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Hello Grade 6,

Mrs. Duarte, Mr. Castro, and I are e-mailing you to let you know the topics that will be included on your Grade 6 Humanities examination after the Easter holidays. You will do one examination for HUMANITIES. Half of the examination will be testing you on your Geography knowledge, and half will be testing you on your History knowledge.

FOR HISTORY THE TOPICS THAT WILL BE ON THE EXAMINATION ARE:

THE HISTORY OF EL SALVADOR - using information from your El Salvador booklets.

THE ROMAN EMPIRE - using information on the people, places, and events we studied earlier in the year.

THE MIDDLE AGES - using information on the people, places, and events we have studied most recently.

We all hope that this is enough information for you at the moment. If you have any questions please speak to your teacher in your next History lesson.

Kind regards & Good Luck.

The History Department

Who discovered El Salvador? anwering question: Javier Miguel.

What does Popol Vuh mean? pool vuh was a mythological book that was used by the mayas there saw the tales of the 2 hero twins Hunahpu and Xbalanqué.Lourdes Amaya it the name of a book with mythological narratives Popol Vuh means a book with myth stories of the people who used to live before of the mayas tribe, they have their stories in there. there was one type of a mayan tribe who used it. Michelle Flores and it explanes how was the eath made and the humans. Cristina Cromeyer and how they created women when men were asleep. Andrea Osegueda Popol Vuh is the mayan story of the creation of humans. Andres Puente Popol Vuh is, the human creation which the Mayas believed. Daniel Calvillo. Popol Vuh is a mayan book that had different myths.Camila Popoff


 * 1) //The// //Victorian// //Times began at 1837 when Queen Victoria was accessed to the throne in England (The United Kingdom).//
 * 2) // The Victorian Times lasted from the year when Queen Victoria was the Queen until she died. //
 * 3) //The works where really difficult, women had hard works, poor children had to work instead of going to school because they had to help their families.//
 * 4) //Lots of children died because their dangerous works, some died because they caught diseases others because they got stock inside mines, etc........//
 * 5) //Queen Victoria had 9 children, with her husband Prince Albert.//
 * 6) //The Victorian era became notorious for the employment of young children in factories, mines and chimney sweeps.//
 * 7) //In 1848 more than 2,000 people would died every week of the Cholera Epidemic.//
 * 8) //England (The United Kingdom) declared war to Russia in 1854.//
 * 9) //Prince Albert, Queen Victoria´s husband, died in December of 1861.//
 * 10) //Queen Victoria died, and The Victorian Times ended, she died in 1901.//
 * //BY: DANIEL CALVILLO//**

The Anglo Saxons BY:LOURDES AMAYA
 * When people died they were either cremated and put ib a pot or buried with their belongings.
 * King Redwald died in the year 625.
 * The Anglo Saxons arrived in Britain during the 5th and 6th centuries.
 * The Anglo Saxons houses were built of wood and had thatched roof.
 * The Anglo Saxons did not had prisions.
 * The Anglo Saxons had a punishment by cutting a hand or a leg or killing them.
 * The Anglo Saxons never conquered Scotland,Wales, and Cornwall.
 * By around the year 600 AD the five main Anglo Saxons kingdoms were Northumbia,Mercia,Wessex,Kent and Anglia.
 * 871 AD Alfred became king of Wessex.
 * By 878 the Vikings had conquered all of England except for wessex.

The Ancient Greeks (8000BC-146BC)

9. The cloth was usually homemade. 10. The fabric used was the same one as the one for garments or blankets. By Andres Puente
 * 1) The Greeks population was of 14,000,000-16,000,000.
 * 2) The Greek mythology had 12 gods and goddesses that lived in the Olympus (Aphrodite, Apollo, Ares, Hera, Poseidon Hermes, Artemis, Athena, Demetre, Hephaestus, Hestia and Zeus).
 * 3) Hades was too a god, but he lives and rules in the Underworld.
 * 4) The Greek warriors used a bronze helmet to protect their head.
 * 5) The most common weapon they used was the spear and the shield.
 * 6) If the spear was completely broken, the warrior had a dagger little sword.
 * 7) The Greeks were the first civilization in having a just government.
 * 8) The women were not aloud to go to the Olympic Games.

Tudor times

By: Andrea Osegueda
 * The tudor period was from 1485 - 1603, they were seteld in England.
 * The first King during the tudor period was Henry VII. (1457 - 1509)
 * The second King was Henry VIII. (1509 - 1547)
 * The third King was Edward VI. (1547 - 1553)
 * The forth was Queen Jane Grey. (1553 - 1553)
 * The fifth Queen was Mary I. (1553 - 1558)
 * The sixth Queen was Elizabeth I. (1558 - 1603)
 * Tudors in England had two of the strongest monarchs ever to sit on the English throne: Henry VIII and his daughter Elizabeth I.
 * The first tudor king was Henry VII, he became King after the battle of Bosworth field, which ended the war of roses. He was followed by his son, Henry VIII, who was famous for marrying six times and beneading two of his wives! His son Eduard VI ruled after him, followed by his daughters Mary I and Elizabeth I.
 * They are famous for many things, including the Henry VIII and his six wives, the exploration of america and plays of Wiliam shakespeare.

