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What you are about to see will leave you in awe
and you will be asking
How did she do that?!
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Have you ever wanted to go to Ancient Inca?
You could jump into a time machine,
But, I doubt you have one of those
So now I plan to solve your problem!
Introducing
Drumroll please………..
The one and only
Ancient Inca transporter!
(of my very own invention!)
This high definition transporter will blast you all in
a flash to the ancient Inca faster then you can say
“Llama, llama!”
Now, shall we try it out?
On 3 everybody
1
2
3!
Welcome to Ancient Inca!!
Look around, what do you see? Mountains!
People! Llamas! You will find all of that here in
Ancient Inca!
Geography
Ancient Inca is located in the western parts of
South America. The empire takes up almost all of
western South America.
Some of the landforms are mountains,
Slopes look
like this
And if you are lucky enough to stumble upon a
valley during our trip, it will look something like
this
Cool, right?
Family and Kin
Girls would learn to weave and cook on weekends
by there moms teaching them and on weekdays,
would go to school to learn how to read and write
Quechua (KECH-wah)
Boy would also go to school on weekdays with all
of the girls, to read and write Quechua, and on
weekends, the would follow there fathers while
they worked to teach themselves the
responsibilities of being an Incan man
Women would run the household by weaving,
cooking, and cleaning. They would also have the
reasonability of caring for ALL of the children
when not at school.
And most importantly, the men were the
well-beings of the household.
Political
Organization
The ruler, Cuzco, had a VERY fierce army. There
goal was to conquer as much land as possible.
They would conquer new lands by persuading the
people of other lands with corn, a place to stay,
and good education for there young.
Cuzco, the
empire
If they say, no, this is where the army comes in,
they attack the main land and decapitate the
people that would not join there land and that is
how they conquered new lands.
Incan
army
Communication
Ancient Incan not only used there very own
language, Quechua (KECH-wah) but had there own
of taking messages a far distance, the used Quipus
(KEE-puhz) these knotted roped have different
colors, knot types, and lengths, depending on
what it is standing for.
To deliver these quips (KEE-puz), they had
messengers. Messengers were people who
traveled a long distance to deliver messages for
little pay. They often played joyful tunes on a flute
while traveling.
Economics
Women often weaved to trade for other silks
to sew into new clothing for their families.
Also, famers would trade their crops for other
goods, such as silks for weaving and other crops
that they might be low on stock or not able to
grow, due to soils.
Technology
Ancient Incan's technology wasn’t anything
like what we have today.
They didn’t even have IPhones!
Instead, they used
llamas
Yeah, llamas. Llamas were used to pull carts. They
were also used for transporting an item or items
to a far away place.
Incan people also loved to cave stone. They used
levers and chisels. Chisels would carve the stone
and the lever would hold it up
chisel
lever
Another thing ancient Incans
would use are lampas. Lampas
are a tool used for plowing.
Sorry, I couldn’t find a picture of a lampa, all that
would come up was a lamp. It thinks I spelled lamp
wrong.
Beliefs and Rituals
To ancient Incans, metal was not valued as money,
but as a symbol to the gods, so metal was sacred.
Many Incans made gold and silver objects to
honor the gods
And one more thing that is sort of like the ancient
Greeks, the Incans worshiped many gods and
goddess. Some of the included Inti (the sun god),
Mamacocha (the sea goddess), and Pachamama
(the earth goddess).
Education
Children began school at age 13. if you lived in
ancient Inca, you still wouldn’t be in school yet!
This picture shows an
Incan school
Children learned to read and write Quechua.
This is a teacher
talking to his
students in
Quechua.
Did you know that in ancient Inca, they only had
schools in the capital city, Cuzco? Yes, its true!
Some kids even had to walk miles, just to learn to
read and write!
Creative
Expression
Incans were VERY skilled builders. They could build
a building so tightly, you couldn’t even slide a thin
knife trough one of the cracks in the stone!
The Incans loved to paint, sculpt, and do lots of
art. They were known for there wonderful pottery
and paintings.
Ancient
painting
Ancient
pottery
Ancient
weaving
Food, Clothing,
and Shelter
Lets start
off with
Food
Ancient Incan foods consist of grains, crops,
and many types of fruits and vegetables.
Now we will explore
Clothing
Many clothes were made out of llama or alpaca
wool. If you were lucky enough to own a cotton
farm, your clothes would be made out of cotton or
wool.
One more thing we will see is
Shelter
Almost all of the buildings in ancient Inca are
hand-built stone buildings. All of the buildings are
very well built.
Now, that is the end of are tour, we have to go
home. Let me just press the button, uh, has
anyone seen the transporter? Oh yeah, I just saw a
llama trying to eat the top of it off. Now I have got
it.
Yum
Yum!
Lets go home, shall we?
On 3 everybody!
1
2
3!
Great, now we are back in the computer lab. I
hope you enjoyed the trip. I hope you keep the
wonderful experience and the facts you learned
forever in your mind.
If you have anymore questions, I am always
available. I hope you enjoyed the show.