Warm Up 2/7 Paraphrase TWO pieces of evidence from your reading that show the Aztecs were a highly developed civilization.

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Warm Up 2/7 Paraphrase TWO pieces of evidence from your reading that show the Aztecs were a highly developed civilization.

February 7, 2018 Learning Target (I can…): Describe the culture, structure, and decline of the Aztec civilization I can determine the purpose and main idea of an academic source Upcoming Dates 2/9: Incas Reading Notes 2/9: Latin America Map 2/16: HWP and WUs due Take Out: Aztec reading (stamp) Agenda: Aztecs! Skills: Document analysis Thesis Writing

Document Analysis Activity You will analyze 4 sources (total) about the Aztecs. Record the author, title, type of document (picture, first hand account, etc) Discuss with people at your table and write down the main idea of the document. What is the message? It’s okay to write something different from the group, but share! Move to new table and repeat.

Write a thesis statement answering one of the following: When you are finished… Write a thesis statement answering one of the following: The Aztecs were a successful civilization due to…… The Aztecs were a savage civilization as seen in…. The Aztecs were an advanced civilization clearly seen through…. Don’t forget to include a so what!!

What do you think this is a picture of? Warm Up 2/8 What do you think this is a picture of?

February 8, 2018 Learning Target (I can…): Describe the culture, structure, and decline of the Aztec civilization Upcoming Dates 2/9: Incas Reading Notes 2/9: Latin America Map 2/16: HWP and WUs due Take Out: Agenda: Aztecs! Skills: Note Taking Map reading

Where were they?

Built on an island in Lake Texcoco Tenochtitlan Built on an island in Lake Texcoco Engineered raised roads to connect to mainland Centered around temples and giant market Developed highly productive farms in lake marshes Once larger than any European capital

Aztec Culture and Religion Militaristic and war-like society Power = military conquests Joined in the Triple Alliance to conquer most of central Mexico Nobles = military leaders Commoners Slaves

Aztec Culture and Religion War conquests were based around need for human sacrifice to the sun god who needed human blood to battle through the night Also worshiped Quetzalcoatl who took many forms Portrayed as pale-skinned man with a beard

Under Montezuma, unrest began to grow Aztec Decline Aztecs demanded heavy tribute from conquered peoples including money and human sacrifice tributes Under Montezuma, unrest began to grow Bad omens often seen which would culminate in arrival of the Spanish which led many to believe Quetzalcoatl had returned.