http://www.panoramas.dk/fullscreen/fullscreen23.html
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/worldgames/puzzles/tajmahal.htm
Using the information from the websites and your knowledge of Social Studies you will compose 2 or more well written paragraphs to post on the blog about the following:
- History - include information about What the Taj Mahal is. Who built it and Why? When, Where, and How was it built? **Include another interesting fact of your choice and a question of your own!
- Architecture - Describe the Taj Mahal. What does it look like? Discuss it's size, style and layout. Explain the interior and the surrounding area. **Draw a picture representing your favorite part of the Taj Mahal!
Student #3.
ReplyDeleteThe Taj Mahal is one of the 8 wonders of the world. The Taj Mahal is located in Arga, India. It was built in 1626 and took 22 years. The Taj Mahal is completely made of white marble. It’s the only building in the world to be fully made of white marble.
The Taj Mahal is a tomb built for Emperor Shan Jahan’s favorite Mumtaz Mahal.
Western historians have noted that the Taj Mahal’s amazing architectural beauty has never been surpassed. The Taj Mahal is huge. It was built on a square platform (186x186), and 213 feet tall!
The Taj Mahal’s architect is a mix of Indian,
Persian, Islamic. The interior of the Taj Mahal is just as beautiful as the outside. Maybe even more beautiful.
The Taj Mahal has 4 reflecting pools. It was also built on the Yamuna River. The Taj Mahal also has a beautiful garden. Building the Taj Mahal employed about 20,000 people.
You can get a better look at the Taj Mahal on http://www.panoramas.dk/fullscreen/fullscreen23.html
Student #4
ReplyDeleteThe taj mahal is one of the 8 wonders of the world. The taj mahal was built was built by emperor shan jahan in memory of his favorite wife. Ismail khan and estad isa khan effendi designed the taj mahal. The taj mahal is made of precious stone and white marble.
The taj mahal was built in agra, india. The taj mahal took 22 year to complete. The taj mahal cost 32 million rupees. 32 million rupees = 585,344. That is why the taj mahal is one of the 8 wonders of the world.
The taj mahal is regarded as one of the 8 wonders of the world. The western historians said its architectural beauty will never be surpassed. The taj mahal is made entirely out of white marble.it is a stone building on a platform m across a court yard. The dome is 58ft in diameter. The taj mahal is 213ft high and 162.5ft for the platform.
Ismail kahn designed the dome. Ustad isa designed the taj mahal. The tomb was provided with sumptuous furnishing carpets, lamps, and candles. Some of the natural elements are different kinds of stones there are also some water. That is why its architectural beauty will never be surpassed.
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ReplyDeleteThe Taj Mahal is an amazing structure in history. It was built in Agra, India. It is made completely out of white marble. It was very hard to build. It took 22 years and the people who built the Taj Mahal had to make a 2 mile ramp to lift things to the top of the building. The Taj Mahal was made in memory of Emperor Shah Jahan’s favorite wife when she died. It was a tomb for her.
The Taj Mahal has an amazingly beautiful structure and architecture. The Taj Mahal is made of rounded stones (which is amazing because the people didn’t have the same technology we have now so they had to make them by hand) that are a white-ish color. The Taj Mahal is more than just a building. It has a breath-taking layout. With a court yard, lots of trees, it has a beautifully elaborate garden, and to top it all off it has multiple buildings and a guesthouse. The Taj Mahal is huge! It’s dome is 58 feet in diameter that rises to 213 feet! The platform is 186 feet and that is just the one building. The inside is even more fantabulous (I know that isn’t a word). It has walls that are about 82 feet and it is an octagonal shape. It has lots of decorations (beautiful blue glass in some rooms). Gorgeous!
student #8
ReplyDeleteThe Taj Mahal, one of the most magnificent wonders of the world, was built by Shah Jahan.
The Taj Mahal is located in Ancient India. It’s a white-splendored tomb, showing memory to Shah Jahan’s favorite wife. Taj Mahal was completed in 1648 C.E and expert designer and craftsman help build. It has an everlasting river behind it. The Taj Mahal was designed by Ustad Isa Khan Effendi. It was constructed by Ustad Ahmad. It’s considered as the most beautiful thing the Mughals have built.
The Tah Mahal when finished cost 32 million Rupees. 1,100 elephants were needed to also transport materials. It took 22 years to complete. Only an amazing architectural beauty like the Taj Mahal takes 22 years to complete. It also took 1,100 elephants to help transport materials. 20,000 workmen were used to help create it too.
The Taj Mahal is an amazing work of art and should be noticed more often.
Student5
ReplyDeleteThis gorgeous architectural structure’s beauty is believed to have never been surpassed. Emperor Shah Jahan originally built the Taj Mahal as a tomb for a favorite wife. They started building the structure in 1626 and finished in 1648. They somehow reserved the queen’s body for 22 years while building the Taj. Her tomb is located in the lower chamber. Some of the people that created and designed the Taj are Ustad Ahmad, Ismail Khan, and Ustad Isa. What really is interesting is that the Taj Mahal is made entirely of white marble. Nothing like that has ever been made before.
The architecture of the Taj Mahal is almost as magnificent as the features that it has. The Taj Mahal has twenty stories, also, the dome is 58ft in diameter, and has a height of 213ft. What surrounds the Taj is four reflecting pools, the Jamuna River, a garden, a mosque, and many other beautiful sights. The interior of the Taj includes Persian carpets, gold lamps, Islamic wallpapers, designs of flowers, etc. The Taj Mahal is made entirely of white marble. One question that I have is why would the emperor build something so fancy for someone who’s never going to be able to use it?
