Title: Days One and Two MUSEUM WALK
1Days One and TwoMUSEUM WALK
- THE HISTORY OF LANGUAGE
- A Year-long Mega Unit About the History of How
Our Language Came To Be.
2DIRECTIONS
- 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.
3HISTORY
4Where 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.
5Where was the worlds most famous pictograph
discovered?
- The worlds most famous pictograph was discovered
in Spains Altamira in 1879.
6How old is the worlds most famous pictograph?
- The worlds most famous pictograph was believed
to be over 20,000 years old.
7Why 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.
8When was the Rosetta Stone discovered?
- The Rosetta Stone was discovered in 1799.
9Where was the Rosetta Stone discovered?
- The Rosetta Stone was discovered by Jean
Champollion in Egypts Nile Delta.
10What 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.
11Who translated the Rosetta Stone?
- Jean Champollion translated the Rosetta Stone.
12How long did it take to translate the Rosetta
Stone?
- The complete translation of the Rosetta Stone
took 20 years.
13What makes a language dead?
- A language is dead when it fails to adapt to the
world by creating or adding new words.
14If Latin is a dead language, why should anyone
learn it?
- We should still learn Latin because many of our
words are derived from Latin.
15What language is said to use 50,000 different
ideographs?
- The Chinese language is said to use 50,000
different ideographs.
16What was the first civilization to develop paper
form called papyrus?
- The first civilization to develop papyrus as a
paper source was Egypt.
17Where were hieroglyphics first written?
- Hieroglyphics were first written in ancient Egypt.
18What is parchment made of?
- Parchment was made of animal skins.
19Why was parchment expensive?
- Parchment was expensive because the process of
making paper out of animal skins was costly and
time-staking.
20What 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.
21Who learned to write on clay tablets?
- The Sumerians learned to write on clay tablets.
22Who 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.
23Where was the Sumerian civilization?
- The Sumerian civilization was located near the
Persian Gulf.
24What did cuneiform writing look like?
- Cuneiform writing looked like a series of dashes
and lines, but originally looked like symbols.
25How did cuneiform writing evolve?
- The cuneiform writing evolved from picture
symbols to more abstract dashes and lines as
their need for more words evolved.
26Who opened the first public library?
- Asinius Pollius opened the first public library
in ancient Rome.
27When was the first public library opened?
- The first public library was opened in 30BC.
28What type of paper did Romans write on?
- The Romans wrote on parchment paper.
29Who was credited with creating the first
alphabet?
- The Phoenicians are credited with creating the
first alphabet.
30When was the first alphabet established?
- The first alphabet was established in 1000BC.
31What part was missing from the Phoenician
alphabet?
- Vowels were missing from the Phoenician alphabet.
32How 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.
33What 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.
34How 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.
35What word did hello evolve from?
- Hello evolved from the word hullo.
36What was the first alternative to papyrus paper?
- The first alternative to papyrus was parchment.
37Why 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.
38Who made the first alternative to papyrus?
- The first alternative to papyrus, parchment, was
developed by the Romans.
39What invention helped make the alternative to
papyrus readily available?
- The paper mill made paper readily available.
40How 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.
41When was Esperanto introduced?
- Esperanto was introduced in 1887.
42Day Two
43What was the purpose of Esperanto?
- The purpose of Esperanto was to create a
universal world language through which all people
could communicate.
44What was the main problem with Esperanto?
- The main problem with Esperanto is that it only
included European languages.
45What is Braille for?
- Braille is a written language developed for the
blind.
46How 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.
47How do deaf people communicate?
- Deaf people communicate through sign language and
lip-reading.
48How does sign language work to help people
communicate quickly?
- Some sign language symbols are represent whole
words and phrases.
49Why 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.
50Why 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.
51Why 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.
52Name one thing you learned about dialect beyond
its definition?
53How 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.
54VOCABULARY
55What are language variations called?
- Language variations are dialect.
56What language do musicians use for writing music?
- Musicians use musical notation to write music.
57What was Esperanto?
- Esperanto was a an attempt to create a universal
world language.
58What 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.
59What is ancient Egyptian paper called?
- Ancient Egyptian paper is called papyrus.
60What was Roman paper rolled upon?
- The Roman paper was rolled upon scrolls.
61What Native American Language has only 17 letters
in it?
- Passamaquoddy is a Native American Language that
only has 17 letters in it.