Extension History Project Proposal
Extension History Assessment Task 2
Project Draft Proposal
For my Extension History Project, I have researched and considered doing many multiple civilizations from the ancient world. I have more of a passion for these civilizations rather than those from a more modern era as I love the simplicity of their life and cultures and the pure brilliance they brought to the world – the sophistication and advanced nature of them all. More specifically, I have a fascination with the Mesoamericans so when I looked specifically at civilizations such as the Aztecs, the Maya, The Inca, the Native North Americans, the Phoenicians and the Vikings, its clear to see that this fascination dominated my research. From here, I eliminated possible topics …show more content…
I initially started off with only internet research on the different civilizations I could do, homing the precise topic down to the Maya. Once I’d done this, I abandoned the use of internet resources and borrowed books from the city library. Books are a much more reliable source of information in comparison to internet websites and they provided me with much valued information. I used the books ‘The Fall of the Ancient Maya’ by David Webster, ‘The Ancient Maya’ by Barbara L. Beck, ‘Colliers Encyclopedia’, ‘The Mayan Prophecies’ by Adrian G. Gilbert and Maurice M. Cottereli and ‘Encyclopedia of Native American Tribes’ by Carl Waldman. From these, I took the liberty of photocopying pages of information relevant to my research. I also happened to find two documentaries which I borrowed also. These were ‘Dawn of the Maya’ from the National Geographic and ‘Mystery of the Maya’ from the IMAX theatre in Sydney. From these, I took extensive notes and found my first theory on why the ancient Maya civilization may have collapsed from archaeologist, Richard Hanson. This discovery actually cemented my topic question for me – I was definitely going to follow this path of research once I’d found this. The next step in my research took me back to the internet where I looked for a few different essays on the collapse hoping to find some more historians theories I could use. I discovered collective theories from scholars, William Saturno, Tom Server and Dick Gill from websites such as the BBC, Crystalinks and
Project Draft Proposal
For my Extension History Project, I have researched and considered doing many multiple civilizations from the ancient world. I have more of a passion for these civilizations rather than those from a more modern era as I love the simplicity of their life and cultures and the pure brilliance they brought to the world – the sophistication and advanced nature of them all. More specifically, I have a fascination with the Mesoamericans so when I looked specifically at civilizations such as the Aztecs, the Maya, The Inca, the Native North Americans, the Phoenicians and the Vikings, its clear to see that this fascination dominated my research. From here, I eliminated possible topics …show more content…
I initially started off with only internet research on the different civilizations I could do, homing the precise topic down to the Maya. Once I’d done this, I abandoned the use of internet resources and borrowed books from the city library. Books are a much more reliable source of information in comparison to internet websites and they provided me with much valued information. I used the books ‘The Fall of the Ancient Maya’ by David Webster, ‘The Ancient Maya’ by Barbara L. Beck, ‘Colliers Encyclopedia’, ‘The Mayan Prophecies’ by Adrian G. Gilbert and Maurice M. Cottereli and ‘Encyclopedia of Native American Tribes’ by Carl Waldman. From these, I took the liberty of photocopying pages of information relevant to my research. I also happened to find two documentaries which I borrowed also. These were ‘Dawn of the Maya’ from the National Geographic and ‘Mystery of the Maya’ from the IMAX theatre in Sydney. From these, I took extensive notes and found my first theory on why the ancient Maya civilization may have collapsed from archaeologist, Richard Hanson. This discovery actually cemented my topic question for me – I was definitely going to follow this path of research once I’d found this. The next step in my research took me back to the internet where I looked for a few different essays on the collapse hoping to find some more historians theories I could use. I discovered collective theories from scholars, William Saturno, Tom Server and Dick Gill from websites such as the BBC, Crystalinks and