Student # 7
ReplyDeleteThe Taj Mahal is considered one of the most unique structures in the world. The structure in neither a castle nor a church. It is actually a mausoleum complex in memory of Emperor Shah Jahan’s favorite wife Mumtaz Mahal.
Ustad Isa is the designer of the Taj Mahal but there were 20,000 craftsmen from Turkey in all. Can you imagine 20,000 all coming to India from Turkey? The building is a massive 186 x 186 ft. and 58 ft. in diameter!
The outside is made completely out of white marble. There are four reflecting pools on the outside just the one in Washington D.C. The inside is even more beautiful. It was furnished with Persian carpets, gold lamps, and candlesticks.
It took a total of 22 years to finish this one of a kind building. Shah Jahan wanted it to be so one of a kind he cut all of his workers hands off. His wife lies in her tomb of the great Taj Mahal.
Student #6
ReplyDeleteThe architectural beauty of the Taj Mahal has never been surpassed. The curves in the marble are wonderful. The Taj Mahal is 22 stories high. The Tamuna River surround’s the Taj Mahal, as well as 4 reflecting pools. The interior decorations include rich Persian carpets, gold lamps. And candle sticks with designs of flowers and Islamic designs. The men who designed the Taj Mahal are Ustad Isa Khan Effendi, who assigned the project to his pupil Ustad Ahmed. The dome was designed by Ismail Khan. The Taj Mahal took 22 years to complete with 20,000 workers.
Apparently the Emperor caught off the stone masons hand so the Taj Mahal can never be rebuilt again even though he wanted another one built, this one entirely made out of black marble. To build the Taj Mahal they had a 2 miles long and had 11,000,000 elephants to carry the heavy objects that cannot be carried by man. The Taj Mahal is regarded as one of the Seven Wonders of the World with its beauty of it exterior with the wonderful interior. The Taj Mahal is an amazing structure and is known as the labor of love and will never be made again
student # 10
ReplyDeleteA beautiful architecture made in India, took 22 years to be built for a favorite wife. It is called the Taj Mahal. Built to be a memory of Shah Jahan`s wife. Shah Jahan Had 36 Wives and one was his favorite, her name was Mumtaz Mahal. The building belongs to him. Also, built by Ustad Isa Khan Effendi, Ismail Khan, and 20,000 workers. The Taj Mahal is located in the state of Uttar, in the city of Agra on the banks of river Yamuna. As the Taj Mahal was getting built the workers used a 2 mile long ramp to get materials where they need to go. The workers used 1,100,000 elephants to build the architecture. There are gem all over the Taj Mahal. The roof looks like a white splendored dome. Shah Jahan Had 36 Wives and one was his favorite, her name was Mumtaz Mahal.
The fantastic art of the Taj Mahal is very unique. The style has rounded stones along the building. Nothing is painted on the Taj Mahal; everything is stones, designs, or marble. The domes are tall on a square platform 186x186 213 feet tall. It is built entirely of white marble and the grass is designed, and bushes shaved tall and skinny. The People who designed the Taj Mahal was Ustad Isa Knan Effend, Ustad Amhad, Ismail Khad (designed dome).There’s a reflecting pod in front of the building and a long river next to the Taj Mahal. There’s one question about the architecture of Taj Mahal, why are there hooks on the Taj Mahal and what are they for? And for the history, Where did they keep the body of Mumtaz Mahal as the Taj Mahal was being built?
student #2
ReplyDeleteThe Taj mahal is located in Agra, India. In 1626 The Taj mahal was built it is built entirely out of marble. It took 22 years to build it. It coasted 32 million rupees (32 million dollars equals 554016.00 American dollars). They had the best architect and expert craft man.
The white splendored tomb was built by Empor Shan jahann in memory of his favorite wife. 20,000 workers were forced to build it. The style of the Taj mahal is Zig Zag, jagged, and inlay the size of the Taj mahal is 213 feet.
The Taj mahal is a beautiful structure and will always be one of the wonders of the world
The Taj Mahal is considered one of the eight wonders of the world by some people. The Taj Mahal, built in Agra, India, is a tomb built in honor of Shah Jahan’s favorite wife Arjumand Banu Begum. The building of the Taj Mahal started in 1626 and ended in 1648- a total of 22 years to build. The main architects were Ustad Isa Khan Effendi, Ustad Ahman, and Ismail Khan. Craftsmen from Turkey helped make up 120,000 workers. To be able to get materials to the level of the dome, a 2 mile long ramp was built and was later taken down. The white splendored marble seems to change color at different times of the day, such as it glows in the light of the full moon, and on a foggy morning it seems suspended.
ReplyDeleteThe Taj Mahal, which is part of a vast complex, has many elements, and each element stands on its own. The Taj Mahal stands on a 186 ft. by 186 ft. platform; and the dome itself is 213 ft. tall and 584 ft. in diameter. The design if the building has plenty of rounded stones and zigzag patterns on some of the pillars. By the reflecting pool there are trees planted, and the Jumana River lies nearby. The inside is decorated by many sumptuous furnishings and Persian carpets.
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ReplyDeleteHi Mrs.T!!!!!!!! I miss you sooooo much! My summer has been off to a good start so far... How's yours? Well gotta go I hope I get to visit you soon!!!!
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