HIST 231 Introduction to Colonial Latin America POST #2

SOCRATIC SEMINAR-EXTENDED

The Maya people of Toledo who are fighting for communal land rights, constitute, whether they know it or not, a group inimical to the capitalist system as it functions in Belize. The communal land Maya want to live frugally, in harmony with nature, and they wish to share what they have with each other. The communal land Maya are not in the least bit excited about the prospect of petroleum deposits being beneath their lands and waterways. They know they cannot eat oil. But more than that, they are not greedy for the things which oil money can buy.

Editorial (2009, June). Toledo maya disunity. Amandala, Retrieved October 7, 2009, from

http://www.amandala.com.bz/index.php?id=8746

Discuss your reaction to the editorial above and post. Also react to one of your colleague’s post.

HIST 231 Introduction to Colonial Latin America Post# 1

Hist 231 Students. This post is for you.

Many aspects of Maya civilization developed slowly through a long Preclassic period, from about 2000 BC to AD 300. By the beginning of that period, Mayan-speaking Native Americans were settled in three adjacent regions of eastern and southern Mexico and Central America: the dry, limestone country along the north coast of Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula; the inland tropical jungle in the Petén region of northern Guatemala; and an area of volcanic highlands and mountain peaks in southern Guatemala near the Pacific Ocean.

Describe any cultural, technological, religious, political , or agricultural practices/advances of the Maya civilization during the pre-classic period. What's the significance of this period in Maya history?

College English (ENGL 112) Post #1

ENGL 112 students. This post is for you!

Warming Up: Journal Exercise

Choose one activity, sport, or hobby that you do well and that others might admire your for. in the form of a letter to a friend, describe the steps or stages of the process through which you acquired that skill or ability.

College English (ENGL 111) Post #1

All students in ENGL 111- This post is for you!

Warming Up:Journal Exercises # 1

Many writers keep some kind of notebook in which they write down their thoughts for later use. some writers call it a journal, a place for their day-to-day thoughts. other writers call it a day book, a place to record ideas, collected information, possible outlines, titles, questions,-anything related to the process of writing, thinking , and learning.

Describe your own writing rituals. When, where, and how do you write best.