Aureliano Adame Jr


       My name is Aureliano Adame Jr. My home school is Woodmore High School.  I am a senior in Construction Carpentry. I play football and basketball. I did my powerpoint on Apocalypto. 

 

Indian Project

 

Annotated Bibliography

 

"Plains Indian." Britannica Concise Encyclopedia. 2007. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. 2  Oct.  2007  <http://www.britannica.com/ebc/article-9375382>.  It has information on the inheritance of the plain Indians. It says about plains Indians being the American Indians. It talks about the Rocky Mountains and the Mississippi River.  The website tells about all the different plain Indians. It is vast grassland stretching from northern Alberta and Saskatchewan in Canada to the Rio Grande border of Texas.  The Arapaho, Assiniboin, Blackfoot, Cheyenne, Comanche, Plains Cree, Crow, Hidatsa, Kiowa, Mandan, Osage, Pawnee, and Sioux are Plains Indians.

 

Prince William County Pub. "Virgina's First People." Overview. 2005. Virginia Department of Education. 4 Oct. 2007 <http://virginiaindians.pwnet.org/culture/index.php>.

    People lived in Virginia for about 17,000 years before European contact. The native people had no written language and recorded their events through storytelling and symbolic drawings. Through patient work in the field and in the lab, archaeologists have reconstructed some of the history and lifeways of these first people by uncovering buried clues of their unwritten past. Discover the ways in which artifacts, language, religion, government, economic systems, occupations, arts, housing, and clothing served as an expression of the Virginia Indian culture.
 
 Krochenski, Alissa. "The Blackfoot Indians." The Blackfoot Indians. May 1998. None. 9 Oct. 2007 <http://www.utexas.edu/courses/wilson/ant304/projects/projects98/krochenskip/krochenskip.html>.

 

This website is about Blackfoot Indians and their culture. It talks about Blackfoot Indians and how great hunters they were. It says how long ago they were from. It also talks about spiritual and sun dances. It talks about the history of the Blackfoot Plains Indian tribe. It also talks about the buffalo and how it was the main animal that the Blackfoot Indians hunted. The Blackfoot Indians had lots of symbols and different teepees.
 
Simkin, John. "Spartacus Educational." Spartacus Educational. Sept. 1997. Spartacus Educational. 9 Oct. 2007 <http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/WWplains.htm>.

 

This Website talks about all the different Plain Indians. It talks about the Nomadic and Semi-Nomadic Plain Indians. It talks about how every part of the buffalo was used and what it was used for. None of the buffalo’s parts were wasted. It talks about certain books, authors, and Indians and where they can be found. It also talks about how many buffalo are left in the world and how many were killed each day.
 
 Krochenski, Alissa. "The Blackfoot Indians." The Blackfoot Indians. May 1998. None. 9 Oct. 2007 <http://www.utexas.edu/courses/wilson/ant304/projects/projects98/krochenskip/krochenskip.html>.

 

This website is about Blackfoot Indians and their culture. It talks about Blackfoot Indians and how great hunters they were. It says how long ago they were from. It also talks about spiritual and sun dances. It talks about the history of the Blackfoot Plains Indian tribe. It also talks about the buffalo and how it was the main animal that the Blackfoot Indians hunted. The Blackfoot Indians had lots of symbols and different teepees.
 

 

 http://inkido.indiana.edu/w310work/romac/plains.html

This website is about the plain indians. It talks about the differant tribes. It also talks about their foods.
 http://www.mce.k12tn.net/indians/reports4/plains.htm  It talks about where they lived. It talks about the differant weather climate changes. It talks about their differant homes.
http://www.saskschools.ca/~gregory/firstnations/   It talks about the differant teepees the plains indians had. It talks about their differant beliefs. It talks about the differant foods.
 http://www.nps.gov/archive/fola/indians.htm It talks about the Plains national parks. It talks about their differant traditions.It talks about the years they were around. 
http://www.texasindians.com/horse.htm  It talks about the differant horses. It talks about the plains indians in Texas. It talks about their traditions.
 

CRONUS

 

Cronus was in charge of the Titans.

He came to power by castrating his father, Uranus.

He was tricked into swallowing a rock instead of Zeus.

His parents are Uranus and Gaea.

His most famous offspring is Zeus.

His special power is having power over the Titans.

His wife is Rhea.

http://www.desy.de/gna/interpedia/greek_myth/titan.html#Cronus

HADES

 

Hades is ruler of the dead and lord of the underworld. 

This power was given to him that is how he obtained it. 

