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From the Perspective of Children |
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Do you know all the different places that can be
designated a world heritage site? |
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A Roman
amphitheatre, a national park or an ancient city? |
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Right now, 690 cultural and natural sites are
protected worldwide. This means that no one can change them, dig them up or
paint them over. |
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There's
probably a protected site not far from where you live since World Heritage
sites are listed in almost every country on earth. |
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Using technology, history, the humanities,geography, language,math
and learning about cultures. |
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We Will Explore World Heritage Sites Using
Technology |
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From the classroom, and sometimes in
International teams. |
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This
where the World Heritage sites are |
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http://whc.unesco.org/heritage.htm |
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Here are our sites. |
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The World Heritage List
There are 721
properties which the World Heritage Committee has inscribed on the World
Heritage List (554 cultural, 144 natural and 23 mixed properties in 124
States Parties) |
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Click on the Links Inside the Site for One
Country So You Can See the Variety
of Sites |
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A great concentration of Anasazi Indian dwellings, built from
the 6th to the 12th centuries, can be found on the Mesa Verde plateau in
southwest Navaho Country. |
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Some
3,800 sites have been recorded, including villages built on the plateau,
and imposing cliffside sites, built of stone and comprising more than 200
houses. |
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They Were Called the Ancient Ones |
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What is the global address of an Anasazi ruin? |
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Latitude, Longitude and Country? |
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Where is this site located? |
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What is interesting about this site? |
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Why would people want to go there? |
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Tell us more about the Anasazi. |
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When did they live? |
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The area in which the Anasazi lived is in the
Southwest. How many states are there in this area? |
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Create an orginal rock art. |
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Find an Anasazi recipe. |
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See if you can find music. |
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These are the ruins of an immense
city in the valley of the Indus, |
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Moenjodaro was built entirely of unbaked brick in the 3rd millennium
B.C. |
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The
site contains an acropolis, built on large embankments, ramparts, and a
lower town laid out according to strict rules, evidence of an early system
of town-planning. |
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1980 Archaeological Ruins at Moenjodaro |
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This park, formerly called Uluru
(Ayers Rock - Mount Olga) National Park, features spectacular geological
formations that dominate the vast red sandy plain of central Australia. |
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Uluru,
an immense monolith, and Kata Tjuta, the rock domes located west of Uluru,
form part of the traditional belief system of one of the oldest human
societies in the world. The traditional owners of Uluru-Kata Tjuta are the
Anangu Aboriginal people. |
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In this enormous park are many Aboriginal sacred
sites, spectacular scenery and famous rock formations. |
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The
Olgas/ Kata Tjuta, a dramatic series of 36 dome-like rock formations which
stand up to 1,701ft (546m) high and cover an area of 35km and like Uluru,
produce an incredible light show at sunset, with crimsons turning to rusts,
and pinks to mauves. |
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Angkor
is one of the most important archaeological sites in South-East Asia.
Stretching over some 400 sq. km, including forested area, Angkor
Archaeological Park contains the magnificent remains of the different capitals
of the Khmer Empire, from the 9th to the 15th century. |
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They include the famous Temple of Angkor Wat
and, at Angkor Thom, the Bayon Temple with its countless sculptural
decorations. |
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UNESCO has set up a wide- ranging program to
safeguard this symbolic site and its surroundings. |
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ICOMOS
49-51, rue de la Fédération
75015 Paris
France
Tel: 33-1-45 67 67 70
Fax: 33-1-45 66 06 22
E-mail: secretariat@icomos.org
Http://www.icomos.org/ |
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Jim Charleton, International Cooperation
Specialist
Phone: 202-565-1280 |
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The geography division or the foundation. |
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National Geographic Education Pages |
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http://www.nationalgeographic.com/map |
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