Before Europeans arrived on the North American continent, the central Mississippi River Valley
formed the core of an extensive prehistoric urban network. Villages and cities flourished in the Midwest and Southeast U.S.,
extending north to Canada and south to the Gulf of Mexico. The Native Americans built extensive ceremonial and burial mounds
that rivaled the cities of the Incas and Aztecs. Their culture, known as the Mississippian, thrived in urban complexes where
archaeological research has unearthed the evidence of a complex agrarian society with unique funerary practices and a sophisticated
socio-economic structure. Monks Mound rises 70 ft. above the Mississippi River floodplain in East St. Louis, Illinois
and stands as a testament to those whose civilization remains as enigmatic as it is monumental. In this episode, we explore
the foundations of the Mississippian culture, its rise, florescence and eventual demise in the wake of the Euroamerican conquest
of the Americas.
Trailer for Episode 2: America: From The Ground Up! Monty Dobson leads the
team to investigate the greatest mystery of the early Americas: Cahokia. In 1000AD Cahokia was a city three times the size
of Paris or London. Between 800AD and 1400AD the Mississippian people built a network of cities, towns and villages that stretched
throughout the Mississippi Valley and the Southeastern US, from the Ohio River valley to the Gulf of Mexico and from Florida
to Oklahoma. Across this area, towns and cities were ruled by powerful chiefs who sat atop a warrior aristocracy with trade
links ranging from modern Canada to the Gulf of Mexico. But by 1400 the Mississippians had largely disappeared and their magnificent
cities were in ruins. What happened to them is one of our greatest untold mysteries! Join Monty as he gets behind the scenes
at the museum and digs into the mysterious archaeology of this city of mystery.
ENG 115 Scaffolding Week 4
Below are selected scaffolding materials for Week 3:
The search for the lost
Greek city of Helike - Explore - BBC
Harold Edgerton's search for the Greek City of Helike, sunk and lost in 373 BC. Intriguing video from BBC show
Helike.
Classroom 212
11/04
Amazing ancient
discovery at Helike - The Real Atlantis - Explore - BBC
An excavation uncovers some ancient Roman artifacts that can be dated to just before the disaster of
the disappearing Helike. Could these be from the elusive city? Fascinating clip from BBC show
Helike. Watch more high quality videos from YouTube channel Explore with BBC Worldwide here:http://www.youtube.com/BBCExplore
Classroom 114
11/10
The earthquake
that destroyed Helike - Horizon: Helike - The Real Atlantis
An earthquake specialist looks at the fault that is thought to have risen during the earthquake that
caused Helike to sink. Intriguing video from BBC show Helike. Watch more high quality videos on the Explore YouTube channel
from BBC Worldwide here: http://www.youtube.com/bbcexplore
Back Courtyard
WEEK 3 SCAFFOLDING: VIEWER'S CHOICE
Date
Lost Cities & Lost Civilizations
The Invention of Writing
01/19/12
Tracking the First Americans
Run Time:
50min.
Genre(s):
Documentary,Epic and Historical,Special
Interest
Plot: Who were the first
Americans? Theories abound on the answer to that question. This BBC documentary follows a new quest for the first humans to
have a foothold in the Western hemisphere.
Narrated
by Martin Sheen, this installment of the Emmy award-winning PBS series Nature features the story of the famous gorilla named
Koko. Collecting conversations -- in which Koko "spoke" via sign language -- from a decades-long dialogue with the ape, this
program details the wants and needs expressed by Koko and her complexity and creativity. To truly highlight the emotional
similarity of the ape to humans, the documentary also chronicles Koko's saddened reaction to learning that her pet kitten
had died, and explores the close friendship she developed with her human teacher, Dr. Penny Patterson. - Dana Rowader, Rovi
Narrated by Martin Sheen, this installment of the Emmy award-winning PBS series Nature features the story of the famous gorilla named Koko. Collecting conversations -- in which Koko "spoke" via sign language -- from a decades-long dialogue with the ape, this program details the wants and needs expressed
by Koko and her complexity and creativity. To truly highlight the emotional similarity of the ape to humans, the documentary
also chronicles Koko's saddened reaction to learning that her pet kitten had died, and explores the close friendship she developed with her human
teacher, Dr. Penny Patterson. - Dana Rowader, Rovi
Plot: This documentary
tells the story of the once mighty city of Cahokia, North America's first metropolis. Located in the corner where Illinois
and Missouri now meet, the remains of this vast city now lay beneath the highways and urban sprawl of modern St. Louis.
NOVA: Ape Genius
PBS's NOVA: Ape Genius begins with a remarkable sight never before glimpsed by the general public
and seldom noted by scientific researchers; at a cordoned-off, controlled research locale in Fongoli, Senegal, a female chimp
breaks a branch off of a tree; hones it and sharpens it with her teeth, thereby creating a deadly weapon; and promptly uses
it to murder a bushbaby cowering in the interior of a hollowed tree. As the program notes, primate-focused zoologists considered
this a massive breakthrough for both zoology and science in general. Yet in truth, this represents only the tip of the proverbial
iceberg - one of many new insights about apes attained during a period with the world on the cusp of intimate behavioral knowledge
of primates. Time and again, related discoveries continually lead researchers to profound conclusions about apes' capacities
for 'creative intelligence.' This, in turn, prompts yet another question: if apes possess creative intelligence, what constitutes
the key cerebral difference separating primates from homo sapiens? Ape Genius explores this question with a great attention
to scientific detail, with visits to the grassy plains of Africa and research laboratories on several continents including
Europe, Asia and North America; in the process, it unveils aspects of primate behavior long thought untenable, contrasts differences
between the minds of different ape species, and ultimately hones in on the key cerebral differences that separate apes from
human beings. - Nathan Southern, Rovi
For this third writing assignment, you are to identify several locations that could have been the "real" Atlantis. By
a process of elimination, you are to arrive at your preferred candidate for the location of Atlantis. Make as strong
an argument as you can for your preferred candidate. There is no "fence sitting" allowed and there are to be no "apologies"
at the end.
There should be citations in the body of the text and there should be references
at the end of the paper. [Below is a link on how to use the APA template in Microsoft word.]
ALL of my students can self-enroll in TurnItIn, a portal you will use to submit written assignments. There
is also a gradebook at the TurnItIn site where I will post your grades for selected written assignments [not drafts]. The
grade you find computed there is only an estimate of your grade, not you actual up-to-date grade. You will find the
running computation of your grade at the class website.
If your class needs to use TurnItIn, I will provide the class ID number and the class password at the respective class
page for this website.
If you do not find an ID and password at the class homepage then you will most likely not need to submit work through
TurnItIn.
Click on the link below to go to the TurnItIn login page.
