Overall,the project was incredibly fun to do, we got to express our creative ideas and also the artistic side. Throughout the whole project, I've learned massively from the research on 'Myanmar'. The timeline allowed us to visualize the key events that happened through time and how it might have affected the country (Myanmar) and the model demonstrated a famous and important attraction sight, which was the Shwedagon Pagoda. One of the success is that the timeline was completed with visually attractive designs, to allow readers to feel engaged and excited. There are images around the timeline as well, so the reader has more insight to what the events were about. Such as the elections in 2010 when Aung Saan Suu Kyi's NLD party won and the image of citizens holding up a picture of Aung Saan Suu Kyi, readers could imagine being there at the time. Another was the fact that our team had good teamwork, we divided up the work equally amongst ourselves and helped each other throughout, whether it was by building the model together or finding information on the key events in the timeline. This project allowed us to become extremely patient with the graphics and model and each other because everything was time consuming and that it needed delicate care so the product comes out as expected. Also, communicating skills was used so much because we were working in pairs and if communication is faulty, the work would not be produced as planned and it could become disastrous. Fortunately, we were able to demonstrate similar ideas and agree on a common goal, so the project was done sufficiently. However, one of the difficulties is time, this was because there were so many projects to do and there were not much time, the ideal improvement could have been the action plan where it planned out inaccurately. The action plan could have been made in a tighter schedule so that the whole project could be completed 1 week in advance. After 2 weeks of working on the project, we found out that we were running behind the schedule even if the action plan stated that we were on track. What I have learnt from myself is that, I must take more care and be able to make quick changes so that the work would be done in a much shorter time, time was spent on ‘key events’ in the timeline, which took over a lot of the time to create and finish the model. In the future, equal distribution of work for the model and timeline should be maintained. As our model was being made, we considered the materials and their effects on the environment as well, we did not use materials that were non-biodegradable. This would be environmentally friendly once we finish the project and it would be able to decompose. It is an important aspect to consider as well because it is one of the main focuses in the ESLOs. The project reflects on all ESLOS because we are able to recognize what we are learning and focus on the important parts, there were mistakes throughout the process where those helped us improve and we did not make the same mistakes again (such as using ice cream sticks which took too long).We also planned the work in advance so that we are on schedule and on task. Throughout we used technology and books to find out information on Myanmar. We build on ideas and how to create different products. ESLOS 1) STRATEGIC LEARNERS How do we learn? We can a) Recognize what is important to know and understand b) Reflect on our learning and how our mistakes help us to improve c) Plan how to learn without wasting time d) Use technology to do research and to work 2) INNOVATIVE THINKERS What new ideas and ways of thinking are possible? We can a) Build on the ideas, explanations, and reasons of others b) Apply what we know to analyze, evaluate, and solve problems, c) Be creative and original d) Use technology to create high quality products 3) ARTICULATE COMMUNICATORS How do we communicate with others? We can a) Listen, read, write, and speak for different purposes and using different methods b) Tell what we understand and how we understand to different social groups c) Use technology and media to clarify, explain, and state our ideas 4) MORALLY INTELLIGENT PERSONS In what ways do we show we make the right choices? We can a) Show behavior that is moral, honest, and correct according to our society’s rules b) Encourage honesty, justice and peace in the community c) Show we are hardworking and caring d) Use technology in ways that do no harm 5) ALTRUISTIC GLOBAL CITIZENS How do we show we are good citizens of the world? We can a) Live a healthy lifestyle and be responsible citizens b) Respect other cultures and those who are different from us c) Show concern and responsibility for the well-being of the community d) Use technology to promote community service 6) LEADERS FOR THE FUTURE What do good leaders do? We can a) Build teamwork and leadership to achieve common goals b) Work through our differences and accept group decisions c) Evaluate how well we work together and give one another helpful feedback d) Use technology to solve our problems and do our work together
