KERMIT AND THE DISCOVERY OF AMERICA

Sesame Street: Kermit News: Columbus

Transcription
ANNOUNCER: We take you now to Kermit the Frog for another fast-breaking news story.
KERMIT THE FROG: Hey, make mine with anchovies and pepperoni, hm? Oh. Ahem. Hi-ho!
Kermit the Frog here, of Sesame Street News. And I'm speaking to you today from Spain, where Christopher 
Columbus is about to set sail to discover America. And I think I see Christopher Columbus coming here now.
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS: [SINGING]Row, row, row your boat, gently down the stream--
KERMIT THE FROG: Pardon me, sir. Excuse me, Christopher.
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS: Oh?
KERMIT THE FROG: Kermit the Frog here, of Sesame Street News.
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS: Oh!
KERMIT THE FROG: And I was wondering if I could ask you a couple questions.
Just wondering-- how is it that you intend to do that which you are planning to do here today?
I mean, like, how are you going to discover America, hm?
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS: Oh, well, I'm gonna sail across the ocean in them there three boats. See?
KERMIT THE FROG: Uh-huh, you got three boats.
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS: There's one.
KERMIT THE FROG: One.
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS: That's two.
KERMIT THE FROG: Two.
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS: Then there's another boat over here. That's three.
KERMIT THE FROG: Yeah, three boats. Well, that certainly sounds like a good plan, sir. I wish you well on it.
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS: Well, thanks a lot. But say, what time is it?
KERMIT THE FROG: Oh, it's about 1492.
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS: Oh, listen, if I'm going to discover America, I gotta get going.
KERMIT THE FROG: OK.
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS: Avast there, mateys. Hoist the mainsail, belay the jibber-jabber, and jettison 
the supercargo.
MAN: Bye-bye.
MAN: Bye, everybody.
WOMAN: Bye-bye.
MAN: Bye-bye.
WOMAN: Oh, bye.
KERMIT THE FROG: Oh, there it goes.
Look at that.
There goes the first boat.
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS: Hope they didn't forget the pizza.
KERMIT THE FROG: OK, well, listen, Christopher.
You had three boats. And you take away one boat, and that leaves two boats, right?
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS: Right.
KERMIT THE FROG: Because three take away one leaves two.
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS: That's right. And we've got to get the other one out right now.
[INAUDIBLE] the mizzenmast. Swab down the poop deck! Starboard, aft, port, bow!
MAN: Bye-bye, everybody.
WOMAN: Bye-bye.
Bye-bye.
Be good now.
MAN: Bye-bye.
WOMAN: Bye-bye.
KERMIT THE FROG: Well, there goes another boat there. Wow. Now, you had two boats, 
and you take away one boat. And that leaves one boat. Because two take away one leaves one.
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS: Right you are.
Listen, I've got to go before the other boat leaves.
KERMIT THE FROG: OK.
This is a very exciting moment, folks.
And remember you saw it first on Sesame Street.
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS: All ashore that's going ashore. Engines full ahead. Red sails in the sunset.
KERMIT THE FROG: Uh, Christopher! Mr. Columbus! Hey, a boat is still tied to the dock.
[WOOD CREAKING]
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS: What?
KERMIT THE FROG: I said, a boat is still tied to the dock.
[WOOD CREAKING]
KERMIT THE FROG: This is Kermit the Frog, on his way to discovering America.
WOMAN: Bye, froggy. Bye, frog. Have a good trip, froggy.
MAN: Bye, frog.
WOMAN: Bye, frog. Oh, isn't that exciting? Let's go see what other ships are sailing.
[? MAN: Other end of ?] the street.
WOMAN: OK.

PRACTICE: BUILD A POTATO ARCH

What you Need

	A potato		A sharp knife
	A set square can be useful

What to do

Making an arch is simple, you basically want to produce blocks of potato that are slightly wider at the top than the bottom. 

So cut a few large chips out of the potato which are about 12-15mm square and as straight as possible.

Although the blocks you make are tapered in one direction all the other corners should be right angles or your arch will be wonky, so using a set square, or something similar with a good right angle is useful to make the blocks the right shape.

When you have made enough blocks to make a semi-circle try putting them together to make an arch. Does it stay up?

See how the fails if you abuse it, poke it and push it.

You often see arches on the top of pillars or walls. Have a go at modeling this by building your arch on the top of a couple of chips. Does it work?

Try making the blocks really really thin, does the arch still work?

What may happen

If you cut the blocks right the arch should be quite stable, unless you make it too thin when it will collapse.

