’s think about communication.]]> 2019-07-27 18:39:31 UTC https://padlet.com/kristapod/8jl4bgr8khso/wish/372452038 kristapod https://padlet.com/kristapod/8jl4bgr8khso/wish/372452076 Is Change always better? Let's think about communication. ]]> 2019-07-27 18:41:51 UTC https://padlet.com/kristapod/8jl4bgr8khso/wish/372452076 kristapod https://padlet.com/kristapod/8jl4bgr8khso/wish/372452102 After watching this video, please look at the smart phone debate videos... think about the question: Is change always better? ]]> 2019-07-27 18:43:06 UTC https://padlet.com/kristapod/8jl4bgr8khso/wish/372452102 kristapod https://padlet.com/kristapod/8jl4bgr8khso/wish/372452239 2019-07-27 18:49:01 UTC https://padlet.com/kristapod/8jl4bgr8khso/wish/372452239 kristapod https://padlet.com/kristapod/8jl4bgr8khso/wish/372452259 2019-07-27 18:49:59 UTC https://padlet.com/kristapod/8jl4bgr8khso/wish/372452259 kristapod https://padlet.com/kristapod/8jl4bgr8khso/wish/372452296 2019-07-27 18:51:49 UTC https://padlet.com/kristapod/8jl4bgr8khso/wish/372452296 kristapod https://padlet.com/kristapod/8jl4bgr8khso/wish/372452297 2019-07-27 18:51:50 UTC https://padlet.com/kristapod/8jl4bgr8khso/wish/372452297 kristapod https://padlet.com/kristapod/8jl4bgr8khso/wish/372452835 This book tells a story of the past and the present of Mayan culture. The themes in this story are tradition, family and protecting the environment. ]]> 2019-07-27 19:16:19 UTC https://padlet.com/kristapod/8jl4bgr8khso/wish/372452835 kristapod https://padlet.com/kristapod/8jl4bgr8khso/wish/372452893 2019-07-27 19:19:37 UTC https://padlet.com/kristapod/8jl4bgr8khso/wish/372452893 kristapod https://padlet.com/kristapod/8jl4bgr8khso/wish/372452909 Help raise money for the Mayan Book Project. The Maya Book Project is to support Guatemalans in their effort to reclaim Mayan culture through the publication and distribution of books in the indigenous languages of the Maya.]]> 2019-07-27 19:20:34 UTC https://padlet.com/kristapod/8jl4bgr8khso/wish/372452909 kristapod https://padlet.com/kristapod/8jl4bgr8khso/wish/372453077 2019-07-27 19:28:31 UTC https://padlet.com/kristapod/8jl4bgr8khso/wish/372453077 kristapod https://padlet.com/kristapod/8jl4bgr8khso/wish/372453087 2019-07-27 19:28:48 UTC https://padlet.com/kristapod/8jl4bgr8khso/wish/372453087 kristapod https://padlet.com/kristapod/8jl4bgr8khso/wish/372981539 This book is silly! (and psst! it is available in our Dr. Weeks Library.) It takes you on a fictional journey of the ups and downs of living at the time of the Aztecs. At first, you might be a young man living with your family with a great home and plenty of food. But, you live might start to get turned upside down when you have to pay tributes (clothes, cotton, beans, peppers) to help the warriors. Then, you have to get ready to fight-The Aztec are coming! ]]> 2019-08-01 19:53:40 UTC https://padlet.com/kristapod/8jl4bgr8khso/wish/372981539 kristapod https://padlet.com/kristapod/8jl4bgr8khso/wish/372982816 (psst! You can check this book out at our Dr. Weeks library)
Chapter Seven of this book focuses on: The Rise of the Empires and Nations. We learn that the early Americans developed the Chimu Empire which was conquered by the Incas. The book has great illustrations of Inca Warriors, the entrance of the Inca city of Machu Picchu, the road system, and tools. This book explains how the Mayans kept records and made reservoirs for rainwater. ]]> 2019-08-01 20:09:54 UTC https://padlet.com/kristapod/8jl4bgr8khso/wish/372982816 kristapod https://padlet.com/kristapod/8jl4bgr8khso/wish/372983232 Discover everything you might what to know about these flourishing civilizations! You can read about farming, hunting, family life, food, trade, the warriors, religion, medicine, writing, weaving, pottery, dance, music and even sports!! (and psst!!! You can check out this book at the Dr. Weeks Library)]]> 2019-08-01 20:14:26 UTC https://padlet.com/kristapod/8jl4bgr8khso/wish/372983232 kristapod https://padlet.com/kristapod/8jl4bgr8khso/wish/372984420 This book shows the rise and fall of the Aztecs with great illustrations and pictures of what life was like for this great people. You can learn so much about their daily lives. What did they wear? Eat? Drink? What games did they play? The second half of the book focuses on the warriors, fighting and how the Aztec Empire ended. What happened to the Aztecs? (and psst!!! You can check out this book at the Dr. Weeks Library)]]> 2019-08-01 20:30:29 UTC https://padlet.com/kristapod/8jl4bgr8khso/wish/372984420 kristapod https://padlet.com/kristapod/8jl4bgr8khso/wish/372985392 Look on pages 15-25 and read how technology helped and possibly hurt the early civilizations of the Mayan and Aztec people. Is change always better? ]]> 2019-08-01 20:46:45 UTC https://padlet.com/kristapod/8jl4bgr8khso/wish/372985392