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1 Assignment Meso-America.. Learning target: You will be able to use Meso-American Primary sources to create powerful questions about each of the three different cultures.

2 DIRECTIONS…….. Step one Using your Blooms word bank you and your partner will create 3 questions for each of the slides presented. These questions need to represent a powerful question about the culture. (No use of Recall based questions. Only level 2-6 may be use. Step two Using your powerful questions as a guide. You then will decide on which culture you would like to investigate further. Critiquing the primary source for and then formulating an opinion on why this primary source is a strong representation the culture it is from.

3 MAYAN TEMPLE OF KUKULCAN “EL CASTILLO” EL CASTILLO'S DESIGN IS THOUGHT TO RELATE TO THE MAYAN CALENDAR. EACH OF THE FOUR FACES INCORPORATES A BROAD, STEEP STAIRCASE CONSISTING OF 91 STEPS THAT ASCENDS TO THE TOP PLATFORM. COUNTING THE TOP PLATFORM AS AN ADDITIONAL STEP GIVES A TOTAL OF 365 STEPS Mayan Religious /Social (PS)

4 BURIAL MASK OF PASCAL THE GREAT FOUND IN THE MAYAN CITY OF PALENQUE POLITICAL /RELIGIOUS (PS)

5 Aztec Sun stone…{social/religious (PS)} Aztec Sun stone…{social/religious (PS)} The calendar consisted of a 365 day calendar cycle and a 260 day ritual cycle. These two cycles together formed a 52 year "century", sometimes called the "Calendar Round". The calendared year began with the first appearance of the Pleiades asterism in the east immediately before the dawn light.

6 Codex Mendoza Social / political / religious (PS) The Codex Mendoza is a pictorial document, with Spanish annotations and commentary, composed circa 1541. It is divided into three sections: a history of each Aztec ruler and their conquests; a list of the tribute paid by each tributary province; and a general description of daily Aztec life. 1.Aztec Eagle and Jaguar warriors (Military orders) 2.Founding of the Aztec Capital of Tenochtitlan (by Mexcia peoples)

7 Montezuma II headdress {political(PS)} Made of gold, quetzal feathers, jade, and beads.

8 INCAN ICE MUMMIES{RELIGIOUS(PS)}

9 Machu Picchu Incan city in the sky. {religious and political(PS)} Elevation 8,000 feet

10 Codex? (Economic(Ps)

11 Florentine Codex of Small pox ( ?) Drawing accompanying text in Book XII of the 16th-century Florentine Codex (compiled 1540– 1585), showing Nahuas of conquest-era central Mexico suffering from smallpox.


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