2B: Iraq's national museum

1. Contains a title using the format listed above .25 points




2. Contains the sources you used with links to these sources .25 points



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Museum_of_Iraq

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/

http://www.baghdadmuseum.org/index2.htm




3. Contains a brief paragraph how it connects to your study of humanities. 1 point

This museum connects to my study of humanities in a huge way! I can not only learn about Iraq and parts of the middle east through the items that used to be in the museum but about intercultural relations from the story of the destruction and looting of Iraq's National Museum.

4. Contains the following "analytical elements":




A Observation: What did you choose? What do you see or hear or feel or think of in the choice you made? What is the subject of the work? If you chose a 'thing' what is the work made of and what techniques (colors, lines, shapes, textures)does the creator use? Be specific in your description. If you chose a place, be specific in your description of what you see or hear. Talk to your reader as though they cannot see the item but somehow must draw a painting of what you see or hear. 1 point

I choose the Iraq National Museum. With this choice I feel a deep sadness that goes along with this museum. I hear the once laughter of kids with their parents mapping their way threw endless information and history, to the know silence and disappear of emptiness after the 2003 looting of the museum.

Before the museum was looted and tore apart it was one of the riches cultural museums in the world! This museum was filled with some of the world's oldest relics! There were items dating from pre-human history like a Neanderthal skull, to some of civilized humans first stone and bone tools. There were items dating back to 4th, 5th Millennium and 4000 BC! It echoed scenes that connect us to the stone age, Mesopotamian , the Neolithic age, Sumerian civilization, the ancient civilizations of Babylon and Assyria, the reign of Hammurabi, all the way up to the blood line of Iraq's to modern day Iraq. I see people looting stealing items that belong to all humans not just Iraq's. This was World history that was destroyed.

B Interpretation: What is your choice about? Give specific examples to support this statement in 2 sentences; do so in a way that teaches us something about your choice. Make Paulo Freire proud! .75 point

I choose this museum to show how one incident that occurred from two countries at war can impact the entire world. The lose of these price-less artifacts is devastating and every not only the Iraq's citizens.

C Judgment: What led you to your choice? What do you think or feel about this choice? Why do you feel this way? Support your thoughts with specific observations. .5 point




I choose this to shine some light on an issue that not many people are aware of. I feel so guilty that my country had some blame in this tragic incedent ! I also think that people need to take a step back and see what we are doing to our selves by constantly being in war. I know life and war have been a constant struggle for resources but when do we learn to love one another? Christians and other religions preach "love thy neighbor" well it is a global community now, so I think its time to look beyond borders.



D Questioning: What else would you like to know about this choice? When completing the question section, lead your audience into the question by stating a fact you do know, yet you still have the related question. This way, both your audience and you will have an educational experience. Example: I learned that John Steinbeck's Grapes of Wrath was based on his personal experience working with farm workers. I would like to know if the characters he used in that book are fictitious or are they people he met? .5 point

The person in charge of the museum has began what is being called the "The Baghdad Museum Project" to help create a virtual Iraq national museum and is asking for any type of help anyone world wide can offer! ( the web page is http://www.baghdadmuseum.org/index2.htm , if you are interested) I wonder if people world wide will successfully pull this project together and if some of the stolen items will also be returned.

5 Using your classmates work from last week, tell us one thing you learned from 1 student. Is this one thing some common experience you share or some experience that is completely different than what you experienced? Is this one thing related to our class theoretical foundation and if so, how? Is that one thing related to historical or cultural context of this country or a different one? Link that persons blog to this entry (eg cut paste that blog entry here) . .5 point



I read Andrea's interpretation of San Francisco. I too am a fan of the city! I felt that her description of the sounds, sights and smells hit home with me! I use to live in Sf and it has been a big part of shaping me in to what I am today!