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

textbooks:

Holt Textbook:
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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