One of my history classes this semester is a writing credit class. Well for the final project we can pick our own topic as long as it pertains to the course (The Age of Exploration and Conquest) and we can choose to do a 15 page paper or a website. At first I was going to do the 15 page paper and my topic was going to be how the Spanish were able to conquer an Aztec empire made up of millions and the different theories that there are for that. Then when I was taking a shower the other night (I love how many ideas I get in the shower) I decided, if my teacher OK'd it, that I wanted to completely change my topic and format. I talked to my teacher on Friday, told him what I wanted to do, and got the OK as long as I sent in a new outline and bibliography over the weekend. So yesterday I started building a website on the Aztec Empire. This way, I can cover the things about the empire that I love, like all of the gods (they have fun names - Quetzalcoatl, Huitzilopitchli, Tlaloc, Tezcatlipoca etc.) and their technology - the sun calendar, and their building skills. I can also cover the Conquest by Cortes and various other parts of the Empire. I'm just sad that we aren't covering the Mayans in this class too. I would love to be able to include them in this website - especially when it came to building skills. James pointed me to Microsoft's newest version of Front Page so that I could look there for a program. There was good news on that - there's a free 60 day trial. I only need it for a little over 2 weeks so I don't have to go spend tons of money on a program.
It should be an interesting project. I'll post a link for the website when it's finished. I'm going to be able to publish on the bama.ua.edu server so I also don't have to worry about finding a host server.
GO OUT AND VOTE TOMORROW! You can't complain if you don't vote. :)
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