CLASS A->Projects->A 3-D construction of Atlantis
3-D (three dimentional) drawing of Atlantis Instructions: Work in two groups to develop a three-dimensional construction of what Atlantis looked like (materials: cardboard, clay, glue, various objects (legos etc.) to represent structures and things, paints, crayons, etc.) OR a drawing (2- dimensional or 3- dimensional) of what Atlantis looked like. Resources Details about Atlantis - the island and its people (by Plato in Timaeus and Critias) From Timaeus · Based in the Atlantic Ocean - Opposite the Pillars of Heracles* (Straits of Gibraltar) · The Atlantic was then navigable · Larger than Libya and Asia combined · From Atlantis you could reach other islands and then a true continent From Critias Note: The unit of measurement given in translation of Timaeus and Critias is typically the stade or stadia. The conversion is: 1 stade = 185 meters Canal From Sea · Canal 300' wide, 100' deep · 50 stades from the sea was a hill where the rings of Sea and Land were built Inner Ring · This was the next ring of water which was 1 stade - 600' · The centre land was 5 stades in diameter - 3000' (.5 miles) · The inner ring was surrounded on both sides by a wall covered with orichalcum Middle Ring · This was the next set of water / land rings which were 2 stades in width · This was surrounded on both sides by a wall covered with tin Outer Ring · It was the Ring closest to sea with its internal land 3 stades in width · It was surrounded on both sides by a wall covered with brass · It contained a horse racing track Outer Wall · This was a wall which encircled the outer ring at a distance of 50 stades Bridges · A sixth of a stadia · Walled · Towers and gates on the bridges · Guarded at either end Plain · Oblong, 3000 stadia long, 1000 stadia wide · Open to the sea on the south (where the canal exited to the sea) · Surrounded by mountains to the north Ditch around the Plain · 100 feet deep · 1 stade wide · 10,000 stades long (surrounding the whole plain) Military · Plain consisted of 10 stade square lots · Each lot supplied: · 1/6 of a war chariot · 2 horses and riders · one pair of chariot horses, a horseman, and a charioteer · 2 heavily armed soldiers · 2 slingers · 3 stone shooters · 3 javelin men · 4 sailors (for fleet of 1200 ships) OTHER · Abundant timber, elephants, marshes, swamps, rivers, mountains, plains · Hot and cold springs · Stone was white, black, and yellow - stone was excavated from the centre of the island and land rings to form covered docking areas For artists impressions of what Atlantis looked like visit: Alantis - Fact, Fiction or Exaggeration Artitst 1 impressions Artist 2 impressions