If you build it on top of tall thin chips, you should find the chips are pushed outwards and it falls over.

http://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/content/kitchenscience/exp/the-potato-arch/

THE FIVE PILLARS OF ISLAM

The Five Pillars of Islam

The Five Pillars of Islam are the five duties incumbent on every Muslim. They are the foundation of Muslim life:

1. Shahadah is a statement professing monotheism and accepting Muhammad as God's messenger. The statement denotes faith or belief in the Oneness of God and the finality of the prophethood of Muhammad and is normally said in Arabic. It states: "(I profess that) there is no god but Allah and Muhammad is the messenger of God."
2. Salah is the daily prayer of Islam. It consists of five prayers a day at sunrise, at noon, in the afternoon, at sunset and in the evening.
3. Zakāt or alms-giving is the practice of charitable giving by Muslims based on accumulated wealth, and is obligatory for all who are able to do so. It is considered to be a personal responsibility for Muslims to ease economic hardship for others and eliminate inequality. Zakat consists of spending 2.5% of one's wealth for the benefit of the poor or needy once a year.
4. Sawm is a ritual fasting which is an obligatory act during the month of Ramadan. Muslims must abstain from food, drink, and sexual intercourse from dawn to dusk during this month, and are to be especially mindful of other sins. It is a sort of self-purification.
5. The Hajj is a pilgrimage that occurs during the Islamic month of Dhu al-Hijjah to the holy city of Mecca. Every able-bodied Muslim is obliged to make the pilgrimage to Mecca at least once in their lifetime if he or she can afford it. The pilgrimage to Makkah for those who are able.

As it is shown above the five pillars of Islam are obligatory on every adult Muslim . Some of these pillars or duties are done daily. or during a whole month. Others are done once a year or once in a lifetime.
Source: Wikipedia

Now go to this page and do the test.
http://www.myenglishpages.com/site_php_files/reading-five-pillars-of-islam.php#.UolltWRWzIs

MODERN AGE IN SPAIN

Audioguías Museo del Prado

La sociedad en la Edad Moderna

La Edad Moderna a través del Museo del Prado

MONARCHS OF SPAIN FAMILY TREE

Monarchs of Spain family tree since the Catholic Kings

Link: http://www.elpais.com/comunes/2007/infanta/flash/arbol4.swf

Other suggestion: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monarchs_of_Spain_family_tree

INDUSTRIAL PROCESSES

Industrial processes (2008 - revised 2010)
This animation includes a sound track dealing with the following concepts:

• Metal forming
• Machining
• Forming plastics
• Machining ligneous materials
• Forming composite materials
• Forming glass and ceramic
• Indirect and direct assemblies
• Heat treatments (to come)

View this animation

link: http://www2.cslaval.qc.ca/cdp/UserFiles/File/previews/indusprocesses/procindus.swf

Font: Centre de Developement Pedagogique
http://www2.cslaval.qc.ca/cdp/pages/documentation_sec_engl.html#Clipart 

7 billion people and you: What's your number?

The world's population hits seven billion in 2011. How do you fit in? Use our app to find out.
I'm the 4,026,296,062nd. And you?
 

THE VIRTUAL ARCHITECTURE PROJECT

The Williams College's VirtualArchitecture site offers virtual tours of Palazzo del Te, Sant Andrea Mantova Cathedral and Bernini's Sant Andrea Al Quirinale, among others.

The first prototype, the Palazzo del Te in Mantua, Italy, was created in 2002. Since then the project team has documented over one hundred sites and monuments throughout Europe and North America.
The collection of virtual tours is used as a teaching resource in the classroom by the Department of Art at Williams.

Actually only this virtual tours are available.

Palazzo del Te | Sant' Andrea Mantova | San Carlo Alle Quattro Fontane | Rott-am-Inn | Sant' Andrea Al Quirinale | Die Wies (Wieskirche) | Neresheim 

The virtual tours were created using digital SLR cameras (Canon EOS 1Ds MarkII, Canon EOS 20D, Nikon D1, Nikon D100). Video was shot with a digital video camera (Panasonic 24P). Panoramas were rendered with REALVIZ Stitcher.

http://web.williams.edu/art/architectureVR/index2.html

Learn Art with SmartHistory

SmartHistory is a free and open, not-for-profit, art history textbook illustrated with beautiful images and great videos.

The site smARThistory is a unique, growing resource that aims to be an enhancement, or even a replacement, for the traditional art history textbook.  It allows users to browse styles, artists, and themes in an easy to use interactive timeline.  Clicking on a work will bring up short podcasts lectures, flickr feeds and links to other resources related to the work.

I strongly recommend you this web in order to study art units.

http://www.smarthistory.org/