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Shwedagon Pagoda is one of the most attractive tourist attraction because of it's golden complexion and the beautiful designs inside the Pagoda. The Shwedagon pagoda model that we made were made our of ice cream sticks, cardboard paper, fake grass and miniature trees and foam. Then painted with gold acrylic paint. The key component of the Pagoda is to have everything golden as it is reflecting off the bright sunlight in Myanmar. While working on the model, it tested our patience and team working skills because of the time consuming processes of building and also time constraints. Team working skills was hard because it required two people to be working on the project and often the amount of work was distributed not equally. However, in the end the work was done and completed as expected. The model was using environmentally friendly materials (except for the foam) because we wanted to limit the amount of non-biodegradable materials, however, foam was used at the top of the Pagoda because nothing else was able to be cut into a sharp point, therefore, we used just a small amount of foam in order to complete the top of the Pagoda. Also, we did research on the Pagoda to understand it's importance to Myanmar citizens and we show respect to other cultures as well. Problem solving skills played an important role too because there were many obstacles whilst working because of time constraints, we changed the materials used, half way, from ice cream sticks into the cardboard paper which made the process much easier to complete and in a faster rate as well. The final product is not too heavy, demonstrates the Shwedagon Pagoda in an abstract style with trees and grass on the sides, it is also a simplified version of the pagoda, excluding small pagoda's around the large Pagoda. This was to create a model that was different to other groups and to center the focus on the large Pagoda because that is the most important part of the model. Final Product
A timeline on Myanmar was done on 3 future boards underlining 15 key events that has happened from 1800s to 2000s. Starting from the 3 Anglo-Burmese wars, Burma's name changing into Myanmar and until the elections of 2015. The events are designed into squared papers with a cover that can be opened and the information would be inside, this would reduce the amount of space used and it is more creative! The timeline includes images and photographs that relates to events so that the readers could see and relate to the actual event. Often, images say more than words. This assignment allowed us to understand and know facts about the country of Myanmar, not only that, it provides great in sight on their leaders, tourist attractions and historical events. The assignment tested our communication and team working skills let along our use of time and if our work was planned out efficiently or not. We had to put forth our communication and team working skills because this project was a group work and that it required communication between to people so that the product could be presented as expected. Also, the action plan that we made in the proposal was an extremely beneficial thing to do because it gave us an idea of when and how we were going to complete the project. There were many challenges while making the timeline, such as the time consuming process of designing the information and finding the images that would be used. Also, the difficulty of taking the materials home to work on because the 3 future board is extremely large. However, we over came the obstacle and was able to finish the timeline eventually. Progress Mind Map 2& 3
Mind Map:
Individually, we brainstormed what we knew about our chosen country, including ideas, people and events etc. This allows us to track, before and after researching, to show how much we know after researching on our country. Here's my mind map: Qing Dynasty was one of the dynasty's that has been ruling China for a long time, from 1839-1912. However, we explored factors that led to the decline of its dynasty and research on why it happened. An infographic timeline was created to display the problems that occur throughout the whole period, while there were wars such as the Opium War, Tai Ping Rebellion and War with the Japanese. The timeline consisted of chronological dates and pic-arts to demonstrate the conditions during that time. It shows that problems within a country would cause external problems to rise more rapidly and eventually collapsing its own dynasty. This project was in pairs, we took time working on the project, dividing the work up. It was fun to do research and create an infographic with bright colors to attract the audience and make it interesting. We then presented our timeline and build on the class's knowledge of the Qing Dynasty. This allowed us to practise on communicating skills and to build on team working skills with our peers. We used technology in a useful way and we can explain what we understand to different people. Overall, it was a fun project that enhanced communicating skills, team working skills and promotes learning about different cultures.
Our quarter 2 project was to create a live tour guide and present to our classmates. Our destination was somewhere in the Middle East and our group chose Istanbul, Turkey. My group consisted of five members and we decided to divide up the work in order to finish the work prior to the due date. Our plan was to show images on a powerpoint presentation so that the audiences can imagine where they are at that moment, an example would be: if the audience was going to the airport, the picture on the presentation slide would be the Suvarnabhumi Airport. In our tour, we must include: - the locations We planned to travel to museums such as Hagia Sophia and cultural attraction sites such as the Blue Mosque. We also included fun and interesting schedule where the audience would get to go on a Cruise at the Bosphorous as well as shopping at the Grand Bazaar. - historical persons and events While travelling to attraction sites, we would make the bus ride a little less quiet by telling our audience about Turkey, who the president is and who are the important people. We would mention about Mustafa Kemal Ataturk who was said to be the father of Turkey. We also mention a couple of historical events which had changed Turkey, such as earthquakes and fires that destroyed some parts of the Grand Bazaar, and so the place lost some of its characteristics. - information about political system and background of the country We included political systems and background of the country, we made them into fun facts so that audience would find it interesting. We included Turkey's ruling system and that they follow secularism so they did not base their law on religious beliefs. - cultural facts/products Cultural facts and products, we talked about the foods that the audience would taste, whether it was during breakfast or lunch. During breakfast, Turkish breakfast would have a dish called Mezemen, and dinner, there is a special appetizer called Meze with desserts called Asure. Tour Guide Script
