Unit 4: Asia and the AmericasStandard: Describe the rise and fall of civilizations in the Americas and Asia.
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Rise of Civilizations in the Americas (Olmec, Maya, Inca, Aztec)
Theme Song: "Its the End of the World as we Know it" - by R.E.M.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0GFRcFm-aY
Watch short video on one of the conquistadors:
www.history.com/topics/exploration/francisco-pizarro/videos/francisco-pizarro-fast-facts
Videos
TopTen facts about Aztec Warriors (15 minutes)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxFfotqdKoU
Video about Mayans, Incas, and Aztecs
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uC0PgqB-XuE
Crash Course video - covering water and classical civilizations (some Mesoamerica)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rP54LFFSZ1Q
Take a virtual tour of Machu Picchu:
explorer360.org/peru/cusco/machu-picchu.html
Take a virtual tour of Peru's Nazca Lines:
www.awesomestories.com/asset/view/Nazca-Lines-A-Virtual-Tour
Compare and contrast civilizations:
theancientcivilizations.weebly.com/compare--contrast.html
www.classzone.com/net_explorations/U4/U4_article1.cfm
www.essential-humanities.net/world-history/meso-south-america/
www.thoughtco.com/top-ancient-american-civilizations-169511
history-world.org/early%20america.htm
www.history.com/news/history-vault-great-civilizations-ancient-americas
https://www.britannica.com/topic/pre-Columbian-civilizations
www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Pre-Columbian_Civilization
ed.ted.com/lessons/the-rise-and-fall-of-the-inca-empire-gordon-mcewan?utm_source=TED-Ed+Subscribers&utm_campaign=5cf0e22d1f-2013_09_219_19_2013&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_1aaccced48-5cf0e22d1f-48891489&mc_cid=5cf0e22d1f&mc_eid=6f285853dc
Play the MesoAmerican Ball Game
www.mesoballgame.org/ballgame/main.php
Read articles about specific civilizations:
http://www.history.com/topics/maya
http://www.history.com/topics/inca
http://www.history.com/topics/aztecs
Read articles about the Children of Llullaillaco:
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/07/130729-inca-mummy-maiden-sacrifice-coca-alcohol-drug-mountain-andes-children/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mummy_Juanita
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children_of_Llullaillaco
http://www.livescience.com/38504-incan-child-mummies-lives-revealed.html
http://www.history.com/news/dna-from-inca-child-mummy-reveals-early-genetic-diversity
http://www.crystalinks.com/mummiesperu.html
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/05/mummy-peru.html
http://mapmaker.nationalgeographic.org
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0GFRcFm-aY
Watch short video on one of the conquistadors:
www.history.com/topics/exploration/francisco-pizarro/videos/francisco-pizarro-fast-facts
Videos
TopTen facts about Aztec Warriors (15 minutes)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxFfotqdKoU
Video about Mayans, Incas, and Aztecs
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uC0PgqB-XuE
Crash Course video - covering water and classical civilizations (some Mesoamerica)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rP54LFFSZ1Q
Take a virtual tour of Machu Picchu:
explorer360.org/peru/cusco/machu-picchu.html
Take a virtual tour of Peru's Nazca Lines:
www.awesomestories.com/asset/view/Nazca-Lines-A-Virtual-Tour
Compare and contrast civilizations:
theancientcivilizations.weebly.com/compare--contrast.html
www.classzone.com/net_explorations/U4/U4_article1.cfm
www.essential-humanities.net/world-history/meso-south-america/
www.thoughtco.com/top-ancient-american-civilizations-169511
history-world.org/early%20america.htm
www.history.com/news/history-vault-great-civilizations-ancient-americas
https://www.britannica.com/topic/pre-Columbian-civilizations
www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Pre-Columbian_Civilization
ed.ted.com/lessons/the-rise-and-fall-of-the-inca-empire-gordon-mcewan?utm_source=TED-Ed+Subscribers&utm_campaign=5cf0e22d1f-2013_09_219_19_2013&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_1aaccced48-5cf0e22d1f-48891489&mc_cid=5cf0e22d1f&mc_eid=6f285853dc
Play the MesoAmerican Ball Game
www.mesoballgame.org/ballgame/main.php
Read articles about specific civilizations:
http://www.history.com/topics/maya
http://www.history.com/topics/inca
http://www.history.com/topics/aztecs
Read articles about the Children of Llullaillaco:
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/07/130729-inca-mummy-maiden-sacrifice-coca-alcohol-drug-mountain-andes-children/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mummy_Juanita
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children_of_Llullaillaco
http://www.livescience.com/38504-incan-child-mummies-lives-revealed.html
http://www.history.com/news/dna-from-inca-child-mummy-reveals-early-genetic-diversity
http://www.crystalinks.com/mummiesperu.html
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/05/mummy-peru.html
http://mapmaker.nationalgeographic.org
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