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9^thJan

wk 1

Who are theAztecs?

To make a timeline to showthe Aztecs.

Link to Geography -Tocuaro

Must

Show Aztecs ontimeline

Timelines.

Who were theAztecs?

Where did theylive?

When did theylive?

What do you know already?What do you want to know?

Discuss what we already nowabout Aztecs in groups.

Share info.

Find Mexico on themap/globe.

Play Doctor Who music andShow images on IWB going back in time discuss what each is andwhen.

Write own timeline in booksuse books/info sheet to find info for timeline.

Doctor Whomusic,

TimelinePowerpoint,

World map,

Encyclopaedia or infosheet.

Should

Know where and when Aztecslived

Could

Say what events happenedbefore and after Aztec times.

16^th wk2

Tenochtitlan

(ten-otch-teet-lan)

To find out about Aztecsettlements

Link to Geography -Tocuaro

Must

Compare modern city toAztec city

Why did the Aztecs movearound?

Why did they choose thesite for their city? (Eagle on cacti story)

Now Ciudad de Mexico Mexico city (near Tocuaro).

Talk about the Aztecsbefore they moved to Mexico.

Talk about the story ofEagle on the Cacti.

Look at a map ofTenochtitlan - discuss buildings we can see.

How is thissimilar/different to our towns today?

Select key features andwrite about them

http://www.ancientmexico.com/content/map/tenoch.html

Should

Explain key features ofAztec city

Could

Explain why Aztecssettled

23^rd wk3

Everyday lives

To find out how the Aztecseveryday lives differ to our own.

HOMEWORK

Must

Describe Azteclife

Socialhierarchy.

Food.

Clothes.

Housing.

Look at pictures of scenesand artefacts.

What can these tell usabout the lives of the Aztecs?

What dont they tellus?

How are they different fromtoday?

Write about a scenecomparing Aztec life in the scene to how it would be in moderntimes.

Pictures of Azteclife.

Pictures ofartefacts.

Should

Compare modern lives toAztec lives

Could

Talk about how artefactstell us about Aztec lives

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30^th

Wk 4

Aztec Artefacts

To observe Aztec artefactsin detail.

To make inferences fromartefacts.

Link toLiteracy - write poem about lifeof artefact

- change riddle topoem.

Must

Describe an Aztecartefact

Where did they comefrom?

How do we know what theyare for?

What can we tell from theseobjects?

How can these objects helpus understand the Aztecs?

Each child has an artefactor picture of one.
Think about: What is it? What could it have been used for?Why?

Describe it to classwithout saying what it is can they guess from description?(riddle)

Using writing frame writeabout object a day in the life of the object who used it?, whatfor?, how did they use it? sights, smells, taste, touch, -whomade it? why?

Artefacts,

Pictures ofartefacts.

Writing frame withquestions to think about.

Should

Write about what artefactmay have been used for

Could

Create fictional account ofartefacts life

6^th Feb wk5

Written Aztecs

To understand the Aztecmathematical and language systems.

Link to Literacy: AztecPoetry

Must

Complete sums using Aztecconventions

What written conventionsdid the Aztecs use?

What was their numbersystem?

How did their writtenlanguage work (codices)

Look at number system onIWB.

Do some sumstogether.

Write own sums in Aztecwith answers -get partners to try and workout sums.

Look at some Aztec codex discuss what they were used for and how they werewritten.

Make own Aztec codex todescribe their day.

IWB resource with numbersystem and sample sum.

Blank Codex book (half A4sheet folded)

Should

Create AztecCodex

Could

Use Aztec glyphs to createcodex

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20^th

Feb

wk 6

Gods/Pyramids/Rites

To learn about Aztecsbeliefs, rites and gods.

Must

Research Aztec Gods andbeliefs

Did they have one god ormany?

What did they believe abouttheir Gods and how they affected their lives?

What rites did they use inconnection with their religion?

Look at a couple of gods onIWB how are they depicted? Look at their profiles why werethey worshiped? What rites were associated with them? What were thepyramids for?

Using books/internet-create a profile of a given god.

Gods and profile onIWB,

Aztec books,

Websites oncomputers

http://home.freeuk.net/elloughton13/tezcatli.htm

Should

Create a profile of aGod.

Could

Create own God in Aztecstyle.

27^h

wk 7

Warriors.

To understand theimportance of Aztec warriors

Must

Describe AztecWarriors

Were the warriorsimportant?

Were they all thesame?

What did theywear?

What weapons did theyuse?

What was the hierarchy ofthe warriors?

Look at Aztec warriors -Find out about weapons and what they wore. Why were warriorsimportant (conquest and collecting human sacrifices).

Write a diary of awarrior.

Should

Create hierarchy showingwarriors

Could

Write diary of awarrior

5^thMar

wk 8

Spanish

To find out about theSpanish conquest.

Must

Write a report aboutSpanish conquest

What happened?

Why didthe Spanish come?

How didthe Aztecs feel about invasion?

How didCortes feel about the Aztecs?

Tellthe children about Cortes.

Discuss using the questions.

Write a newspaper reportabout it some from Aztec POV and some from Cortes POV

Should

Give reasons behindconquest

Could

Explain both partiesfeelings.

12^th

wk 9

Assessment: factualreport

Must

Create factual report aboutAztecs

Review what we have learntabout the Aztecs.

Write a report about theAztec empire.

Should - Include reasonsbehind facts

Could Present report toclass