Organizing/ordering sentences within a paragraph: topic sentence, like information goes together Students use a variety of books on the Aztecs to find answers to their individual questions Discuss structure of essay: introduction, body, conclusion Fill in Frayer Model – this info provides the body of the essay Discuss that the Questions about content essays each take the exact same main ideas but one essay judges the Aztecs as civilized, the other barbaric. Hand in to check on individual student questions weaker readers Mark text – circle key words underline author claims or answers to identified questions write thoughts and/or questions in the margins Use Frayer Model Students generate four questions they have that relate to Aztec social structure, geography, government, daily life, economy Read “Civilized or Barbaric” essays on Aztecsįormative Assessments and proof of one’s learning Teacher circulates and listens as partner reads, observes and questions as students mark text Students write personal questions about the AztecsĬonnection to Conceptual and Procedural Knowledge Read Text: Using “World” Concepts – Core information text, students will partner about Aztecs’ geography, read “The Aztec Empire”, religion, daily life, social mark key words and phrases, structure, and government and discuss for Strategies – Pair stronger and understanding. View a short DVD (Ancient Aztecs) to begin generating four individual student questions about the Aztecs regarding core knowledge: geography, government, social structure, daily life, religion Fill out listening guide as watch and discuss afterward a. Time Line for Aztec civilization – AVID notes 4. Define and discuss “barbaric” and “civilized” and the difference between fact and opinion 3. Brainstorm all the ideas/information that comes to mind when the word, “Aztecs” is heard 2. demonstrate core knowledge by completing two projects of their choice on the Aztecsįrontloading Activity: 1.
Use a graphic organizer to form their argument 9. Write a persuasive paper after analyzing information and stating their opinion 8. use facts, quotes, opinions to build argument 7. generate questions about 4 different areas of the ancient Aztecs that they will use and answer to show how Aztecs were civilized or barbaric or both. use a variety of resources to find information on different aspects of Aztec life. partner read and mark text to help identify author claims, salient points, etc.
distinguish between fact and opinion statements 3. give examples of “barbaric” and “civilized” behavior 2. personally determine whether the Aztecs were civilized or barbaric or both and support their stance understand and demonstrate core knowledge about Aztec daily life, government, religion, geography, economy 4. discuss how point of view influences the way events are perceived and recorded – the Aztecs could be viewed as either or both civilized and barbaric as could people of any time 3. name and define “barbaric” and “civilized” behavior 2. Curricular Topic or Text: Aztec CivilizationĮssential Question: Were the Aztecs civilized or barbaric? Conceptual Knowledge: Warfare was inextricable from belief in Tenochtitlan, and only by seeing the Aztecs within their own frame of reference, giving value and meaning to their rituals and histories, can we understand the conjunction of religion and war in their embracing and active vision of the cosmos.Linda Frost – Inquire Unit.
They framed themselves as warriors, not only in tangible terms, but historically, mythically and metaphorically. For the Aztecs, warfare was a sacred act performed in the service of the gods. One did not go to war solely for religious reasons, but the process of reasoning, of decision making, occurred within a universe in which the physical and metaphysical were interwoven. For the Indigenous peoples of Mexico, religion was rational: it provided explanations, motivations, structures and identities. But any attempt to disentangle religion from practice deprives Aztec structures of the very logic scholars seek to instil. Attempts to ´rationalize´ Mesoamerican approaches to warfare often stem from a laudable desire to demystify Indigenous cultures, to recognize their sophistication, and to refute accusations of superstition and savagery. This was also a culture in which religion and the supernatural were so deeply embedded in belief and behaviour that it is almost impossible to distinguish religious practice from everyday activities. The values of war were dramatized and re-enacted at every level of society, and their shared warrior identity was widely understood by both men and women. The Aztec-Mexica people of Tenochtitlan were, by their own definition, a ´warlike´ culture, their collective identity closely tied to military ideals and behaviours.
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