The Stuarts By: Camila Popoff
 * 1603-1714 was the period of the Stuart Monarchs.
 * The first Stuart monarch was James I of England VI of scotland, he came to the throne after Elizabeth I died.
 * The change from James VI of scotland to James I of England united the two countries.
 * James belived that he was a god.
 * When James I died in 1625 the country was badly debt.
 * Aftare James I came, Charles , son of James I.
 * The last Stuart Monarch was queen Anne (1702-1714).
 * In 1707 the act of union united the kingdoms of England and Scotland.
 * Te linage stoped at queen Anne because none of her 18 children survived.
 * After the Stuarts came the Tudors.

The Mayas
 * The decline of the Olmecs.100 A.D.
 * A Maya city caled Tikal becomes the first greate Mayan city. citizens from Teotihuacan make their way to Tikal.500 A.D.
 * The empire Pacal dies at the age of 80 and he is burned in the Temple of the inscriptions al Palenque.683 A.D.
 * construction has been done in Tikal, marking the beggining of the city,s decline.867 A.D.
 * The city of Tikal is abandonated.899 A.D.
 * Classic Period of the Maya history ends. Some lowland cities collapse.900 A.D.
 * Northen Mayan cities begin to be abandonated. 1200 A.D.
 * The city of Chichen Itza is abandoned by the Toltecs.( abandonated from a unknown reason).1224 A.D.
 * Mayapan becomes the capital of Yucatan.1283 A.D.
 * The Spanish under Francisco de Montejo begin their conquest of the northern Maya.1528 A.D.

By: Daniella Salomé

The INCAS

By: Carlos Gabriel Siri
 * The Incas began their civilization as a tribe in Cuzco, the capital of the Incas Empire, Cuzco was founded by a legendary first Inca, Manco Capac.
 * The Incas was visited by the spanish conquistadores led by Francisco Pizarro in 1533.
 * According to the Incas Manco Capac had a golden staff called "Tapac- Yauri". They belives that were staff sank in the earth, in the spot where it sank a temple of the sun, was created and then the Incas would come.
 * The Incas were a small tribe of the kilke culture in Cuzco.
 * The Incas were in part of South America including Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador, Chile, Argentina and Colombia.
 * The Incas mummified the dead people just like the Egyptians.
 * The Incas were de must intelligent Indian civilization because they did roads and made canals so the water can pass.
 * The Incas used weapons and had wars with other civilizations in the area. They were the most powerful in the area at that time.
 * They used a Quipu to count and it was a very important thing.
 * They had a very advance type of farming.

World War 1 BY: Camila Castillo
 * Veteran's Day was once called Armistice Day.
 * The day World War I ended, peace was declared on the 11th hour, of the 11th day, of the 11th month, 1918.
 * The main weapon used by British soldiers in the trenches was the bolt-action rifle. 15 rounds could be fired in a minute and a person 1,400 meters away could be killed.
 * The German army were the first to use chlorine gas at the battle in 1915. Chlorine gas causes a burning sensation in the throat and chest pains. Death is painful - you suffocate! The problem with chlorine gas is that the weather must be right. If the wind is in the wrong direction it could end up killing your own troops rather than the enemy.
 * The Zeppelin, also known as blimp, was an airship that was used during the war in bombing raids by the Germans. They carried machine guns and bombs. But, they were abandoned because they were easy to shoot in the shy.
 * Tanks were used for the first time in the First World War at the Battle of the Somme. The first tank was called 'Little Willie'
 * The United States declared war on Germany on April 6th 1917. American troops joined the French and British in the summer of 1918.
 * A Serbian terrorist group, called The Black Hand, had decided that the Archduke should be assassinated and the planned visit provided the ideal opportunity. Seven young men who had been trained in bomb throwing and marksmanship were stationed along the route that Franz Ferdinand's car would follow from the City Hall to the inspection.
 * After lunch at the City Hall, Franz Ferdinand insisted on visiting the injured attendants in hospital. However, on the way to the hospital the driver took a wrong turn. Realising his mistake he stopped the car and began to reverse. Another terrorist, named Gavrilo Princip, stepped forward and fired two shots. The first hit the pregnant Sophia in the stomach, she died almost instantly. The second shot hit the Archduke in the neck. He died a short while later.
 * by: Cristina Cromeyer
 * //__The vikings__//**
 * Most people lived in farms. Their houses were built of wood and stone.
 * Boys where send away for a few years to a foster family.
 * For girls their fathers will choose her future husband.
 * Every viking house had a weaving loom and the women where extreamly skilled in making cloth
 * They traveled by ship,the viking ships were extreamly seaworthy and strong.
 * The vikings believed in many gods and dragons
 * The vikings lived in part of Europe
 * In the war Vikings would wear an ironhelmet and mail-chain to protect them selves.
 * The vikings lived in many places:Finlan,Sweaden,Norway.
 * The vikings had the best ships for the war
 * The vikings had the best ships for the war

**//REMEMBER YOUR CAL ASSESSMENT IS DUE THE 1ST OF OCTOBER El Salvador//** **//project 60%://** Booklet that must include: 1) A contents page = ** __5%__ ** 2) A storyboard/cartoon of the Mayan legend of Popol Vuh = ** __10%__ ** 3) Fact sheet on Pipiles and Mayans in E.S. = ** __10%__ ** 4) A timeline of the Spanish Conquest of Central and South America = ** __10%__ ** 5) Information on a historic site in El Salvador = ** __10%__ ** 6) Information on 3 famous Salvadorians (at least one who is still alive today) = ** __10%__ ** 7) Bibliography = ** __5%__ **