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The america's:
​The Maya, Aztec, and Inca Civilizations

textbooks:

Holt Textbook:
ms-hss-memt-unit_7_--_chapter_14-_early_americas.pdf
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ms-hss-memt-unit_7_--_chapter_15-_aztec_and_inca_empires.pdf
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​TEACH TCI History Alive!

Maya: Lesson 22
Aztec: Lesson 23
Daily Life in Tenochtitlan: Lesson 24
Inca: Lesson 25
Achievements of Maya, Aztec, and Inca: Lesson 26

Essential questions:

What led to the rise, flourishing, and fall of the Maya civilization? 

How did the Aztecs rise to power? 

What was daily life like for Aztecs in Tenochtitlan? 

​How did the Incas manage their large and remote empire?

HSS Standards:

7.7 Students compare and contrast the geographic, political, economic, religious, and social structures of the Meso-American and Andean civilizations.
  • 7.7.3 Explain how and where each empire arose and how the Aztec and Incan empires were defeated by the Spanish.
  • 7.7.5 Describe the Meso-American achievements in astronomy and mathematics, including the development of the calendar and the Meso-American knowledge of seasonal changes to the civilizations' agricultural systems.


web resources:

Central and South American Empires

Maya
Aztec
Inca
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  • Meet Mrs. Piguillem
  • World History Resources
    • 1st Semester >
      • Rome & Christendom 300-1200 CE
      • Europe After Fall of Rome >
        • Feudalism: Europe
        • Later Middle Ages
        • Black Death
      • SW Asia: Arabia & Islam
      • West African Empires
      • SOUTH ASIA: Gupta Empire, Hinduism, Buddhism
    • 2nd Semester >
      • East Asia >
        • China & Confucianism
        • Japan & Shintoism
        • Samurai Society
      • Civilizations of the Americas >
        • The Maya
        • The Aztec
        • The Inca
      • Renewal In Europe: The Impact of Ideas >
        • Renaissance
        • Reformation
        • Scientific Revolution
      • The Early Modern World >
        • The Age of Exploration
        • Enlightenment
    • World Religions & Cultural Beliefs >
      • Ancient African Beliefs
      • Buddhism
      • Christianity
      • Chinese Traditional Beliefs
      • Greek & Roman Mythology
      • Hinduism
      • Islam
      • Judaism
      • Mayan Beliefs
      • NeoConfucianism
      • Shinto (Japan)
      • Sikhism
      • Taoism
      • Viking Beliefs
  • AVID
  • Research Resources
    • Geography
    • Historical Thinking Skills
    • Links to Sources