Empires of The Americas

Unit Highlights

Students will be able to investigate the Maya, Aztec, and Inca civilizations by analyzing primary and secondary sources to explain the key features of each of the Maya, Aztec, and Inca's Geography, Religion, Achievements, Politics, Economics, and Social Structure on a website using Google Sites. To prepare for this students will be able to:

Classify the key features of Mesoamerican society
Classify the key features of Mayan society
Classify the key features of Aztec society
Classify the key features of Incan society

Flocabulary

Unit Vocabulary

Aztec.
Chichen Itza
Chinampas
Codex
Inca

Machu Picchu
Maya
Mesoamerica
Mita
Quipu

Slash-and-burn agriculture
Stela
Tenochtitlan
Tribute
Welfare state

Activity 1: Empires of the Americas Pre-Test

Using your prior knowledge, brainstorm, list, and/or draw what you know about the Empires of the Americas in a thinking map. Complete this assignment on the Thinking Maps Learning Community or on paper. You may include:

Information you know or kind of know about the Empires of the Americas.

Guesses about the Empires of the Americas.
Questions you have about the Empires of the Americas.
Information you would like to know about the Empires of the Americas.
What comes to mind when you think of the Empires of the Americas.