Peru
Peru is the third biggest country of South America. Its Capital is Lima. Nowadays the president is Alejandro Toledo.
Peru borders are Ecuador and Colombia to the north; Brazil to the
east, Bolivia to the southeast and Chile to the south. At last,
Peru borders Pacific Ocean to the west.
The currency has been the New Sun since 1991.
Peru has 29 million inhabitants. Peruvian languages are Spanish and Quechua.
The name of this country means “Abundance Earth”. Peru’s economy is based on agriculture and mineral extraction.
When the Spanish arrived at the Inca empire, Inca Society was organized. However, the Spanish dominated the Incas.
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Machu Picchu
Machu Picchu means "Old Mountain" and “The Lost City of the Incas”.
The city was discovery in 1911.
The Inca empire did not have any writing systems, so little is known about their civilization.
The Imperor was Sapa Inca, a “ god in earth”.
It was a hierarchy society: nobles, middle class, lower class.
They had a well developed agriculture and rich handcraft.
The world was created by Viracocha, according to the Inca legend.
They
believed in many gods related to nature: god of rain, god of wind, god
of thunder. The most powerful was Sun God.
The architecture let the sun shine through the city.
They made a lot of animal sacrifices for helping them in wars, harvests, drought etc
The quipo was an instrument with colorful cords and knots. Each color
represented some information: harvest, people, taxes...
Machu Picchu is located at 2500 meters above sea level.
This post describes Maricelia's oral performance in class. Congratulations, Maricelia
The night before Maricelia's presentation, she, her children and some of their friends were talking about the Incas history and all the magic world that was left behind them.
ResponderExcluirAccording to her, it was really one moment in time when they had the chance of learning new knowledge and being happy together.
As Maricelia, my dear student, said: "It was like a party in her bedroom that night. Everybody was trying to help, to learn, to colaborate, to draw special signals like those the Incas drew in the desert."
Curiosity was in the air.
Thanks, Maricelia, for your happiness and great oral performance!
Very interesting, Maricelia :)
ResponderExcluirThanks Paula
ExcluirI had two moments in time: the first in my house and the second at the presentation. Thanks Nayla to encourage yours students. Thanks classmates to exchange experiences.
ResponderExcluirStudents are also our friends, my dear! It sounds great to know about 'your' two moments in time!!
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