Cortes v. Moctezuma: The Spanish Defeat of the Aztec Empire Activity
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Description
Have students consider the interactions between the Spanish and the Aztec using a variety of texts and images. Students will consider how the Aztecs and Cortes's forces matched up, as well as the long-term effects of Spanish colonization and exploitation in the Americas.
Student activity includes:
- Background information on the Aztec Empire, led by Moctezuma, and the Spanish conquistador forces, led by Hernan Cortes
- Questions where students must analyze either texts or images
- 3 different art pieces depicting Spanish and Aztec interaction
- text and images regarding the devastating effects of smallpox on the Aztecs
- summary of the Spanish defeat of Tenochtitlan
- summary of long-term effects of Spanish colonization and exploitation of indigenous peoples in the Americas
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As they go along, students answer questions about the sources. The PDF resource can be used digitally or as a print-and-go activity.
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I use this resource with 9th graders in a World History course.
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