Assignment: The Great Dying: Spanish (and Portuguese) Colonization

WORLD HISTORY-B
2023-03-21T20:13:04Z

Due: Mar 28, 2023 by 11:59pm

Content Purpose: The content purpose of this activity is for the story of colonization to be complicated. Often we hear that "a few hundred Spanish conquistadors" easily overtook the Aztecs on their own. Is that the whole story? If not, what else happened?

Skill Purpose: The skill purpose of this activity is to support you in identifying the different parts of an argument in an article format (not just in an essay format). It is important for you in life to be able to understand not only WHAT someone is saying, but WHY they are saying it - what is their ARGUMENT or PURPOSE? This will help you in this class because part of your test Monday includes an argumentative paragraph.

Directions: As you read the short attached reading, identify the author's thesis, reason and evidence he uses to answer the question. Highlight the different parts of the author's arguments in different colors.

Due Date: 3/30 to Canvas by 11:59pm

Why didn’t thousands of Aztec warriors overcome just a few hundred Spaniards?

Annotate, or highlight, the following reading in different colors. Most of the reading should be highlighted. Sometimes whole paragraphs might be highlighted the same color, while others will be highlighted in multiple colors. Read and highlight carefully.

Thesis/claim: Statement(s) answering the question.

Evidence: facts or information proving the claim is true.

Reason: supports claim, the “because,” connects claim and evidence.

Reading

Google version (will force you to make a copy)

PDF

What am I submitting?

If you did the assignment digitally...

Upload your annotated reading

If you did the assignment on paper...

Take a picture of your annotated reading and submit it here

Content Purpose: The content purpose of this activity is for the story of colonization to be complicated. Often we hear that "a few hundred Spanish conquistadors" easily overtook the Aztecs on their own. Is that the whole story? If not, what else happened?

Skill Purpose: The skill purpose of this activity is to support you in identifying the different parts of an argument in an article format (not just in an essay format). It is important for you in life to be able to understand not only WHAT someone is saying, but WHY they are saying it - what is their ARGUMENT or PURPOSE? This will help you in this class because part of your test Monday includes an argumentative paragraph.

Directions: As you read the short attached reading, identify the author's thesis, reason and evidence he uses to answer the question. Highlight the different parts of the author's arguments in different colors.

Due Date: 3/30 to Canvas by 11:59pm

Why didn’t thousands of Aztec warriors overcome just a few hundred Spaniards?

Annotate, or highlight, the following reading in different colors. Most of the reading should be highlighted. Sometimes whole paragraphs might be highlighted the same color, while others will be highlighted in multiple colors. Read and highlight carefully.

Thesis/claim: Statement(s) answering the question.

Evidence: facts or information proving the claim is true.

Reason: supports claim, the “because,” connects claim and evidence.

Reading

Google version (will force you to make a copy)

PDF

What am I submitting?

If you did the assignment digitally...

Upload your annotated reading

If you did the assignment on paper...

Take a picture of your annotated reading and submit it here