1. 6Y 2017-10-12 Thursday Ch 1 Writing Project
Objective: Describe the complex societies in Africa, Europe and the Americas before transatlantic travel.
Agenda:
Prayer
Do Now: Describe the setting for your story. Will there be a main problem or conflict that will happen?
Discuss Do Now
Writing Project Work time
Homework: Writing Project is due on Monday

2. Sample Brainstorm: Aztec
History: Conquered all of Mexico around mid -1500s. Fierce warriors.
Economy: Traded. Wealthy: cotton, gold, food
Natural Environment: Mesoamerica, lush, trees, rivers
Political: strong leaders, captured other civs for wealth
Practices/Customs: built large pyramids and roads, acqueducts
CONFLICT/Main event in story: Aztec warrior conquering a neighboring tribe. Tenochtitlan
Warrior going off to war
Getting our weapons by trade
Take the neighboring
Strong leader that I follow
Force the tribe to pay us in gold
Use the river to sneak up on them
We build a pyramid
After the war, we go to the temple to worship

3. I wiped the sleep off my eyes and as I remembered what today is, adrenaline began to pump through my veins. Today is the day. We go to war. Our mighty leader has thought of a great plan to sneak our skillful warriors using the Sierra River to conquer the Texo people in the South. We will use the cover of the night and the large trees of the lush forest to hide our canoes. We will leave Tenochtitlan and row south on Lake Texococo shortly. I painted my face black for war. I picked up my bow and plucked the string to test it’s strength. I heard the war cry of our chief…