Weeks 7-12: History Sentence: hand motions

Thanks Paige!

W7: Tell me about Hinduism:

Hinduism meditative pose

Brahman sign language B

one great spirit hold up a #1 and bounce it 3 times with the music

castes hold out R hand, palms/fingers facing down, slide right into layered slots in time to the music. This is similar to the hand motion for Feudal system in the time line.

Buddhism with your arms, make a big round belly like a Buddha statue

Siddhartha sign language S

enlightened one jazz hands near head

W8: Tell me about the Age of Imperialism

Imperialism use hands to make a crown

British stand at attention like a British soldier

India sign language I

Queen Victoria crown then sign language “V”

Empress pound the ground with your imaginary scepter

Assassinated make a gun with your right hand and shoot your left hand

Mohandas

Ghandi sit criss cross applesauce and fold your arms in front of you at shoulder height (assuming the pose that Ghandi so often sat in)

passive resistance

movement hold out right hand gun. Use left hand to cover it and “put it away.” Ghandi believed in peace…ironic that he was shot.

India’s

Independence sign language “I” with right hand followed by a sign language “I” with left hand

W9: Tell me about Confucius

Confucius Sign language C on forehead (Confucius was a philosopher)

Obedience make a circle with a sign language “o”

Respect salute like a soldier

Taoism/path use both hands to make a winding path

harmony

with nature make “singing hands” (think of Sound of Music, how they stood for their performance at the festival)

W10: Tell me about the Heian empire

Heian sign language “H”

weakened let your “H” go limp as if your hand is growing weak

shoguns make guns with both hand and shoot R-L-R in rapid succession

rule pound the ground with your scepter

expel hitchhiking thumb over shoulder

isolation shrinking pose (look down, bring arms into your chest)

circa draw a circle with one finger in the air

Commodore

Matthew

Perry salute

trade alternate giving and taking with hands

Meiji sign language “M”Japan sign language “J”

W11: Tell me about Constantine

Byzantine sign language “B”

Emperor pound the ground with your scepter

Constantine sign language “C”

Christianity make a cross with two index fingers and place over your heart

Emperor pound the ground with your scepter

Justinian’s sign language “J”

all men sweep hands out to the side to indicate “all”

Basil II sign language “B”, #2

Muslim turks trace a crescent moon, spread fingers as star

Conquered pound hand with fist

Byzantine sign language “B”

Crusades wield a sword

W12: Tell me about the Muslim Empire

Muslim trace a crescent moon, spread fingers as star

Muhammad sign language “M”

worshipped bow down

Ottoman sign language “O”

expanded hands together, palms touching. Spread out as in expanding

weakness make your whole body wither as if growing weak

westernization make sign language “w” with both hands. “Do the twist” with hands holding out “w”s in time to the music