Maya, Aztec, Inca

QUESTION OF THE DAY WHO WERE THESE GROUPS? WHERE WERE THEY LOCATED? WHAT WERE MAJOR DIFFERENCES ABOUT THE GROUPS? WHICH GROUP WAS MOST INFLUENTIAL TO HISTORY?

Maya 250 BC – 900 AD LOCATION: Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, Belize, Guatemala Cities: Tikal & Chichen- Itza hieroglyphics Pyramids

Maya ACHIEVEMENTS –Astronomy –Calendar –Concept of zero –Predicted spring/fall equinoxes Polytheistic

Aztecs AD LOCATION: –Mexico Capital city: TenochtitlanCapital city: Tenochtitlan –Canals –Chinampas Temples and pyramids

Aztecs ACHIEVEMENTS –Codex used for writing polytheistic Warriors

Inca AD LOCATION: –South America territory=2500 miles Coastal+ Andes Mts. *Cuzco=capital Machu Picchu-lost cityMachu Picchu-lost city –Stone workStone work –PyramidsPyramids

Inca Farming-terraces No written records Quipu-record keeping Gold polytheistic

Spanish Conquistadors Aztecs conquered by Cortez in 1521 Inca conquered by Pizzaro in 1533 Maya-only theories about what happened to them because they dissolved before the Spanish

Your Maya Inca Aztec presentations Each person will choose a ticket with an M,I, or A, on it. “Letter groups” will be given a task to complete research from 16 specific questions based solely on your group. Your job is to use the information to tell a story about your group. A MINIMUM OF 2 PEOPLE will delight the class with information about your SPECIFIC group. Speak as if you are really part of the group… (ex. “We are the Aztecs and we are located…”)

Group needs #1-All students to research a question-divide questions appropriately. #2- “Recorder” of all information (after all have researched) #3- Timekeeper=30 minute timer, but also answers questions and participates. #4- ALL MEMBERS to help organize information into a story about your group. #5- know how to pronounce your info before you begin….

QUESTION OF THE DAY WHO WERE THESE GROUPS? WHERE WERE THEY LOCATED? WHAT WERE MAJOR DIFFERENCES ABOUT THE GROUPS? WHICH GROUP WAS MOST INFLUENTIAL TO HISTORY?