The Big Field Trip

The world has many religions. From Sikhism to Judaism, many different religions are practiced world wide. People follow religions because they explain creation, why we are here on earth and what happens when we die. Religions also give people hope, through prayer, and mark rites of passage, which are rituals that help people see themselves [...]

From The Big Field Trip – India, January, 2010

I lived with the Ranawat family for 2 months, and I learned a lot about Indian family life. The Ranawat family lives in Udaipur, which is in the state of Rajasthan in North West India. They are Rajput people from the warrior caste, and they practice the [...]

Brazil was “discovered” in 1500 by a Portuguese explorer named Pedro Alvares Cabral. The Brazilian coast has perfect climate for growing sugarcane. The native “Indians” of Brazil were not suitable for work in the sugarcane plantations because there were not many of them. They died from European diseases,   often refused to work and fought against [...]