Days One and Two MUSEUM WALK

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Days One and TwoMUSEUM WALK

• THE HISTORY OF LANGUAGE
• A Year-long Mega Unit About the History of How
  Our Language Came To Be.

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DIRECTIONS

• You and your partner or group will walk through
  the museum exhibits and read the signs with a
  clipboard or binder for each group. Answer each
  of the following questions in complete sentences,
  using some part of each question as your sentence
  starter. When the packet is completed, (all
  questions have been answered) return the
  completed packet with all full names of each
  member of the group printed neatly on this cover
  page.

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HISTORY
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Where did the word language come from?

• The word language came from that Latin word
  lingua which means tongue. That is why the
  language of your ancestors is called your mother
  tongue.

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Where was the worlds most famous pictograph
discovered?

• The worlds most famous pictograph was discovered
  in Spains Altamira in 1879.

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How old is the worlds most famous pictograph?

• The worlds most famous pictograph was believed
  to be over 20,000 years old.

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Why does the slang of our parents and
grandparents die?

• The slang of our parents and our grandparents
  dies because the next generation does not use the
  same slang.

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When was the Rosetta Stone discovered?

• The Rosetta Stone was discovered in 1799.

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Where was the Rosetta Stone discovered?

• The Rosetta Stone was discovered by Jean
  Champollion in Egypts Nile Delta.

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What three languages were on the bands of writing
on the Rosetta Stone?

• The bands of writing on the Rosetta Stone
  consisted of two forms of Egyptian writing and
  Greek.

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Who translated the Rosetta Stone?

• Jean Champollion translated the Rosetta Stone.

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How long did it take to translate the Rosetta
Stone?

• The complete translation of the Rosetta Stone
  took 20 years.

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What makes a language dead?

• A language is dead when it fails to adapt to the
  world by creating or adding new words.

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If Latin is a dead language, why should anyone
learn it?

• We should still learn Latin because many of our
  words are derived from Latin.

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What language is said to use 50,000 different
ideographs?

• The Chinese language is said to use 50,000
  different ideographs.

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What was the first civilization to develop paper
form called papyrus?

• The first civilization to develop papyrus as a
  paper source was Egypt.

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Where were hieroglyphics first written?

• Hieroglyphics were first written in ancient Egypt.

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What is parchment made of?

• Parchment was made of animal skins.

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Why was parchment expensive?

• Parchment was expensive because the process of
  making paper out of animal skins was costly and
  time-staking.

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What were people skilled in writing hieroglyphics
called and what was their position in the
civilization?

• People who were skilled at writing hieroglyphics
  were called scribes and were highly honored in
  the ancient Egyptian society.

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Who learned to write on clay tablets?

• The Sumerians learned to write on clay tablets.

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Who is credited with creating the first forms of
cursive writing, and how did this development
occur?

• The first forms of cursive writing originated
  with the Romans out of their need to conserve
  expensive parchment paper.

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Where was the Sumerian civilization?

• The Sumerian civilization was located near the
  Persian Gulf.

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What did cuneiform writing look like?

• Cuneiform writing looked like a series of dashes
  and lines, but originally looked like symbols.

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How did cuneiform writing evolve?

• The cuneiform writing evolved from picture
  symbols to more abstract dashes and lines as
  their need for more words evolved.

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Who opened the first public library?

• Asinius Pollius opened the first public library
  in ancient Rome.

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When was the first public library opened?

• The first public library was opened in 30BC.

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What type of paper did Romans write on?

• The Romans wrote on parchment paper.

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Who was credited with creating the first
alphabet?

• The Phoenicians are credited with creating the
  first alphabet.

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When was the first alphabet established?

• The first alphabet was established in 1000BC.

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What part was missing from the Phoenician
alphabet?

• Vowels were missing from the Phoenician alphabet.

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How did the missing piece effect writing words in
Phoenician?

• The missing vowels caused confusion for writers
  and readers because words like bud bid, and
  bad were all spelled the same.

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What element in history has caused language to
change quickly?

• The information or computer age caused language
  to change quickly because of the rapid
  introduction of new inventions into society.

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How did the word hello evolve?

• The word hello evolved from the adoption of the
  word hullo, a word that farmers used to greet
  each other as they shouted from one field to the
  other.

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What word did hello evolve from?

• Hello evolved from the word hullo.

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What was the first alternative to papyrus paper?

• The first alternative to papyrus was parchment.

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Why was there a need for an alternative to
papyrus in Europe?

• The need for an alternative to papyrus arose from
  the fact that papyrus cannot grow in Europe and
  was therefore very expensive to use.

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Who made the first alternative to papyrus?

• The first alternative to papyrus, parchment, was
  developed by the Romans.

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What invention helped make the alternative to
papyrus readily available?

• The paper mill made paper readily available.

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How does pitch play a role in the English
language?

• Pitchs role in the English language is to
  indicate emotion to the listener or receiver of
  aural information.

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When was Esperanto introduced?

• Esperanto was introduced in 1887.

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Day Two

• Museum Walk Day Two

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What was the purpose of Esperanto?

• The purpose of Esperanto was to create a
  universal world language through which all people
  could communicate.

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What was the main problem with Esperanto?

• The main problem with Esperanto is that it only
  included European languages.

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What is Braille for?

• Braille is a written language developed for the
  blind.

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How does Braille work?

• Braille works through a system of raised dots
  that the blind run their fingers over. Each
  system of the raised dots represent letters and
  help the blind read books, signs, and other
  published materials.

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How do deaf people communicate?

• Deaf people communicate through sign language and
  lip-reading.

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How does sign language work to help people
communicate quickly?

• Some sign language symbols are represent whole
  words and phrases.

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Why dont we always spell the way we hear words?

• Words dont always sound the way they are spelled
  because they are derived from foreign languages,
  others because of dialect, and finally, some
  words dont sound the way they are spelled
  because their pronunciation has evolved over time.

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Why is there a gh in thought and right?

• The gutteral sound that sounds like a cough was
  originally used by the English when thought and
  right were originally used, for this reason the
  gh remains today.

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Why is the written language less likely to change
as quickly as the spoken language?

• Written language has stricter rules and evolves
  slowly but the spoken language acquires new words
  all the time.

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Name one thing you learned about dialect beyond
its definition?
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How has the Information Age changed our language?

• The new inventions all have new words or have new
  uses for words already in uses, this causes the
  language to evolve.

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VOCABULARY
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What are language variations called?

• Language variations are dialect.

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What language do musicians use for writing music?

• Musicians use musical notation to write music.

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What was Esperanto?

• Esperanto was a an attempt to create a universal
  world language.

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What do we call languages where the same word has
different meanings, depending on the pitch or
tone of the word?

• Languages where the same word has different
  meanings depending upon the pitch are called Tone
  Languages.

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What is ancient Egyptian paper called?

• Ancient Egyptian paper is called papyrus.

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What was Roman paper rolled upon?

• The Roman paper was rolled upon scrolls.

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What Native American Language has only 17 letters
in it?

• Passamaquoddy is a Native American Language that
  only has 17 letters in it.