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Task 1 ~ Using
the websites create a timeline with the dates of the beginnings of each
of the following cultures:
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Aztecs ·
Incas ·
Mayans The
final date will be the year of the arrival of Columbus in the Americas~
1492 Attention-
Super Explorers:
Illustrate each date on your timeline with an image of that culture
Task
2
~ Using an outline map provided by your teacher, label and illustrate
the locations of the following locations: *
North America *
Central America *
South America *
Aztec Empire *
Incan Empire *
Mayan Empire *
Atlantic and Pacific Oceans Attention
Super explorers:
Try creating your own map of the Americas!
Task
3
~ Using the web sites, research one of the early civilizations. Using
Microsoft Word write a newspaper article about that civilization. Your
article should focus on how these people were different or similar to
the people of today. Attention
Super Explorers:
Create a political cartoon depicting some aspect of that culture.
Task
4
~ Pretend you are either an Aztec royalty, commoner, slave, artisan or
warrior. Create a codex book
describing an average day in your life. ~Remember
that a codex is a series of pictographs which tell a story without
words. A codex is folded in an accordion shape that contains panels for
each event you are illustrating. Attention
Super Explorers: Create
a codex for a full week as a the Aztec citizen you choose.
Task
5 ~ After
viewing the website on Mayan gods, illustrate a god or goddess of your
choosing on white art paper with a brief paragraph explaining who the
god or goddess was and what part they played in the Mayan belief system. Attention
Super Explorer:
Create your own god or goddess. Illustrate
it on white art paper and explain in a brief paragraph what he or she
would represent in the Mayan religion.
Aztecs/Ancient Civilizations Links
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