(North
Bergen—October 20, 2015) For the past month, High Tech Social Studies
instructor Miguel Gonzalez introduced his students to ancient cultures and
architecture, from which they constructed projects that incorporated their
knowledge and creativity, announced
Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech.
Gonzalez screened Graham
Hancock’s documentary, Quest for the Lost
Civilization, for his students. From
this documentary, students learned about Hancock’s anthropological and
archeological theories, from which Gonzalez charged his class with the project
of recreating the ancient monuments that Graham had visited.
To replicate Ancient Egyptian
architecture, students recreated the Temple of Osiris, the Great Giza Pyramids,
the Step Pyramid of Djoser, and, probably the most famous monument of all, the Great
Sphinx.
Students also visited
the United Kingdom and France, by way of Stonehenge, the Callanish Stones, the
Uffington White Horse, and the Carnac stones, respectively.
To commemorate Hancock’s
sojourn to Micronesia, students recreated the Nan Madol, the lost civilization
of Pohnpei; the temple of Nan Dowas; and the notorious Easter Island statues.
To replicate Mexico,
students recreated magnificent Chichen Itza, La Venta, and Teotihuacan.
Students also replicated Cambodia’s
Angkor Thom and Angkor Wat.
And last, but
certainly not least, students commemorated Hancock’s visit to Bolivia by
reconstructing in the classroom the Sun Gate of Tiahuanaco.
For more information concerning
this fascinating and wonderful project, please contact Miguel Gonzalez at
mgonzale1@hcstonline.org
