Aztec and Inca CivilizationsAztec and Inca Civilizations

Introduction

The Aztec and the Incan civilizations were a vast and successful civilization. The Spanish conquistadors were able to destroy these civilizations, but how and why. Even today archeologists and historian still discover parts of their culture.

You must complete the K and W part of your KWL chart before you can proceed with the Web Quest!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You are to research these civilizations using the links that are available on the following slides. You may work in a group (not of your choice). Each member has their own purpose in the group.

Task

Process

Meet with your team of 3 and decide who will be the reader, scribe, and the investigator. Now work together to read and answer the questions. Each team member will visit the site listed in the table below. Record your answers on the sheet provided.  

 Description of Team Members

Reader- this person will read the hyperlinked websites aloud and communicate with team members.

 Scribe: this person will record the necessary

information from the website and share their findings with the group.

 Investigator: the person will along with the reader

and scribe detect and locate the necessary information for the group to record in their findings.

  

Where did the Incas and Aztecs live?

1. On your map of Mexico circle the city where Tenochtitlan was once located.

2. On your map of South America label each country and color the area that the Incas lived in.

The Aztec Empirehttp://www.mytravelguide.com/g/maps/Central-America-map.gif The Incan Empirehttp://enervisioninc.com/joss/images/south_america_map.gif

This is the first step of the web quest be sure to complete this first before you continue.

Aztec CivilizationArchitecture

http://library.thinkquest.org/10098/aztec.htm

Gods (Deities) http://library.thinkquest.org/27981/god.html

Rulers http://library.thinkquest.org/27981/aztecrulers.html

Decline http://library.thinkquest.org/27981/spconqu.html

After you have completed this section on the KWL chart that was given to you. Place what you have learned from this section in the L part of the chart (K and W should already be filled in.)

Quetzalcoatl

Aztecs sacrificing people to please their Gods

Inca CivilizationFactshttp://www.wsu.edu/~dee/CIVAMRCA/INCAS.HTM

Religionhttp://www.windows2universe.org/mythology/inti_sun.html&edu=high

Roads and Bridgeshttp://incas.mrdonn.org/roads.html

Machu Picchuhttp://www.sacredsites.com/americas/peru/machu_picchu.html

After you have completed this section on the KWL chart that was given to you. Place what you have learned from this section in the L part of the chart (K and W should already be filled in.)

Machu Picchu

Evaluation

Now that you have completed the Web Quest have your team check over their answers. The following link will take you to a rubric Copy of Rubric.pdf that your task will be graded on.

Other Resources

“La Doncella”

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6983300.stm

Explorers/Conquistadors

http://teacherweb.com/PA/BethlehemFreedom/MariaWhite/Explorer_cards.pdf

Be sure to read these once you get a chance because you may see these on a quiz or test.

You have finished the web quest about the Incas and Aztecs. Way

to go.

Resources

http://www.sacredsites.com/americas/peru/machu_picchu.html http://incas.mrdonn.org/roads.html http://www.windows2universe.org/mythology/inti_sun.html&edu=hi

gh http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/CIVAMRCA/INCAS.HTM http://library.thinkquest.org/27981/spconqu.html http://library.thinkquest.org/27981/aztecrulers.html http://library.thinkquest.org/27981/god.html http://library.thinkquest.org/10098/aztec.htm http://www.mytravelguide.com/g/maps/Central-America-map.gif http://enervisioninc.com/joss/images/south_america_map.gif