Hades gets his two helps that he sends up to the upper world to do bad things to people so that the people will be sent down to the under world to Hades. 

Hades parents are Cronus and Rhea. Hades has no famous off spring. 

Hades has this special helmet that when he puts it on it makes him invisible. 

Hades has no spouse.

 

http://www.desy.de/gna/interpedia/greek_myth/olympian.html#Hades

POSEIEDON

 

He is a god of many names but is known for being the god of the sea. 

He got this power by getting it given to him. 

People gave sacrifices to him for his good deed. 

Poseidon parents are Cronus and Rhea. 

It is not stated that Poseidon has no offspring. 

This god has no amazing powers listed. 

It is not stated that Poseidon has a spouse but he does had a big love affair with Demeter, his sister.

 

http://www.desy.de/gna/interpedia/greek_myth/olympian.html#Poseidon

ZEUS

 

Zeus is the god of the sky or the upper world. 

He got this rule by taking it from Cronus. 

They have the Olympus games up in the Upper land. 

Zeus’s parents are Cronus and Rhea. 

Zeus has a very famous offspring, his name was Hercules. 

Zeus has the power to throw lightning bolts and control the thunder and rain. 

His spouse is Hera.

http://www.desy.de/gna/interpedia/greek_myth/olympian.html#Zeus

ARES

 

Ares was a god of action and determination.

He was a great warrior.

His parents are Zues and Hera.

He was the father of Deimos and Phobos.

He had the power of protection.

He was not married.

http://www.desy.de/gna/interpedia/greek_myth/olympian.html#Ares

URANUS

Uranus is the sky god and first ruler.

He is the son of Gaea, who created him without help.

Cronus, encouraged by Gaea, castrated him

husband of Gaea and together they had many offspring, including twelve of the Titans.

 

 

http://www.desy.de/gna/interpedia/greek_myth/titan.html#Cronus

Atlas was the son of Iapetus.

Unlike his brothers Prometheus and Epimetheus, Atlas fought with the other Titans supporting Cronus against Zeus.

Due to Cronus's advance age Atlas lead the Titan's in battle.

As a result he was singled out by Zeus for a special punishment and made to hold up the world on his back.

No kids. No wife

http://www.desy.de/gna/interpedia/greek_myth/titan.html#Atlas

Hera is Zeus wife and sister.

She was raised by the Titans Ocean and Tethys.

She is the protector of marrage and takes special care of married women.

Her sacred animals are the cow and the peacock.

Her favorite city is Argos.

Zeus courted her unsuccesfully.

He then turned to trickery, changing himself into disheveled cuckoo.

Hera feeling sorry for the bird held it to her breast to warm it.

Zues then resumed his normal form and taking advantage of the suprise he gained, raped her.

She then married him to cover her shame

http://www.desy.de/gna/interpedia/greek_myth/olympian.html#Hera

Apollo is the son of Zeus and Leto.

His twin sister is Artemis.

He is the god of music, playing a golden lyre.

The Archer, far shooting with a silver bow.

The god of healing who taught man medicine.

The god of light. The god of truth, who can not speak a lie.

He is famous for his oracle at Delphi. People travled to it from all over the greek world to devine the future.

 His tree was the laurel. The crow his bird.

The dolphin his animal.

No famous children or offspring.

http://www.desy.de/gna/interpedia/greek_myth/olympian.html#Apollo

Athena is the daughter of Zeus.

She sprang full grown in armour from his forehead, thus has no mother.

She is fierce and brave in battle but, only wars to defined the state and home from outside enemies.

She is the goddess of the city, handicrafts, and agriculture.

She invented the bridle, which permitted man to tame horses, the trumpet, the flute, the pot, the rake, the plow, the yoke, the ship, and the chariot. She is the embodiment of wisdom, reason, and purity.

She was Zeus's favorite child and was allowed to use his weapons including his thunderbolt.

Her favorite city is Athens. Her tree is the olive. The owl is her bird. She is a virgin goddess.

She has no husband or children as far as I could find.

http://www.desy.de/gna/interpedia/greek_myth/olympian.html#Athena

 

 

Aphrodite is the goddess of love, desire and beauty.

In addition to her natural gifts she has a magical girdle that compels anyone she wishes to desire her

The other goes back to when Cronus castrated Uranus and tossed his severed genitles into the sea.

Aphrodite then arose from the sea foam on a giant scallop and walked to shore in Cyprus.

She is the wife of Hephaestus. The myrtle is her tree.

The dove, the swann, and the sparrow her birds.

No offspring

http://www.desy.de/gna/interpedia/greek_myth/olympian.html#Athena