Meso America Unit by Vicki Arigi

Primary Sources - Cortes

ituchband — 2015-11-23 21:39:02 UTC

https://chnm.gmu.edu/wwh/modules/lesson6/pdfs/primarysourcepacket.pdf

The Conquest of Mexico

ituchband — 2015-11-23 21:40:05 UTC

http://www.gilderlehrman.org/history-by-era/exploration/resources/conquest-mexico-past-and-present-views

Columbus, the indians, and human progress

varigi — 2015-11-23 21:40:45 UTC

http://www.historyisaweapon.com/defcon1/zinncol1.html

Overview of Aztecs, Incas, Maya

ituchband — 2015-11-23 21:44:13 UTC

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-DifPkkDWv0lMpdyMvQI2eM1bQsH-o-OM-gaLdDScPw/edit

there is information on the Mayan contributions

expert groups

varigi — 2015-11-23 21:47:36 UTC

the similarities and differences of the rise and fall of the various civilization.

Mayans - Fall of Empire

kglossop — 2015-11-23 21:48:42 UTC

http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2009/06oct_maya/

from Tim - 30 min history of Maya, Aztec,

varigi — 2015-11-23 21:50:20 UTC

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-AUJ6ZUBiXU

Title on the uTube:

The Maya, Aztec, Olmec - Ancient Americans

Aztec - fall of empire from Aztec perspective

kglossop — 2015-11-23 21:51:36 UTC

http://www.mexconnect.com/articles/682-the-aztecs-speak-an-aztec-account-of-the-conquest-of-mexico

Mayan Primary Source

ituchband — 2015-11-23 21:53:36 UTC

http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/pds/amerbegin/contact/text6/maya.pdf

this one has annotation on the bottom

Aztec Primary Source - Montezuma

ituchband — 2015-11-23 21:56:56 UTC

http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/pds/amerbegin/contact/text6/mexica_tlaxcala.pdf

Contributions?

varigi — 2015-11-23 21:58:50 UTC

Mayans: calendar, concept of zero - around the same time , they were city states that ruled themselves and were agricultural, years and years of history

Aztec: floating island, irrigation, (only there for 100 years) had gold and the Spaniards wanted the gold. - called Mexica first . Was more cosmopolitian and based on trade

Incas: suspended bridges, brain surgery, terraces, largest size wise

Language Arts

varigi — 2015-11-23 22:00:11 UTC

Compare and contrast: the way the three tribes rose and fell.

Incan Primary Sources

ituchband — 2015-11-23 22:03:12 UTC

http://www.lasalle.edu/~mcinneshin/356/wk02/incandocs.htm

Two opposing views on Aztecs and Spaniards

ituchband — 2015-11-23 22:11:21 UTC

http://legacy.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/aztecs1.asp

http://www.phschool.com/eteach/social_studies/2000_11/castillo.html

Website for Teaching Primary Sources

ituchband — 2015-11-23 22:22:19 UTC

http://www.phschool.com/eteach/social_studies/2000_11/essay.html

Aztec Fall

kglossop — 2015-11-23 22:30:51 UTC

http://www.mexconnect.com/articles/682-the-aztecs-speak-an-aztec-account-of-the-conquest-of-mexico

Not a first hand account, but it has a very interesting paragraph

varigi — 2015-11-23 22:35:18 UTC

http://www.mexconnect.com/articles/682-the-aztecs-speak-an-aztec-account-of-the-conquest-of-mexico

"What is most remarkable is that the Aztec account of the Conquest, is almost completely non-judgmental. Although they describe Spanish atrocities in gory detail, it is done factually, with little emotion. Additionally, they give Cortes credit for attempting to negotiate peace with the various tribes he met en-route to Tenochtitlan, the Aztec Capital. Even in Cholula, the single city in which the Spaniards actually massacred most of the inhabitants, the Aztec report of the event includes the possibility that it may have been provoked by falsehoods spread by the Tlaxcalan allies of the Conquistadors. Nowhere in the Aztec accounts of the Conquest do we find any effort to paint the Spaniards as monsters. Actually, these records reveal more about the Aztecs themselves than about the Spaniards. They explain the way the Aztecs viewed the invaders and how their rulers attempted to handle them. We see Moctezuma himself and his people living in fear of the future and the very Gods they worshiped. In the end, perhaps their fears were justified."