1. Wilson World History
4th Six Weeks

2. Write in your World History Journal
Write your name and class period on the cardboard back of the spiral notebook.
Make a cover page on the first sheet with your name and class period.
Use a whole page for each day’s journal:
Journal entry
3-5 Vocabulary terms. Write short (4-6 word) definitions for each term.
A graphic organizer, timeline, or drawing as instructed.

3. Journal entries For each journal entry:
Write the date in the top right corner of the entry.
Write the topic of the day.
If indicated, write assignment due dates or exam dates.
Answer the journal question in complete sentences, explaining your answers.
Write your own answers. You can discuss the topic, but do not copy others’ work.

4. Welcome Back! 1/5; 1/6
Today’s Lesson: Civilizations in Mesoamerica Journal: No prompt today Bring your spiral for journal entries by next class B day 1/7; A day 1/8 Assignment of the day: Olmec, Mayan and Aztec cultures Work packet to follow

5. Today’s Lesson January 7-8, 2016
Topic of the day: Mesoamerican culture
Packet on Olmec, Mayan, and Aztec
Journal prompt: Jaguar worship
Vocabulary:
Glyph (117)
Quetzalcoatl (119)
Pleiades (120)
Graphic organizer: Aztec hierarchy (118)
NEXT CLASS:
1-11, 1-12
QUIZ ON OLMEC, MAYA, AZTEC, and INCA civilizations.
Use notes packets and journals.

6. Glyph
“a symbolic figure or a character (as in the Mayan system of writing) usually incised or carved in relief” Maya signs that illustrate natural forms. (From top to bottom, left to right: a bat head, a Deer Skull, a Rodent head, and a human hand). (Source: Schele, 2000) © The Foundation for the Advancement of Mesoamerican Studies. Research by Kevin J. McKinney, Texas State University, 2011.

7. Quetzalcoatl
a chief Toltec and Aztec god identified with the wind and air and represented by a feathered serpent.

8. Pleiades
Aztecs watched the constellation Pleiades to know when the rainy and dry seasons were beginning.
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9. Journal prompt for January 7-8, 2016
Rare jaguar sighting in Sonora, Mexico
Prompt:
In your opinion, why was the jaguar worshiped by Mesoamerican people?
WH 6(A) Compare the social and cultural developments of the Maya, Inca, and Aztec civilizations and explain how prior civilizations influenced their development. The Olmec civilization, often called Mesoamerica’s “mother culture, thrived in the humid jungles of Mexico around 1200 BCE. The Olmec worshiped the jaguar spirit. People believed medicine men (shamans) were the human representatives of the jaguar. Some descendants of the Olmec still practice jaguar rituals.
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10. Today’s Lesson January 11-12, 2016
Today’s topic: The powerful Incan empire
QUIZ TODAY AT END OF CLASS
Journal prompt: Pachacuti (Sapa Inca)
Vocabulary:
Cuzco (122)
Quipu (123)
Ayllu (123)
Terraced farming (123)
Machu Picchu (123)
Graphic Organizer: Four-square of Incan civilization

11. Mysterious Machu Picchu

12. Journal prompt for January 11-12, 2016
(6)  History. (A)  compare the major political, economic, social, and cultural developments of the Maya, Inca, and Aztec civilizations.
Journal prompt: p How did the Incan civilization change under the leadership of Pachacuti (Sapa Inca)?

13. How did these factors build and maintain the Incan empire?
Leadership
Military power
Administration
Communication

14. How did these factors build and maintain the Incan empire?
Leadership
Sapa Inca was the empire’s religious leader
His wife acted in his stead
Emperor owned all the land
His son continued the expansion
Military power
Administration
Communication

15. How did these factors build and maintain the Incan empire?
Leadership
Military power
Sapa Inca enlisted conquered peoples in his armies.
Relay runners helped Inca soldiers crush rebellion.
Administration
Communication

16. How did these factors build and maintain the Incan empire?
Leadership
Military power
Administration
Nobles ruled provinces along with local chieftains.
Officials kept records on quipu
Leaders of ayllu assigned work.
Government arranged marriage
Communication

17. How did these factors build and maintain the Incan empire?
Leadership
Military power
Administration
Communication
Incan imposed their language to unite their empire
Messages moved quickly by relay runners
All roads led thru Cuzco