M9 Medieval Japan: Cultural Achievements

Due: March 15th-A Group / March 23rd-B Group

Using the story arc, write a 5-paragraph blog post that demonstrates character change. Select ONE of the following problems, you may slightly modify the problem to meet your traveler's needs:

• Prince Shotoku has assigned you travel to China or Korea and find a cultural trait to bring back to Japan. (Historical Task: Describe how one cultural trait was culturally diffused into Japanese culture.)
• Japanese leaders are meeting to debate where to establish a central government: they ask for your advice. (Historical Task: Describe and analyze the physical features of Japan and determine where the best place for a central capital would be.)
• You have been invited to visit the home of a Japanese aristocrat during the Heian period (794 to 1185CE). (Historical Task: Describe the Golden Age of literature, art, and drama in Japan during the 9th, 10th, and 11th centuries.)

Include 2-4 hyperlinked vocabulary words from weeks 20-24.


If you choose to use dialogue, make sure you properly format it (new line for each speaker, quotation marks). Also make sure that the dialogue is unified together based on topic (just like a paragraph).

M8: The Americas

Due: February 17th-A Group / March 9th-B Group

Using the story arc, write a 5-paragraph blog post that demonstrates character change. Select ONE of the following problems, you may slightly modify the problem to meet your traveler's needs:

• You have been invited to participate in a Mayan ceremony (marriage arrangement, coming-on-age, religious, etc).  (Historical Task: Describe the details and procedures associated the ceremony you've selected.)
• The Aztec Empire is expanding. You have been asked to offer assistance in the expansion. (Historical Task: Describe the ways the Aztec's expanded their empire, or the ways they maintained control after expansion.)
• Spend a few days traveling around Tenochtitlan. (Historical Task: Describe the city of Tenochtitlan and what daily life was like in this amazing town.)
• You are working with a group of explorers who have discovered some interesting artifacts in Central America. (Historical Task: Describe the climate & environment of a region of Central America AND identify and explain 1 or 2 of the important accomplishments of the Maya or Aztecs.)

Include 2-4 hyperlinked vocabulary words from weeks 17-20.


If you choose to use dialogue, make sure you properly format it (new line for each speaker, quotation marks). Also make sure that the dialogue is unified together based on topic (just like a paragraph).

M7: Kwaheri! Nimefurahi kukutana na wewe.

Due: February 2nd-A Group / February 9th-B Group

Using the story arc, write a 5-paragraph blog post that demonstrates character change. Select ONE of the following problems, you may slightly modify the problem to meet your traveler's needs:

• Choose one of the possible missions from M6 that you didn't do. Revisit your AINAC Country and complete that mission.
• You are serving as an assistant/apprentice with a professional in Medieval West Africa (government official, scholar, artist, architect). They are unhappy with your work because it doesn't include the "new ways of Islam." You have to fix your work or risk being punished severely. (Historical Task: Describe the ways Islam influenced West Africa.)
• While visiting with friends in Medieval West Africa, you are mistaken for a Griot. Since you have an adventurous spirit, you go along with their misunderstanding and decide to tell them a griot tale about their culture. (Historical Task: Explore the oral traditional & research a culturally accurate story.)
• The village elder of a village in Medieval West Africa has asked you to honor him with a song. You decide to write a song that will please the elder. (Historical Task: Explore the musical traditions of West Africa by writing a culturally accurate song.)

Include 2-4 hyperlinked vocabulary words from weeks 15-18.


If you choose to use dialogue, make sure you properly format it (new line for each speaker, quotation marks). Also make sure that the dialogue is unified together based on topic (just like a paragraph).

M6: Africa Is Not A Country

Due: January 19th-A Group / January 27th-B Group
NOTE: In addition to "M6", include the name of your country of study in the title of your post.

Using the story arc, write a 5-paragraph blog post that demonstrates character change. Select ONE of the following problems, you may slightly modify the problem to meet your traveler's needs:

• Travel to your country in the modern day. Meet people and ask them what they think about their country. What makes it a good place to live? What are some things they don't like about their country?
• If your country was ruled by a Colonial Power, travel to your country during it's struggle for independence and freedom. Join the side of Independence and tell us about the transition. Who was in charge? What were some of the things that happened during the transition of power? Was it peaceful or was violence involved?
• Travel to your country during the Middle Ages (even if it wasn't a country then). Meet some citizens and participate in their daily lives. How did people live? How was society organized? What roles did people play?
• Go on a Safari! Travel around your country and describe some of the interesting plants, animals, rivers, mountains, and climate zones you encounter.

Include 2-4 hyperlinked vocabulary words from weeks 13-16.


If you choose to use dialogue, make sure you properly format it (new line for each speaker, quotation marks). Also make sure that the dialogue is unified together based on topic (just like a paragraph).