Recently in Humanities, we were assigned a project to do with a partner. The project was to research a certain pharaoh of Ancient Egypt. What we had to do was look for a whole lot of information about the pharaoh, write a script and find graphics, then make an iMovie. The pharaoh for my partner and I was Hatshepsut, the first female pharaoh. Below is the iMovie Interview about Hatshepsut we made. In this blogpost, we're supposed to answer some questions about Ancient Egypt and what WE think about it. Well, I hope you enjoy the movie!
I believe the Pharaohs of Ancient Egypt built monuments because of many different reasons. The reasons may be that the Pharaoh wanted to show people their beliefs, that THEY ruled Egypt, and just the sake of having accomplished a monument! Some monuments could be temples, statues, or obelisks. It depends on what the Pharaoh made. The Pharaoh could want to express their beliefs of what gods they worshiped, like maybe Isis, goddess of motherhood, magic, and fertility, or Osiris, god of afterlife, the underworld and the dead. I think some Pharaohs also wanted to let their reign last forever. Not literally of course (or then they would be immortal. But they would have to find a way.. magic??), but they wanted to be remembered, and one way to do that, is to make a monument! I assume some Pharaohs just wanted to build a monument just for the sake of it. Just to have a great accomplishment in their life, instead of being the Pharaoh.
Like I explained before, Pharaohs wanted to be remembered, and wanted for their monument to stay strong and literally now, last forever. The problem nowadays, is that we humans run-down old buildings, and create new ones. But that's not very exciting, is it? New buildings? Nope. Old buildings, on the other hand? Yes please! There are HEAPS of examples of monuments similar to ones of Ancient Egypt, but sadly, I'm only going to name a few. You've obviously heard of the 7 wonders of the world, right? Some are tombs, some are defense-wise, and some are just amazing. The Great Wall, Taj Mahal, and The Great Pyramids are just 3 of the 7. But obelisks can be another matter. What obelisks are, is a 4 sided building, with a pyramid-shaped top. Maybe you've heard of Cleopatra's needles, well, if you haven't, then basic information: there are two of them, and they are located in London and New York. But, what they all have in common, is that their creator, wanted to make it last forever.
Using Google Docs helped a lot. When I mean a lot, I mean a WHOLE LOT. We both (My partner and I) could do many, many things with it. We could edit each others work, but I don't think my partner was too happy about my-ah-improvements. Let's just put it that way. I could see what my partner did, and what we needed to add to our facts. The best thing about Google Docs, is that every 2-5 minutes or so, it updated and you could see the changes anyone had made. Google docs is so much easier than anything, believe me. It makes your life easier by far.
I learned a numberless amount of facts learning about Hatshepsut. But I actually learned a thing or two about partners. You see, my partner and I are most likely the same in one way. We both want our way, and when it comes to that, we argue. A lot. Next time, I'll try to be more careful. But more importantly, the facts about Hatshepsut. When I first started off, the only thing I knew about Hatshepsut was that she wore a fake beard and men's attire. Now, I think I'm near to being close to an expert. Did you know that she actually re-established the trade systems in Egypt? She also led an expedition to Punt, an African Civilization. But, I think that you can find out more about her by watching our movie, so I don't bore you too much.
There were countless challenges in the way of us and success but I think we coped really well. If Finding information for Hatshepsut was not very much a challenge, but all went wrong on the pictures. The day we were going to record, we noticed that our pictures were pix-elated. So, on that night, I spent looking for pictures. Now, that I think about it, the main problem wasn't finding facts or fuzzy pictures, it was my partner and I. We argued about changing each other's lines, what pictures to put, how many pictures to put, and too many others. I lost a lot, and I won rarely. Which is kind of weird, because I usually win arguments. Guess I wasn't that prepared.Our school has SLR's= School Learning Results. They are 6 of them, but the most evident was to collaborate constructively. I mean, it's a partner project. But I guess we could have done much better without the arguing. Like I mentioned before, it was a problem. A big one. Now I say,"Thank gods it's over".
Well this is where, again, my blogpost unfortunately comes to an end. Hope I didn't bore you! :P Seriously, I don't really want a boring blogpost. That would be not that great.
The Great Wall of China
The Taj Mahal
Pyramids of Giza
This here is the link to the movie about Hatshepsut: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGg0BnFUxOc
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P.S: Bye! :)
