Maya, Aztec, Inca

QUESTION OF THE DAY

• WHO WERE THESE GROUPS?

• WHERE WERE THEY LOCATED?

• WHAT WERE MAJOR DIFFERENCES ABOUT THE GROUPS?

• WHICH GROUP WAS MOST INFLUENTIAL TO HISTORY?

Maya 250 BC – 900 AD

• LOCATION:

Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, Belize, Guatemala

• Cities: Tikal & Chichen-Itza

• hieroglyphics• Pyramids

Maya• ACHIEVEMENTS

–Astronomy–Calendar–Concept of zero

–Predicted spring/fall equinoxes

•Polytheistic

Aztecs1325-1521

AD• LOCATION:

– Mexico• Capital city: Te

nochtitlan– Canals– Chinampas

• Temples and pyramids

Aztecs

• ACHIEVEMENTS– Codex used for

writing

• polytheistic• Warriors

Inca 1438-

1533 AD

• LOCATION:– South America

• territory=2500 miles

• Coastal+ Andes Mts.• *Cuzco=capital• Machu Picchu-lost ci

ty– Stone work– Pyramids

Inca• Farming-

terraces• No written

records• Quipu-record

keeping• Gold• polytheistic

Spanish Conquistadors•Aztecs conquered by Cortez in 1521

•Inca conquered by Pizzaro in 1533

•Maya-only theories about what happened to them because they dissolved before the Spanish

Your Maya Inca Aztec presentations

• Each person will choose a ticket with an M,I, or A, on it.• “Letter groups” will be given a task to complete research from

16 specific questions based solely on your group.• Your job is to use the information to tell a story about your

group.• A MINIMUM OF 2 PEOPLE will delight the class with

information about your SPECIFIC group.

• Speak as if you are really part of the group… (ex.“We are the Aztecs and we are located…”)

Group needs• #1-All students to research a question-divide questions appropriately.

• #2- “Recorder” of all information (after all have researched)

• #3- Timekeeper=30 minute timer, but also answers questions and participates.

• #4- ALL MEMBERS to help organize information into a story about your group.

• #5- know how to pronounce your info before you begin….

QUESTION OF THE DAY

• WHO WERE THESE GROUPS?

• WHERE WERE THEY LOCATED?

• WHAT WERE MAJOR DIFFERENCES ABOUT THE GROUPS?

• WHICH GROUP WAS MOST INFLUENTIAL TO HISTORY?