The People of the Sun Aztec Civilization

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The People of the Sun Aztec Civilization

• By
• Miguel Cuauhtémoc Herrera

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Social Studies

• Junior High (6-8)
• Emphasis on historical research geography

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Essential Question

• How did the Aztecs impact Mesoamerican society?

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Unit Questions

• What were the Aztecs, beliefs, customs, and
  traditions?
• What did the Aztecs contribute to Mesoamerican
  architecture?

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Unit Objectives

• Students will know the importance of Aztec
  society in Meso-America.
• Students will be able to compare and contrast
  Aztec society with other Mesoamerican societies.
• Students will know what their agriculture was
  like.
• Students will know what Aztec life was like

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AZ State Standards

• History
• 1SS-E10. Describe the geographic, political,
  economic, and social characteristics of the
  Aztecs, Mayas, and Mound Builders and their
  contributions to later civilizations, with
  emphasis on
• PO 1. their locations, landforms, and climate,
  and their affect on the economies and trade
  systems
• PO 2. their forms of government
• PO 3. their traditions, customs and beliefs
• PO 4. the ways agriculture developed
• PO 5. the cultural and scientific contributions,
  including advances in
• astronomy, mathematics, and architecture
  artistic and oral traditions
• and development of writing systems and calendars
• Geography
• 3SS-E6. Describe the economic, political,
  cultural, and social processes that interact to
  shape patterns of human populations,
  interdependence, and cooperation and conflict,
  with emphasis on
• PO 7. how cultural norms influence different
  economic activities of men and
• women in different regions, including literacy,
  occupations, clothing and property rights

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Grade Rubric
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Teaching Strategies

• Cooperative learning
• Arrange students in groups of 3-4
• Arrange on ELL student to partner up with a
  student who has mastered English
• Use of graphic organizers
• Venn diagram etc..
• Modified assignment for learning disabled

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Pictures from

• Welcome to Mannys Aztec Connection
• Aztec Webpage
• Indians.org