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History – Unit 4, Lesson 14Effort Rubric Effort Score: Accuracy Score:
To score your Effort Grade today: o 100% of questions are completeo Writes in complete sentences o NO DRAWING ON THE PAPERo Annotate EVERY TEXT for 5Ws
DO NOW: Read the passage and the image below. Write a sourcing statement based on the source atrribution below.
What is the Codex Mendoza? Around 1541, the first viceroy [leader] of New Spain, Antonio de Mendoza, created a codex to record information about the Aztec empire. The artist(s) of the Codex were indigenous [native]. The images were often annotated in Spanish by a priest that spoke Nahuatl, the language spoken by groups within the Aztec Empire. Mendoza intended to send the Codex to the Spanish King, Emperor Charles V of Spain. It never made it to Spain because French pirates acquired the Codex and it ended up in France.
-- Dr. Lauren Kilroy-Ewbank
1. Sourcing Statement: __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________Contextualizing on that BEAT.
Key Vocabulary
- Glyph: a stylized picture of an object representing a word, syllable, or sound- Tactic: an action or strategy carefully planned to achieve a specific goal
CONTEXT: What do you know about Aztec culture? Brainstorm all of your ideas below.
Betcha’ can’t do HISTORY like me.
Sourcing Analysis CFS: Identifies one important element from the author or the source’s context by using words like Point of View or Purpose Notes the significance of the elements using a “because” or “since” statement 1-2 complete sentences
Aztec Expansion map. The list on the right represents the list of rulers during each period.
Using the map above, what happened from 1427-1519?
SOURCE A: Folio 67R: Description by Serge Gruzinski, from Painting the Conquest "'Tequihuas are spies sent by the lord of Mexico-Tenochtitlan to the [enemy] cacique's [local ruler’s] city so that they can secretly visit it... In this way the tequihuas travel the entire city, houses, temple, and market when people are asleep and quiet.' In the middle, a Mexican official (behind whom are depicted a shield and arrows) receives the representatives of a people he was preparing to crush in battle. Underneath are shown great captains of the Mexican army. Left to right: Tlacatécatl, Tlacochcálcatl, Huiznáhuatl, Ticocyhuácatl."
Answer the questions below using complete sentences. Use the CFS underneath each question to check your work!1. Using Folio 67R, describe what the Aztec military would do to be successful.
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SOURCE B: Frontispiece (an illustration facing the title page of a book) of Codex Mendoza: Description by Dr. Lauren Kilroy-Ewbank:
These are two scenes of military conquest. The artist emphasizes the military power of the Aztecs by showing two
soldiers in hierarchic scale: they physically tower over the two men they defeat. The Aztec warriors are also identified
by their shields and their weapons (called macana). The defeated men come from two different locations, both
identified with place glyphs as Colhuacan and Tenayuca, both located around Lake Texcoco...This scene of conquest
alludes to early Aztec military victories, which aided them in building their power even prior to their first official tlatoani
[king] came to power.
1. Describe what the Aztec military would do to be successful. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
2. How did the Aztec expand their empire?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
SOURCE C: Folio 20r: Description by Kurt Ross
“List of tributes to be paid to Tenochtitlan [Aztec capital] by its subjects after being conquered by the Aztec
warriors...The ten rectangles at the top represent mantles, loincloths, and other items of clothing. Each feather
represents 400. On the left margin and at the bottom the names of thirteen tribute-paying towns are noted. Other
goods pictured are civilian clothes, warrior dresses, shields, grain, gold, turquoise, honey, planks, wood, copper, and
copal.”
CFS: (Use for a 2 questions listed above) Restates key words from question Uses details from the source to prove answer (paraphrased details) 1-2 complete sentences
1. Describe this glyph in your words. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
2. How did the Aztec expand their empire?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
CFS: (Use for a 2 questions listed above) Restates key words from question Uses details from the source to prove answer (paraphrased details) 1-2 complete sentences