In developing Cultural Literacy, throughout the year we will be using Six Critical Lenses through which to view culture:
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Our first stop is "100 British Museum Objects" from the BBC where you can take some time to reflect on ONE object ...
Process:
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The oldest temple in the world ... 11,500 years ago in Göbekli Tepe.
Could religion actually have prompted farming? |
Here are some articles on Cave Art. Choose a couple of them and bear in mind these guiding questions as you read:
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"Ozymandias" by P. B. Shelley
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I met a traveler from an antique land
Who said: "Two vast and trunkless legs of stone Stand in the desert... Near them, on the sand, Half sunk a shattered visage lies, whose frown, And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command, Tell that its sculptor well those passions read Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things, The hand that mocked them and the heart that fed; And on the pedestal these words appear: My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings, Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair! Nothing beside remains. Round the decay Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare The lone and level sands stretch far away. |
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