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Read Works: Aztecs, Incas, and Mayas Tenochtitlan

For Teachers 5th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] A retelling of a legend about the Aztec city of Tenochtitlan. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: Aztecs Find a Home: The Eagle Has Landed

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this lesson plan, young scholars will consider "Aztecs Find a Home: The Eagle Has Landed." The plan includes worksheets and other student materials that can be found under the resource tab.
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CommonLit

Common Lit: Aztec Sacrifice

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that begins with "Aztec Sacrifice" by Mark Cartwright, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free teacher...
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Soft Schools

Soft Schools: The World of the Aztecs Quiz

For Students 3rd - 8th
Take this interactive, multiple choice quiz over the Aztecs, and then check your answers for review after answering the questions.
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PBS

Pbs: The Conquistadors: Aztec Life and Times

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about what life was like for the Aztecs before the Spanish Conquest. This is part of a larger PBS site about the conquistadors.
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Yale University

Yale New Haven Teachers Institute: The Aztecs: A Pre Columbian History

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This site contains several lesson plans, a teacher bibliography, a student reading list, and a large amount of background information on the Aztecs.
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PBS

Pbs: The Conquistadors: Aztec Empire

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the development of the Aztec Empire and its status just before the Spanish Conquest. Click on the hyperlinks or pictures for more information. From part of an extensive PBS website about the Conquistadors.
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World History Encyclopedia

World History Encyclopedia: Aztec Warfare

For Students 9th - 10th
Illustrated encyclopedia entry takes a look at Aztec warfare. It examines their weapons, armour, strategies, 'flowery wars', and the collapse of the Aztecs.
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Other

History of the World the Aztecs

For Students 9th - 10th
A history of the Aztec civilization, beginning with their travel to the valley of Mexico and ending with the conquest of the Spanish over them. Includes information about agriculture, travel, communication, war, religion, and human...
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Other

Crystalinks: Aztec Culture

For Students 9th - 10th
A comprehensive resource provides historical and cultural information about the Aztec nation. Facts from diet to war to human sacrifice and many other areas of study about the society are found.
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PBS

Pbs: Hernan Cortes and the Fall of the Aztec Empire

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the fall of the Aztec Empire. You can use the navigation tool at the left to click into more information on the Aztecs and the Spanish conquest of Cortes. Uses popups.
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World History Encyclopedia

World History Encyclopedia: Aztec Civilization

For Students 9th - 10th
Entry references the history of the Aztec Empire with a focus on Tenochtitlan, religion, architecture, art, and its eventual collapse.
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Other

Aztec History: Aztec History

For Students 9th - 10th
A detailed look at the great Aztec Empire! The menu bar links to all the major topics: religion, food, clothing, art, timeline, family life, languages, calendar, culture, music, games, government. Within each topic are related photos.
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American Indian Heritage Foundation

American Indian Heritage Foundation: Aztec Creation

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief story describing the creation of the world according to Aztec belief called Coatlique.
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Encyclopedia Mythica

The Encyclopedia Mythica: Aztec Mythology

For Students 9th - 10th
The Encyclopedia Mythica presents 93 links to entries about Aztec gods and goddesses.
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Lin and Don Donn

Lin and Don Donn: Lessons: Aztec

For Students 3rd - 8th
These lesson plans and ideas are designed to teach students about Aztec Indians who ruled much of present-day Mexico before the arrival of the Spanish.
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Mex Connect

People and History of Mexico: The Post Classic Period (900 1521 Ad): The Aztecs

For Students 9th - 10th
Information on the settlement of the Aztec in Tenochtitlan, which soon became the capital city of their empire, their notable religious observations and customs, and the news of the landing of the bearded white men bearing crosses.
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American Indian Heritage Foundation

Indians.org: The Aztecs/mexicas

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the Aztecs or Mexicas via this broad look at the mesoamerican empire via an overview description and many detail links on different aspects of the culture.
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Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies

Mocomi: The Aztec Civilization

For Students 2nd - 8th
Provides a summary of the Aztec civilization covering religion, currency, education, and culture.
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Other

Free Uk: Aztec Gods

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is a personal site that contains brief information on the Aztec culture. It then contains pictures and information for four of the main deities that the Aztec people worshipped. Just click on the image to learn about that...
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American Indian Heritage Foundation

Aztec Poems: Indigenous Peoples' Literature

For Students 9th - 10th
This site has some Aztec poems. These are excellent examples of Aztec poetry. Each one is very unique.
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Internet History Sourcebooks Project

Fordham University: Modern History Sourcebook: An Aztec Account of the Spanish Conquest

For Students 9th - 10th
Fordham University provides an excerpt of an Aztec account of the initial encounter of Montezuma and the Spanish conquistador Hernando Cortes, as published by noted anthropologist Miguel Leon-Portilla. The meeting-turned-massacre,...
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Other

Aztec Centers in the Region of Lake Texcoco

For Students 9th - 10th
A map of Lake Texcoco, showing the Aztec centers in the region at the time of the Spanish conquistadors. The entry route of Cortes into the city of Tenochtitlan, the Aztec capital, is designated along with causeways into the city. A few...
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Other

Gods & Goddesses of the Aztecs

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a glossary of the primary gods and goddesses of Aztec mythology.

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