Prim:There are nine doors to enter Hagia Sophia you can use any except the central door which is the only door for emperor to enter the Hagia Sophia. Hagias Sophia has 40 windows at the roof of the dome. When the sunlight pass through the windows light that reflect with the wall of Hagia Sophia making the inside look really beautiful. Kim:Hagia Sophia has two levels. First level is the ground floor and Second level is a gallery above. 2 level of the church means like people were organized according to gender and class when services were served at the cathedral. in 1453 When the new ruler of ottoman empire, Sultan Mehmed II Rule. He converted Hagias Sophia from church to mosque and used the plaster to covering the mosaics of Christian. In 1935 Hagia Sophia was converted again into a museum by the first President of Turkey, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk. He was the war hero and who drive all the Greeks out after ottoman empire was invaded by them. He establishes the republic of turkey and was the first president of turkey. he was also known as father Turk because the word Ataturk in his name. He tried to transform turkey and modernized many things such as modernize economy, language he changes from using Arabic language to roman language, the last name was introduced. He also tried to breaks the Islamic religion and women finally gain equal right. He made what turkey is today. Gam After Mustafa Kemal Ataturk,Recep Tayyip Erdoğan also be the one who success in transforming turkey. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is the current president of turkey who was the Mayor of Istanbul before. He has Islamic political as his background. He was born and grew up in Istanbul. He focusses a lot on social conservative and liberal economic policies. since he becoming the president of turkey and accomplished a number of reforms in the shortest time. The country now has great progress democracy, transparency and the prevention of corruption. He develops turkey in many ways for example economy. In term of economy he tried to decrease the debt of the state and at the same time he also tried to increase the national income per capita. As a result, he achieved. many foreign observers and Western leaders call his successful transforming as Silent Revolution. Kim: The Panorama 1453 Historical Museum is a historical museum in Istanbul that was first opened on 31 January 2009. Here you will saw scene of the Fall of Constantinople, in particularly the moment the Ottoman troops broke the Byzantine defences of the city. After the fall, the Ottoman Sultan Mehmet II, gained the title of Fatih (conqueror). The painting surrounding measures 38 meters in diameter and covers an area of 2,350 square meters. Aom: How was the Panorama Historical Museum. ~Next we will take you to the palace, which is Topkapi palace, Kim Topkapı Palace was built at 1460 and finished at 1478. Palace was built on a 700,000 square meters area on an Eastern Roman located at the Istanbul Peninsula between Sea of Marmara, Bosphorus and the Golden Horn. Topkapı Palace, was the administrative, educational and art center of the Empire for nearly four hundred years since Mehmed the second until Sultan Abdulmecid who is the thirty-first Sultan. Gam Although Palace was abandoned by the Ottoman Dynasty by moving to the Dolmabahçe Palace, After the establishment of the Republic of Turkey, Topkapı Palace, was transformed into a museum on April 3th 1924 and it was also the first museum of Turkey. Topkapı Palace is one of the biggest palace-museums of turkey. Aom : Next we will take you to the traditional market, which is Grand Bazaar, you might have heard it before, it is where the one who like the fabric, old item, and the thing that come from Ottoman or the old Islamic art would be very satisfied, and this place will be like a heaven for them. Grand Bazaar is one of the largest and oldest market in the world. It was found in 1461. It is one of the unique centers in Istanbul to be visited with 60 narrow streets in 37,700 square meters giant like labyrinth, and more than 3600 shops (Haluk Y. Şahsuvaroğlu, 2013). It become the important trading center. It is the dome hall that have many restaurant, several cafe and antique. They sell valuable items that we can found in the past, like clock, watches, old coin, silver, and gold, they sell every kind of precious fabrics, jewelry, and gun. Prim : Unfortunately, their was an earthquake and a big fire last century, it lost some of it characteristics. In each shop there will have their unique items, and there will be the specific masters for a specific product. Although, their was many shop that sell the same items, but every one sell at the same price, so there will be no competition between the price. Today, they started to sell the export hand made articles in Turkey. As you walk there you might hear more than 10 language, and you will hear the excessive voice of the seller to call the costumer inside. The Grand Bazaar have 4 main gates open Monday to Saturday 9:00-19:00. Closed Sunday and bank holidays. You can get there by the tram to Beyazit, and walk around 15 