Assignment: Beyond the Aztec + Inca: Other Societies in the Americas

WORLD HISTORY-B
2023-03-21T20:12:50Z

Due: Mar 28, 2023 by 11:59pm

Overview + Purpose: In school, we often learn about the Inca and the Aztecs. But what other historically significant societies existed in the Americas? What did their societies look like? Today, Friday, and Monday you will be learning about a society in the Americas of your choosing, and why they are historically significant.

Website you are using: https://orias.berkeley.edu/resources-teachers/societies-americas

Digital materials

Click HERE for a digital copy of the graphic organizer from Thursday+ Friday (research) + Monday (thesis)

Click HERE for a digital copy of the blank map from Monday

Your Task:

Thursday + Friday: Using the UC Berkeley page on "Societies of the Americas" linked above, choose one of the 11 societies from that page to research. The information is available in English and Spanish. Using the information and resources from the website above ONLY, research your society through the lenses of political, economic, social, and technology. Record your findings on the provided chart (digital copy linked above, hard copy given in class). Then, write a thesis statement arguing why your society is historically significant.

Monday: First, we reviewed what a thesis statement consisted of. Then, you wrote a thesis statement arguing why the society you researched is historically significant. Later on Monday, you got a blank copy of a map of the Americas. On the map you colored + labeled the territory the Aztecs + Inca controlled at their height. After that, you added the territory the society you researched controlled at their height. You will have to use Google Images (or another search engine) to find this map. Lastly, you made your map a pictorial map by picking 4 things that made your society historically significant, drawing them in detail on your map, and writing a brief caption describing your drawing.

Due Date: Your research, thesis statement, and pictorial map are due to the box by Tuesday 3/28

Grade breakdown:

4 points for your research (3 facts per lens)

2 points for your thesis

4 points for your pictorial map

Overview + Purpose: In school, we often learn about the Inca and the Aztecs. But what other historically significant societies existed in the Americas? What did their societies look like? Today, Friday, and Monday you will be learning about a society in the Americas of your choosing, and why they are historically significant.

Website you are using: https://orias.berkeley.edu/resources-teachers/societies-americas

Digital materials

Click HERE for a digital copy of the graphic organizer from Thursday+ Friday (research) + Monday (thesis)

Click HERE for a digital copy of the blank map from Monday

Your Task:

Thursday + Friday: Using the UC Berkeley page on "Societies of the Americas" linked above, choose one of the 11 societies from that page to research. The information is available in English and Spanish. Using the information and resources from the website above ONLY, research your society through the lenses of political, economic, social, and technology. Record your findings on the provided chart (digital copy linked above, hard copy given in class). Then, write a thesis statement arguing why your society is historically significant.

Monday: First, we reviewed what a thesis statement consisted of. Then, you wrote a thesis statement arguing why the society you researched is historically significant. Later on Monday, you got a blank copy of a map of the Americas. On the map you colored + labeled the territory the Aztecs + Inca controlled at their height. After that, you added the territory the society you researched controlled at their height. You will have to use Google Images (or another search engine) to find this map. Lastly, you made your map a pictorial map by picking 4 things that made your society historically significant, drawing them in detail on your map, and writing a brief caption describing your drawing.

Due Date: Your research, thesis statement, and pictorial map are due to the box by Tuesday 3/28

Grade breakdown:

4 points for your research (3 facts per lens)

2 points for your thesis

4 points for your pictorial map