The Aztec

1. The Aztec School Aztec schools offered a formal system of education. Every child had to attend, including girls and slaves. School was mandatory and free. Teachers were highly respected.  School was tough. There was no recess or time to relax in school. But all schools included instruction in song and in dance, not because it There were three different schools. One school was for girls. Two schools were for boys. Girls: Girls learned about religion. They learned how to cook, sew, weave, and how to care for their children.  

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3. Ballplayers Ballplayers: One of the most highly respected professions in the Aztec world was that of ballplayer. The best players were treated like super stars, similar to the way we treat our best athletics today.  ; The Aztecs, like the Mayas, had huge ball courts. The goal of the game was to get a hard rubber ball over the middle line into your opponent’s court. You got points for that. But the real goal was to get your ball through one of the two hoops that hung down over the center of the court. The opposite team, of course, did everything they could to stop you. 

4. FACTS • As the Aztec population grew, more food was needed. To solve this problem, Aztec engineers created “floating” gardens. First, they built a series of rafts and anchored each to the lakebed. Vegetation and reeds were piled on top of a raft. Then, they piled on enough dirt to be able to grow crops

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