Aztec Project reflection

Name: Ashlen Sepulveda
Project Reflection: Post on your Blog

Project Title: Aztec Mural project
Class: C Dates: May, 5, 08
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PURPOSE:
The purpose of this project was to learn about the Aztecs and there culture. In order to learn about this we had to create a mural symbolizing an important part of the Aztec culture. My group and I decided to make a mural about the Aztec gods and their Sacrifices. All the people in my group word hard to achieve a perfect mural. Which i think we did. All the people in my group worked hard using each other to accomplish things. In the end our mural turned out great and we got a good grade.

WHAT I LEARNED

In our Mural depicts how the Aztecs would have human sacrifices to please the gods. At the bottom of our mural are skulls. The skulls represent the people that the Aztecs sacrificed. All over the skulls is blood. The blood is from the people that were sacrificed so that the gods could be happy. Above the skulls is the stairs of a temple. A man stands at the top of the stairs holding a heart in one hand and a knife in the other. Blood drips from his hands on to the stairs. There is a trail of blood going down the stairs leading to a body of a man. His body is crumpled and broken, he is covered in blood. He is a slave Probably from another near by village, the Aztecs sacrificed him. There is a large hole in his chest were his heart should be.
The Aztecs would sacrifice people to make the gods happy. When they sacrificed a person that represented killing the gods. That was a good thing. The gods were once mortal too, so when they sacrificed a person it represented the birth of the gods. The Aztecs also sacrificed people if it was a time of famine or poverty. When the crops were bad the Aztecs would sacrifice a person to make the gods happy, If the gods were pleased then they would make the crops grow better.
Behind the Priest is an eclipse. An eclipse is when the moon goes over the sun. That was a very bad sign. Its meant that the gods were very angry. When the gods were angry they would punish the people, and for the gods not to punish the people they would make sacrifices. Which brings us back to the main purpose of our mural.
On either side of the eclipse are two gods. The god of corn Xochiquetzal and Quetzalcoatl
the feathered serpent god. The gods are looking down on the people waiting for their sacrifice.
depicts how the Aztecs would have human sacrifices to please the gods.  At the bottom of our mural are skulls. The skulls represent the people that the Aztecs sacrificed. All over the skulls is blood. The blood is from the people that were sacrificed so that the gods could be happy. Above the skulls is the stairs of a  temple. A man stands at the top of the stairs holding a heart in one hand and a knife in the other. Blood drips from his hands on to the stairs. There is a trail of blood going down the stairs leading to a body of a man. His body is crumpled and broken, he is covered in blood. He is a slave Probably from another near by village, the Aztecs sacrificed him. There is a large hole in his chest were his heart should  be.
        The Aztecs would sacrifice people to make the gods happy. When they sacrificed a person that represented killing the gods. That was a good thing. The gods were once mortal too, so when they sacrificed a person it represented the birth of the gods. The Aztecs also sacrificed people if it was a time of famine or poverty. When the crops were bad the Aztecs would sacrifice a person to make the gods happy, If the gods were pleased then they would make the crops grow better.
        Behind the Priest is an eclipse. An eclipse is when the moon goes over the sun. That was a very bad sign. Its meant that the gods were very angry. When the gods were angry they would punish the people, and for the gods not to punish the people they would make sacrifices. Which brings us back to the main purpose of our mural.
On either side of the eclipse are two gods. The god of corn Xochiquetzal and Quetzalcoatl
the feathered serpent god. The gods are looking down on the people waiting for their sacrifice.

REFLECTION
I enjoyed this project because I loved working in a group with my friends. In this project we got to choose the people we wanted to work with so i chose a small group to work with. We had 5 people in our group including me. There were two girls and three guys. At the beginning i thought it might be hard being in a group with mostly guys but it turned out not to be a problem. One of the guys which was the most talkative had to leave the school. Which thankfully was an improvement. When he left all the other people in our group didn't slack of, they did there jobs. I have nothing bad to say about this project. If you stayed on task and didn't do anything stupid they would have had a great time like me and my group had.

ARTIFACTS
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