The Desert of Bamiyan Afghanistan by Mary Skelton https://padlet.com/skeltonm/fz48fy4oe6bp Opening scene of Shadow, by Michael Murpurgo en-us 2018-10-12 15:46:31 UTC 2018-10-18 00:50:49 UTC hello@padlet.com Our Class just finished reading this book. skeltonm https://padlet.com/skeltonm/fz48fy4oe6bp/wish/292230819 2018-10-12 15:48:34 UTC https://padlet.com/skeltonm/fz48fy4oe6bp/wish/292230819 The story of Aman begins in a valley in Afghanistan in a village called Bamiyan. skeltonm https://padlet.com/skeltonm/fz48fy4oe6bp/wish/292231319 Click on the map. Find the city of Kabul Bamiyan is about 100 miles north. ]]> 2018-10-12 15:49:27 UTC https://padlet.com/skeltonm/fz48fy4oe6bp/wish/292231319 Bamiyan Budda site. Distryoed by the Taliban in 2001 skeltonm https://padlet.com/skeltonm/fz48fy4oe6bp/wish/292233516 These statues were 2000 years old. Tourists would travel from all over the Middle East to pray near these carved statues. ]]> 2018-10-12 15:53:27 UTC https://padlet.com/skeltonm/fz48fy4oe6bp/wish/292233516 Good News. skeltonm https://padlet.com/skeltonm/fz48fy4oe6bp/wish/292235548 REad this article to find out how the people of Afghanistan are bringing the buddha's back ]]> 2018-10-12 15:56:55 UTC https://padlet.com/skeltonm/fz48fy4oe6bp/wish/292235548 The Hazara people have lived in this valley for hundreds of years. Aman's Family grew apples and raised sheep. https://padlet.com/skeltonm/fz48fy4oe6bp/wish/292413945 2018-10-13 12:12:51 UTC https://padlet.com/skeltonm/fz48fy4oe6bp/wish/292413945 https://padlet.com/skeltonm/fz48fy4oe6bp/wish/292604212 Sounds like a really interesting book to read.]]> 2018-10-14 22:24:42 UTC https://padlet.com/skeltonm/fz48fy4oe6bp/wish/292604212 maryskelt https://padlet.com/skeltonm/fz48fy4oe6bp/wish/293913083 Many people in Bamiyan have herds of goats or sheep]]> 2018-10-17 15:24:31 UTC https://padlet.com/skeltonm/fz48fy4oe6bp/wish/293913083 Michael Murpurgo is the Author of Shadow. He explains how he got his idea for this Realistic Fiction Novel. skeltonm https://padlet.com/skeltonm/fz48fy4oe6bp/wish/294147660 2018-10-18 00:49:22 UTC https://padlet.com/skeltonm/fz48fy4oe6bp/wish/294147660