Enquiry Question 1
What do we know about mountains and how have they been represented in cultural resources?
1. Look at the following sources and answer your Mind map question
- Find out more about mountain environments in general by looking at Project Britain - Mountains
- Find out about the highest mountain range in the world by looking at Himalayas
- Have a brief think about the Andes mountain range by looking at Andes
- Briefly review an example of a UK mountain range by looking at Snowdonia
- Look at Michael Palin's travels in the Himalayas - see Palin's Travels
- See how mountains have been depicted in films by watching trailers such as Cliffhanger, 7 Years in Tibet, Heidi, The Sound of Music
- Find out about expeditions to mountains by watching K2 expedition and Everest expedition
- Research the first person to reach the summit of Everest by looking at Sir Edmund Hillary
- See how Mount Everest has been portrayed in photographs by looking at Everest Photos
- Compare different ways that artists have painted mountains by looking at UK mountain paintings, Mountain paintings by WS Jennings, Montagne Sainte-Victoire by Cezanne
- Read poems inspired by mountains, such as Mountain Twilight and Significance of the Mountain
- Find out how mountains have inspired works of literature by reading the article The many peaks of mountains in literature
- Listen to music inspired by the Mountains at Appalachian Mountain Music USA & Music of the Andes
2. Watch Vertical Limit on YouTube and complete the worksheet below
Worksheet - Worksheet Link (Make sure you download it so you can write on it).
Vertical Limit- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgtZZXlZ1T03.
How is the mountain environment represented in this picture?
Pick out 3 mountain features that you can see.
What is extreme about this environment?
4 Top Gear - You tube video of Top Gear presenters in the Andes
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