Transcript Warm Up - Mrs. Law`s World

Warm Up
Define the word “Sacrifice”
Then
Put the following quote from Document 5 into your own words:
“This seasoned warrior, whom we change from a human into the god
Tezcatlipoca, can have no blemish upon his body, and he is treated like
our most royal family member during the long year leading up to his
sacrifice.”
Clarification of Citations
Group Activity
Essential Question
 I am learning to evaluate historical sources from
different points of view.
 The purpose of this is to be able to determine how the
Aztecs should best be remembered.
Task
 Each group will receive a quote.
 Work with your group members to complete the
following task on your poster board:
 Start off using your quote word for word
 Cite where your quote came from
 Explain the meaning of your quote in your own words
 Explain why this quote supports the main question “How
should the Aztecs be remembered”
Example
 “…human sacrifice shades all assessments of Aztec
civilization” (Doc 7). When considering the Aztec
civilization, one has to remember that human sacrifice
was an important part of their culture. Sacrifice was a
key aspect of their religion, which was a major
component of their day to day life.
Quote 1
 “Many of us become attached to this living god, and a
terrible sadness comes over some of the women when, at
the end of the year, he is taken to Chalco and
dismembered in public view” (Doc 5).
Quote 2
 “Motecuhzoma and Chihuacoatl began to sacrifice them,
slicing open their chests and extracting their hearts”
(Doc 6).
Quote 3
 “First, they raised the hearts to the sun, then they threw
them into the shrine before the gods” (Doc 6).
Quote 4
 “Some defenders of Aztec culture have seen it as a
limited phenomenon, greatly exaggerated by the Spanish
for political purposes” (Doc 7)
Quote 5
 “Many scholars have seen it as a religious act central to
the Aztec’s belief that humans must sacrifice that which
was most precious to them-life – to receive the sun, the
rain, and other blessings of the gods that made life
possible” (Doc 7).
Quote 6
 “If central Mexico was as densely populated as we
believe, then the sacrifices may have been a kind of
population control” (Doc 7)
Quote 7
 “Anthropologist Marvin Harris has suggested that Aztec
sacrifice, accompanied by ritual cannibalism, was a
response to a lack of protein” (Doc 7).
Rotate
 With your group, read the prior groups original quote.
 Read the paragraph they wrote about the quote
 Did they met the criteria for the paragraph?
 NOW, write your own paragraph incorporating your best
ideas as well as the previous groups best ideas making
sure to following the paragraph criteria
Steps
 Start off using your quote word for word
 Cite where your quote came from
 Explain the meaning of your quote in your own words
 Explain why this quote supports the main question
“How should the Aztecs be remembered”
“How should the Aztecs
be remembered”
Paper Grades
Task/ Homework
 If you would like to improve your grade, along with your
intro paragraph, you will pick either your paragraph on
conquest or agriculture to rewrite. Make sure to include
in your paragraph
 One quote
 Cite where your quote came from
 Explain the meaning of your quote in your own words
 Explain why this quote supports the main question “How
should the Aztecs be remembered”