The Aztec Civilization

1. The Aztec Civilization By: Brittany Thornton

2. Content Area: Social Studies • Grade Level: 6 • Summary : The purpose of this presentation is to educate the students on the Aztec empire and the effect they have on modern civilization. • Learning Objective: Given the worksheet students will answer the questions within the website and the power point with 100 percent accuracy. • Current Standard: 5.0: History involves people, events, and issues. Students will evaluate evidence to develop comparative and casual analyses, and to interpret primary sources. They will construct sound historical arguments and perspectives on which informed decision in contemporary life can be based. • Accomplishment: World History Standards Era 4: Expanding Zones of Exchange and Encounter ( 14 th-16th century)-6.5.12 Understand the place of historical events in the context of past, present and future. A. Understand the significant features of Aztec and Spanish civilization as in their locations of cities, sewage systems, horses, different types of food and architecture.

3. Go to this website to answer your questions: http://www.history.com/topics/aztecs/videos#-the Aztecs • Aztec is a native term used to describe Nahuatl-speakers. • This term as refers to the Aztec empire in Mexico • After the Spanish conquered the Aztec land they changed the name from Azteca to Mexica. Facts

4. Watch the video The Aztecs at the website provided on this slide. You will need to take notes from the selected video to help with questions later in the lessons. • Note: You can pause the video so you can take better notes if the videos are going to fast. Videos

5. Search through the video to answer the questions provided. • What was the Aztec Capital ? • Tenochtitlan • Mexico City • Washington • Nashville Facts

6. Correct Tenochtitlan was the Aztec capital. Answers

7. Which of the following items is something that the Aztecs had and the Spanish had never seen ? • Corn • Chocolate • Vanilla • Tomatoes • Pyramids Question

8. Yes all of the above were the correct answers. The reason being that the Aztecs had so many that solar could not report on just one. Answers

9. Which of the following did the Spanish have that the Aztecs had never seen before ? • Horses • Wheeled Vehicles • Steel Weapons • Cannons • Infectious Disease • Cures for those Infectious Diseases. Question

10. Correct! All of the following were something that Spanish had brought over. Answers

11. How long did it take for the Spanish to seize Tenochtitlan • An Hour • A Day • A Month • A Year Questions

12. It took the Spanish over a year to conquer the Aztec capital . Answer

13. What is Tenochtitlan now called ? • Mexico City • Washington • Albany • Santa Fe • Albuquerque

14. The Answer is Mexico City !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Answer

15. What percent of the population is purely Spanish? • 30 % • 75% • 9% • 50% • 100 % Question

16. The percent of the Mexico City population that is completely Spanish is ? 9% Answer

17. What percent of people in Mexico City is mixed? • 70 % • 10% • 85% • 60% Question

18. The percent of the population that is mixed is 60% Answer

19. In this lesson the students will have learned what the Aztec culture has contributed to us. They would have watched a video that showed the students how the Aztecs contributed things like corn, chocolate, and pyramids. • Students also learned about how the Spanish seized their land. The students also learned that Mexico City is the former capital for the Aztec. The students now know the percent of the Mexican population. • The students will have read and taken notes from the videos on the website. The students know what the Aztec contributed to their everyday life. They also know have an understanding on how the Aztec capital became Mexico City. Summary

20. http://www.history.com/topics/aztecs/videos#the-aztecs.com Works Cited