EDSITEment - Lesson Plan: The Aztecs — Mighty Warriors of Mexico

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• Learn more about anthropology, Aztecs, Central America, conquistadors, Cortes, Hernando de, Latin America, Mexico, Mexico City, and Tenochtitlan.

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This lesson plan is comprised of five activities; the first lasts approximately 30 minutes and the remaining four last 90 minutes.

The lesson plan itself is organized into helpful sections, beginning with an Introduction, which provides a brief background on the historical elements of the lesson. There are additional preparatory sections such as Guiding Questions, Learning Objectives, and Preparing to Teach this Lesson, which provide links to resources with additional enrichment materials.

The Suggested Activities section outlines five activities, provides additional resources, which may include ‘EDSITEment reviewed resources’.

Wrapping up the lesson plan is a section on Extending the Lesson and Selected EDSITEment websites. One example of an extension activity is the link to the EDSITEment page on conquistadors and their role in Mexican history. The selected websites are reviewed by EDSITEment and contain approved content.