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1、Visit www.readinga- for thousands of books and materials.Great ZimbabweA Reading AZ Level U Leveled BookWord Count:1,165WritingWrite directions explaining how the walls of Great Zimbabwe were constructed.Include the design elements that were incorporated in order to make the walls strong and long-la
2、sting.Social StudiesResearch to learn more about the flag of Zimbabwe.Make a poster about the flag that includes a picture of it as well as details about what each element represents.Connectionswww.readinga-LEVELED BOOK ULEVELED BOOK UWritten by Grace de FonsecaGreat ZimbabweGreat ZimbabweGreat Zimb
3、abweGreat Zimbabwewww.readinga-What is the significance of Great Zimbabwes design,and what is the purpose of its structures?Focus QuestionWritten by Grace de Fonseca16Glossaryarchaeologists (n.)scientists who study the remains of ancient cultures(p.8)artifacts(n.)any objects made or used by humans l
4、ong ago(p.13)characteristic(n.)a feature that helps to identify a thing or group of things(p.12)culture(n.)the ideas and customs of a certain group of people(p.13)daga(n.)a mixture of clay and mud used as a building material(p.8)descendants(n.)the offspring of a particular person or group that lived
5、 in the past(p.14)enclosure(n.)an area that is surrounded and sealed off by something(p.6)functioned(v.)fulfilled a task or purpose;served(p.6)heritage(n.)a way of life,tradition,or feature passed down from generation to generation(p.15)ruins(n.)the remains of old buildings or other structures(p.4)s
6、ite(n.)the location where something is found or took place(p.6)spiritual(adj.)related to spirit,soul,or a divine being(p.6)16CorrelationLEVEL UQ4040Fountas&PinnellReading RecoveryDRAGreat ZimbabweWorld Landmarks Level U Leveled Book Learning AZWritten by Grace de FonsecaAll rights reserved.www.readi
7、nga-archaeologistsartifactscharacteristicculturedagadescendantsenclosurefunctionedheritageruinssitespiritualWords to KnowFront cover:Statues of birds found in Great Zimbabwe indicate the importance of birds to the people who once lived there.Title page:Towering walls form a narrow passage.Page 3:The
8、 view from a wall in the hilltop section shows the stunning landscape around Great Zimbabwe.Photo Credits:Front cover,back cover:Gallo Images/Alamy Stock Photo;title page,15:Christopher Scott/Gallo Images/Getty Images;page 3:De Agostini/S.Vannini/De Agostini Picture Library/Getty Images;page 4:Herme
9、s Images/AGF/UIG via Getty Images;page 6:Bill Raften/Photodisc/Getty Images;pages 7,10(left):Georg Gerster/Science Source;page 8:2630ben/iStock/Thinkstock;page 9(top):An anthropomorphic soapstone carving said to be from the ancient site of Great Zimbabwe/Werner Forman Archive/Bridgeman Images;page 9
10、(bottom):Werner Forman/Universal Images Group/Getty Images;page 10(right):iS 11:JordiStock/iStock/Thinkstock;page 12:mediacolors/Alamy Stock Photo;page 13:Chronicle/Alamy Stock Photo;page 14(left):Robert Fried/Alamy Stock Photo;page 14(right):Peter Ptschelinzew/Lonely Planet Images/Getty Images15Pro
11、tecting Great Zimbabwe The United Nations Educational,Scientific,and Cultural Organization(UNESCO)designated the ruins of Great Zimbabwe a World Heritage Site in 1986.This means nearly all the countries in the world recognize the site as worthy of admiration and protection.However,the site has been
12、damaged over time.People from around the world visit the site,adding to the need for repair.Plants threaten to grow over many of the remaining structures.Weather has also taken a toll on the site.More funding and staff are needed to study and preserve the ruins.Great Zimbabwes oldest walls have stoo
13、d for roughly one thousand years.With proper care,they may stand for a thousand more.Stars light up the ruins of Great Zimbabwe at night.Great Zimbabwe Level U153Table of ContentsA Giant Place .4The Pride of a Nation .5Stone City .6A Booming Empire .9Building the Walls .11Who Built It?.13Protecting
14、Great Zimbabwe .15Glossary .16Great Zimbabwe Level U14A few different tribes claim to be the descendants of the people of ancient Great Zimbabwe.However,most people today believe that the Shona people built the ancient city.The Shona have been living in that area for many centuries.Some of the artif
15、acts,such as tools found in the ruins by archaeologists,are very similar to items that the Shona people were using during the nineteenth century.In addition,many people think that the word Zimbabwe comes from a Shona phrase that means“stone houses.”Modern Shona people wear traditional dress.4A Giant
16、 Place The ruins of the once-magnificent city of Great Zimbabwe lie in an area with rolling hills and many huge piles of boulders.Massive stone walls dot the landscape.In some places,the walls stand as high as 11 meters(36 ft.)tall.The ruins cover an area measuring 728.4 hectares(1,800 acres)almost
17、as large as 1,400 American football fields.The ruins of Great Zimbabwe give us a glimpse into what life was like there from the eleventh to fifteenth centuries.The abandoned city also contains many unsolved mysteries.The ruins of Great Zimbabwe cover a large area.13Who Built It?Europeans began to ex
18、plore the ruins of Great Zimbabwe in the late nineteenth century.They doubted that local African builders could have built the great city.Wood found at the site from the far north led some Europeans to think that another civilization,such as people living along the Mediterranean Sea,had constructed
19、it.For decades they tried to prove that idea.They ignored items found at the site that suggested local people had built the city.They even damaged or destroyed parts of the site while they searched for signs of a foreign culture.Finally,in 1905,an archaeologist examined the artifacts found at the si
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