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Understanding the Aztec Codex

Understanding the Aztec Codex. Social Studies 8. What is a Codex?. Basically it is an illustrated history book. Found in many different cultures. Aztec used pictograms (pictures) to tell their story. Aztec wrote on fig bark ( amatl ) Usually colourful but not always . THE BOTURINI CODEX.

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Understanding the Aztec Codex

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  1. Understanding the Aztec Codex Social Studies 8

  2. What is a Codex? • Basically it is an illustrated history book. • Found in many different cultures. • Aztec used pictograms (pictures) to tell their story. • Aztec wrote on fig bark (amatl) • Usually colourful but not always

  3. THE BOTURINI CODEX Take a coupleminutes to examine this codex. What do you think it is about?

  4. The Boturini Codex • Tells the story of how the Mexica left Aztlan because they had offended their main god, Huitzilopochtli, by cutting down a forbidden tree. • They were forced to wander until their god told them where to settle. • Our Worldviews, page 232

  5. THE BOTURINI CODEX Now that you know the story what do you think the symbols represent?

  6. THE BOTURINI CODEX • Pictorial in nature, it tells the story of the legendary Aztec journey from Aztlán to the Valley of Mexico. • Rather than employing separate pages, the author used one long sheet of amatl, or fig bark, accordion-folded into 21½ pages. • There is a rip in the middle of the 22nd page, and it is unclear whether the author intended the manuscript to end at that point or not. • Unlike many other Aztec codices, the drawings are not colored, but rather merely outlined with black. • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boturini_Codex

  7. THE BOTURINI CODEX (Page 18)

  8. Refers to Time

  9. THE BOTURINI CODEX (Page 19)

  10. THE BOTURINI CODEX (Page 20)

  11. THE BOTURINI CODEX (Page 21 & 22)

  12. Class Codex • Choose 1 event in recent history that we are all familiar with to create our own codex… Symbols we want to use:

  13. Class Codex • Practice:

  14. The codex we have examined gives us a glimpse of how the Aztec got to where they were. How did the Spanish get to where they were?

  15. Assignment • Create a codex depicting 1 of the major events listed on the next slide in Spanish history. Criteria: • The key element to your assignment is the pictogram • Use a variety of symbols • Your codex should be colourful. • Clearly represent an event – beginning, middle, and end. • Key to explain each symbol • a paragraph (on the back, or a separate page) explaining: • what the event was and its significance • what the event shows us about Spanish worldview • how the event contributed to Spain becoming an expansionist country

  16. Assignment Events to choose from: • Reconquista – re-conquering the Iberian Peninsula for the Christian kingdoms p. 236 • The marriage of Ferdinand and Isabella – uniting the two most powerful kingdoms and moving towards a unified, powerful Spain p. 239 • Spanish Inquisition – purging the country of all non-Catholic religion p. 238

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