minutes from the Aya Sofya. DAY 3 Gam: We are going to visit the Blue Mosque. The Blue Mosque which local people call it Sultanahmet Camii in Turkish is an historical mosque in Istanbul. It was considered to be the biggest mosque in istanbul too. Prim: This mosque is known as the Blue Mosque because of blue tiles around the walls of the design inside. Blue mosque was built between 1609 and 1616, during the period of Ahmed I. Aom: Moreover it still used as a mosque and a popular tourist attraction in Istanbul. Because of blue mosque still use as a mosque so it will be close during the five daily prayers about half an hour. Kim: Best way to see great architecture of the Blue Mosque is to go from West side of the mosque. And enter the mosque in same direction. Gam How was your trip at the blue mosque? Bosphorus cruise is ferri tour on the 32 km (20-mile) of the Sea of Marmara to the south until the Black Sea to the north of Istanbul. The tour take as little as 25 minutes, or a full day; it may just be transport across the water, or may include sightseeing and lunch. Aom : Suleymaniye mosque is an Ottoman imperial mosque located on the Third Hill of Istanbul, Turkey. It is the second largest mosque in the city and best-known sights of Istanbul. The Suleymaniye Mosque, built on the order of Sultan Suleyman draw by Mimar Sinan on the talents architectural genius it was built in 1550 til 1557. The Suleymaniye was damaged by a fire in 1660 and was restored by Sultan Mehmed IV. The dome part was collapsed during the earthquake of 1766. During World War I, the mosque was on fire again and it was fully restored in 1956 Gam This is the last day of our trip so, we would like to celebrate with the special dinner at Leb i derya restaurant In order to live the beauty of Istanbul and to witness the unique view of the moonlight with the menu from different cuisines. Lebiderya is the best place for celebrations. History of Turkish food Original Turks lived a nomadic life style. They moved from the Far East to Asia Minor or the current Turkey. While they were moving they adopted various foods from various cultures along the way which led to a very diverse cuisine. Because of their lifestyle, their diet was mainly based on animal products such as lamb and goat. Aom Different techniques of preserving food were invented in order to prevent food from spoiling. Also the Ottoman Empire which controlled the spice road, influenced food culture from North Africa to Eastern Europe and most of the Middle East leaving a trace of similarities in the current Mediterranean, Eastern Europe and Middle Eastern cuisines. Dried fruits which are the example of dehydrated food that is the way of preserving and the best quality spices are usually used in cooking. Prim Food : Meze is the Turkish appetizer : A meze is a big part of the dining experience in Eastern Mediterranean, Middle Eastern, and Arab countries. The word "meze" means "taste" and/or “snack.” Gam Sultan’s soup is also known as Ottoman soup. Originally served to the sultans of that era, it is typically made from chicken, thickened with flour an egg yolk then flavoured with blanched almonds. Aom: Lahmacun or Turkish pizza : consist of a ground meat/vegetable mixture, spread on a very thin bread/cracker-like crust. Lahmacun is spicy, the dough is very thin,Lahmacun is especially famous in the Southern and Eastern parts of Turkey where it's traditionally eaten Kim Doner kebabs The sliced meat of a döner kebab may be served on a plate with various accompaniments, stuffed into a pita or other type of bread as a sandwich, the sandwich or wrap form has become popular around the world as a fast food dish. Gam Asure is the Turkish dessert which made of a mixture consisting of grains, fruits, dried fruits and nuts.In Turkey it is made all the year and served especially during Muharram, the first month of the Islamic calendar. Enjoy the meal Powerpoint Presentation Link https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1lyvWIolXg2hHb0Z-HL1NNSavluSWs80002bXJON79MA/edit?usp=sharing ESLOS:
Our group consisted of five members and throughout the project, we had to make many decisions and vote on whether we should brainstorm our idea in a certain way or whether we should include a certain material in our presentation. I believe our group had worked well together and we used technology in a productive way, we managed to do our work outside of school time and use technology to schedule an online meeting. Throughout the project, we learned many things about the Middle East especially Turkey, we accept differences in culture such as the foods, language and appearances, we show respect and show that we care. This is by creating a presentation that represents their country and choosing the best quality of their attractions, foods and hotels etc. STRATEGIC LEARNERS: * Recognize what is important to know and understand * Use technology to do research and to work INNOVATIVE THINKERS * Build on the ideas, explanations, and reasons of others * Be creative and original * Use technology to create high quality products ARTICULATE COMMUNICATORS * Listen, read, write, and speak for different purposes and using different methods * Tell what we understand and how we understand to different social groups * Use technology and media to clarify, explain, and state our ideas MORALLY INTELLIGENT PERSONS * Show we are hardworking and caring * Use technology in ways that do no harm ALTRUISTIC GLOBAL CITIZENS * Respect other cultures and those who are different from us LEADERS FOR THE FUTURE * Build teamwork and leadership to achieve common goals * Work through our differences and accept group decisions * Use technology to solve our problems and do our work together |
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