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HOW WOULD THE SPANIARDS DESCRIBE THE AZTECS TO THEIR FRIENDS BACK IN EUROPE? (2 Lessons) |
Activity 1: Making inferences from primary evidence
Historians must use primary evidence to construct knowledge of the past. However primary sources of evidence rarely tell us exactly what we want to know. We need to use our historical skills to help us construct a picture of the past. An important skill that historians use all of the the time is the skill of inference. This means to study sources with a question in mind and make suggestions from a limited amount of information. In this activity you will practice your skills of inference to make sense of a meeting that occurred 500 years ago:
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Your teacher will now explain the meeting that occurred using the presentation below or you can read about it for yourselves on pages 50-51 in the Year 8 SHP Red textbook.
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Activity 2: A quick history of European Empires in the New World!
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Key Term: Colony - a country or area under the full or partial political control of another country, typically a distant one, and occupied by settlers from that country.
Using the map of the Americas and pages 52-53 you have 15 minutes to work in a group of 3 to find out the dates when countries in North and South America first became part of European Empires. This is not as straight forward as it sounds, firstly because the countries that exist today were created from the colonization of the Americas and secondly because some countries were colonized by several countries
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Activity 3: How would the Spaniards describe the Aztecs to their friends back in Europe?
Use the Presentation below to support your writing:
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You are now going to write a letter as one of the Spanish soldiers (or, Conquistador) in the picture to a relative back in Spain describing the Aztecs and why they should be conquered. The letter should have 3 paragraphs and cover
•War (why the Aztecs can be beaten) •Wealth (what can be gained from conquering them) •Religion (why you want to change their religious practices. Read over pages 54-59 with your teacher. When you get to page 58 you may want to watch this clip of the religious ceremony from the film Apocalypto from You Tube, but it is a bit gruesome! |
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Activity 4: how did the Spanish defeat of the aztecs change spain and mexico? |
The European Conquest of the Americas - overview.
We now turn our attention to the consequences of Spanish expansion and the interconnection between the old world (Europe) and the New World of the Americas. Read pages 60-61 of the Red SHP textbook (Culpin, Dawson et al.)
Were the effects largely positive or negative? What happened to the Spanish and the Aztec peoples in the Short and Longer-terms?
Were the effects largely positive or negative? What happened to the Spanish and the Aztec peoples in the Short and Longer-terms?
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(HOW) SHOULD WE COMMEMORATE THE 500TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ARRIVAL OF HERNANDO CORTES IN THE NEW WORLD?
TAsk: Create your own Newspaper
Your task is to create a newspaper to commemorate the 500 year anniversary of the Spanish arrival in Mexico. You are required to explain the following;
Who were the Aztecs?
Why did the Spanish want to conquer the New World?
Who was Cortez?
Who was Montezuma?
What happened in Tenochtitlan?
What were the effects of the Spanish conquest?
Your Newspaper should include factual historical content as well as images and supporting illustrations.
Who were the Aztecs?
Why did the Spanish want to conquer the New World?
Who was Cortez?
Who was Montezuma?
What happened in Tenochtitlan?
What were the effects of the Spanish conquest?
Your Newspaper should include factual historical content as well as images and supporting illustrations.
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how Should we commemorate the colonisation of the Americas?
MOTION 1: THIS HOUSE BELIEVES THAT THE 500TH ANNIVERSARY OF HERNANDO CORTES ARRIVAL SHOULD BE CELEBRATED.
MOTION 2: THIS HOUSE BELIEVES THAT IT IS TIME FOR STATUES OF CORTEZ AND COLUMBUS TO BE REMOVED FROM PUBLIC SPACES.
MOTION 2: THIS HOUSE BELIEVES THAT IT IS TIME FOR STATUES OF CORTEZ AND COLUMBUS TO BE REMOVED FROM PUBLIC SPACES.