https://padlet.com/jethompson374/36l5qacc5utfasdo en-us 2023-04-16 15:49:11 UTC 2025-09-26 20:38:20 UTC hello@padlet.com jethompson374 https://padlet.com/jethompson374/36l5qacc5utfasdo/wish/2555857733 Set in the golden city of Tenochtitlan, under an ill-fated sky, a girl is born, will she be the bearer of doom, or a bringer of change? As the Aztec empire falls, one girl defines her destiny. This story is a a powerful depiction of Aztec life during the Spanish conquest of Mexico. ]]> 2023-04-16 16:03:24 UTC https://padlet.com/jethompson374/36l5qacc5utfasdo/wish/2555857733 jethompson374 https://padlet.com/jethompson374/36l5qacc5utfasdo/wish/2555861413 A fifteen year old boy becomes involved in the growing antagonism between the Aztec king and a man who seems to be the god, Quetzalcoatl, returned. ]]> 2023-04-16 16:11:58 UTC https://padlet.com/jethompson374/36l5qacc5utfasdo/wish/2555861413 jethompson374 https://padlet.com/jethompson374/36l5qacc5utfasdo/wish/2555867064 This story offers a riveting look at Mayan culture, A.D. 749. A political marriage is arranged between thirty-three year old king of Xukpip. The author relates fascinating aspects of ancient Mayan culture as she shares the young princess physical and emotional state from the betrothal, with its distressing rituals, through her arduous journey to a foreign land and people and a husband who is a complete stranger. ]]> 2023-04-16 16:23:01 UTC https://padlet.com/jethompson374/36l5qacc5utfasdo/wish/2555867064 jethompson374 https://padlet.com/jethompson374/36l5qacc5utfasdo/wish/2555867544 This novel tells the story of a twelve year that is bullied for having a scar on her face in her 15th-century Incan village. However, her world changes when a mysterious stranger gives her a baby macaw, which ultimately leads her to become a Shaman in Machu Picchu's Sacred Sun City. ]]> 2023-04-16 16:24:08 UTC https://padlet.com/jethompson374/36l5qacc5utfasdo/wish/2555867544 jethompson374 https://padlet.com/jethompson374/36l5qacc5utfasdo/wish/2555869474 Straight lines in the middle of the Peruvian jungle mean one thing: nature has been altered by man. Could it be the remnants of the fabled Lost City of Gold? Or your your search be just another wild goose chase. ]]> 2023-04-16 16:28:11 UTC https://padlet.com/jethompson374/36l5qacc5utfasdo/wish/2555869474 jethompson374 https://padlet.com/jethompson374/36l5qacc5utfasdo/wish/2555888697 Topher Hope is distraught when Ka, his devoted cat disappears, leaving only one word on his computer as a clue: Tenochtitlan. To save Ka, he must travel back in time to the home of the blood-thirsty Aztecs. Along the way Topher befriends Pima, an Aztec girl doomed to be a sacrifice to the gods. ]]> 2023-04-16 17:02:24 UTC https://padlet.com/jethompson374/36l5qacc5utfasdo/wish/2555888697 jethompson374 https://padlet.com/jethompson374/36l5qacc5utfasdo/wish/2555892467 A young Spanish seminarian who the Mayas believe is their powerful god. Kukulcan, witness the coming of Cortres and the capture of the magnificent. Aztec city Tenochtitlan. ]]> 2023-04-16 17:08:59 UTC https://padlet.com/jethompson374/36l5qacc5utfasdo/wish/2555892467 jethompson374 https://padlet.com/jethompson374/36l5qacc5utfasdo/wish/2555895077 An Englishman boards a merchant ship destined for the New World, but a shipwreck strands him in Pre-Columbian Mexico, and Roger must find a way to avoid becoming one of the many human sacrifices offered to the Aztec gods. Later when the Spanish noble and explorer Hernando Cortez arrives, Roger is placed in a difficult position. How can an Englishman explain his presence in Mexico? Can Roger help his native friends survive the turmoil of the Spanish conquest of Mexico?]]> 2023-04-16 17:14:18 UTC https://padlet.com/jethompson374/36l5qacc5utfasdo/wish/2555895077 jethompson374 https://padlet.com/jethompson374/36l5qacc5utfasdo/wish/2555898031 An English journalist, his thirteen year old ward, and an Incan boy battle the supernatural evil of the Old One, who plan to enter our world through a secret gate somewhere in Peru. ]]> 2023-04-16 17:20:16 UTC https://padlet.com/jethompson374/36l5qacc5utfasdo/wish/2555898031 jethompson374 https://padlet.com/jethompson374/36l5qacc5utfasdo/wish/2557565454 This is an online article I would use as a Complex text for students to learn about
Mesoamerican Cultures.  ]]> 2023-04-17 20:52:38 UTC https://padlet.com/jethompson374/36l5qacc5utfasdo/wish/2557565454 jethompson374 https://padlet.com/jethompson374/36l5qacc5utfasdo/wish/2557566276 2023-04-17 20:53:41 UTC https://padlet.com/jethompson374/36l5qacc5utfasdo/wish/2557566276 jethompson374 https://padlet.com/jethompson374/36l5qacc5utfasdo/wish/2559125099 Popul Vuh is an ancient Mayan document that is an invaluable source of knowledge of Mayan mythology and culture. It was written by Mayan authors between 1554-1558. Poplul Vuh is a primary source document that chronicles the creation of humankind, the actions of the gods, the origin and history of the K'iche people, and the chronology of their kings down to 1550. This document can be used as a complex text that will help students understand how the Mayan understood the origins of life. ]]> 2023-04-18 19:43:38 UTC https://padlet.com/jethompson374/36l5qacc5utfasdo/wish/2559125099