The Conquest of Mexico

2nd Year Spanish

Standard
s

Day 1

Day 2

Day 3

Day 4

Day 5

1FL-P1. Comprehend
the main ideas and
significant details in
both oral
presentations and
written text

2FL-P1. Express and

support opinions on a
variety of topics,
concepts and ideas
2FL-P3. Compare and
contrast ideas, people,
places and things

4FL-P3. Identify,
analyze and discuss
various patterns of
behavior or
interactions typical of
the culture studied

4FL-P4. Investigate
and explain the
function of products
of the culture (e.g.,
institutions, crafts,
laws, music) and their
relationship to cultural
perspectives
Locate the region
controlled by the
Aztec Empire as
well as their major
cities
Analyze the Aztec
legend of Aztln
Sketch area of
Aztec settlement
according to
legends

4FL-P4. Investigate
and explain the
function of products
of the culture (e.g.,
institutions, crafts,
laws, music) and their
relationship to cultural
perspectives
List major Aztec
gods and what
they control
Analyze practices
of human sacrifice
by Aztecs
Evaluate Aztec
perspectives of life
and how it related
to the world

Objective Locate the region Sketch a map of

controlled by the
the city of
s/
Mayan
Empire
as
Chichen Itza
Learning
well as their major Relate Mayan
Targets
cities

Activities

Assessm
ent

List major Mayan

gods and what
they control
Analyze the
structure and
importance of
major Mayan
Temples in class
discussions
Class discussion
over Mayan
practices and
products

Participation in class
discussion

architecture and
practices with
those of today
Theorize reasons
for the Mayans
never developing
use of the wheel
or metals

Draw a map of the

Mayan city of
Chichen Itza
based on the
pictures and
descriptions given
in class
Accuracy of map

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Describe Mayan
governmental
functions
Plot major events
in Mayan history
on a timeline
Identify rivals of
Mayans in the
region (Aztecs)

Plot major events

in Mayan history
on a timeline

Accuracy of timeline

Draw what the

area Aztecs settled
in looked like
according to their
legends

Accuracy of drawing

Class discussion
over Aztec
perspectives of life
and how it related
to the world

Participation in class
discussion

Day 6

Day 7

Day 8

Standard
s

4FL-P3. Identify,
analyze and discuss
various patterns of
behavior or
interactions typical of
the culture studied

2FL-P3. Compare and

contrast ideas, people,
places and things.

5FL-P1. Discuss
topics from other
school subjects or the
workplace in the
target language

Objective
s/
Learning
Targets

Activities

Assessme
nt

Recall major facts

about the Mayans
and Aztecs
Compare
products,
practices, and
perspectives of
Mayans and
Aztecs with those
of our society
Theorize why
Nhuatl isnt the
dominant
language of
Mexico

Class discussion
about indigenous
populations and
why they arent in
power anymore
Participate in class
discussion

Day 9

6FL-P3. Compare and

contrast the treatment
of current issues in
both the target culture
and the students
culture by drawing on
authentic texts
Summarize the
Identify Mexicos Explain how
voyage and arrival
natural resources
Hernan Cortez
of Christopher
was able to enter
Identify
Columbus
and conquer
Columbuss
Tenochtitlan
Compare the
motivations for
Interpret how it
products,
coming to the
practices, and
New World
must have felt to
perspectives of the Explain the
be a Spaniard in
Spaniards with
the city of
interaction
those of the
Tenochtitlan
between Spain
indigenous people
Compare the
and the New
World in terms of
conflict between
trade, information,
Aztecs and
and culture
Spaniards to other
conflicts in the
world
Make a Venn
Draw trade and
Read and discuss
diagram which
travel routes
first-hand
compares the
between Spain
accounts of
Spaniards to the
and the New
Tenochtitlan by
indigenous tribes
World
Spaniards
Completeness of Venn Accuracy of drawings Participation in
diagram
reading and class
discussion

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Day 10
5FL-P2. Acquire
information from a
variety of sources
written in the target
language about a
topic being studied in
other subjects
Summarize the
major events that
lead to the fall of
the Aztec Empire
Research
important details
about an assigned
conquistador
Write a 1-page
paper about an
assigned
conquistador

Discuss the fall of

the Aztec Empire
Write a 1-page
research paper on
a conquistador
Participation in class
discussion and writing
of research paper

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Day 12

Day 13

Day 14

Day 15

Standard
s

3FL-P2. Present a
research project orally
or publish it in writing
or in a video

4FL-P4. Investigate
and explain the
function of products
of the culture and
their relationship to
cultural perspectives
Identify viceroys
put in charge of
New Spain and
what policies they
implemented
Recognize
examples of
inequality in early
New Spain
Relate the
oppression of the
indigenous people
with other groups
in todays world
Make a Venn
diagram
comparing the
oppression of the
indigenous people
with another
group in the world
Completeness and
accuracy of Venn

6FL-P3. Compare and

contrast the treatment
of current issues in
both the target culture
and the students
culture
Recall policies in
New Spain well
enough to give 3
examples
Analyze ways in
which indigenous
people coped with
being oppressed
Evaluate the
effectiveness of
indigenous
peoples coping
strategies in
modern times
Class discussion
about inequality
and injustice in
the world and how
it might be
overcome in some
cases
Participation in class
discussion

5FL-P1. Discuss
topics from other
school subjects or the
workplace in the
target language

Objective
s/
Learning
Targets

4FL-P3. Identify,
analyze and discuss
various patterns of
behavior or
interactions typical of
the culture studied
Identify major
religious factions
present in New
Spain
Analyze the
actions of
missionaries in
New Spain
Assess if the
actions of
missionaries
matched their
initial objectives

Activities

Summarize
information about
assigned
conquistador for
classmates
Interpret how
Spanish
motivations had
changed from the
time of Columbus
to the
conquistadors

Discuss as a class
how the
motivations of the
Spanish had
changed

Assessme Quality of essay

Participation in class

Fill in a causeand-effect chart to

show why
missionaries and
indigenous people
remained in
conflict
Completeness of
cause-and-effect chart

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Identify dilemmas
facing the world
today which
involve a dispute
between two or
more peoples
Choose a dilemma
to research and
write an essay
about
Write a 1-page
research paper
about a dilemma
in the world
Write a 1-page
research paper
about a dilemma
which involves a
conflict and how
it might be solved

Participation in class
discussion and writing

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discussion

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diagram

of research paper