7/21/07
7/16/07
TEACHER´S TEMPLATE
This assignment is designed for 10th grade.
The objective of this lesson is to complement the knowledge of the prehispanic cultures. Different cultures may be assigned to other teams. Cultures like Maya, Olmeca, Tolteca, Chichimeca, etc.
SEP Requirements
According to the Public education association, the high school academic programs require the teacher to:
· Be certified in the proper and specific area
· Cover the academic program previously elaborated by the different academies of the SEP
· Assist to the capacitating and actualization programs
· To respond to the specific needs and requirements of the educative system
· To assist to semester workshops where quality and specific roles reflexion focus on the students´ needs.
· Assist to courses in where teaching must be focused also in the interpersonal development of the student.
AZTEC REQUIEM
QUERIDA MADRE TENOCHTITLAN:
TUS HIJOS TE LLORAN
TUS HIJOS SUFREN LA DESTRUCCION
LAS AVES NO CANTAN MAS...
LAS AGUILAS NO VUELAN MAS...
LAS GENERACIONES ANSIAN SABER
TU CULTURA PERDIDA QUIEREN ENCONTRAR
DEBAJO DE TUS PIEDRAS...
LA SANGRE GRITA TU AUSENCIA...
Ruth Peters
Silvia Ortiz
CONCLUSION
In this training you learned about the Aztec culture. You learned about their religion, astronomy, medicine, agriculture and education.
Nevertheless, according to the student’s curiosity, other topics were brought up during the expositions. Encourage yourself to immerse widely into this beautiful culture, myths and more mysteries. You also learned how to use technological tools as sailing in the internet in order to complete all the required information. Besides you knew how to select relevant and credible (peer reviewed) sources.
EVALUATION
Collaboration Rubric
4 - Thorough Understanding
Consistently and actively works toward group goals.
Is sensitive to the feelings and learning needs of all group members.
Willingly accepts and fulfills individual role within the group.
Consistently and actively contributes knowledge, opinions, and skills.
Values the knowledge, opinion and skills of all group members and encourages their contribution.
Helps group identify necessary changes and encourages group action for change.
3 - Good Understanding
Works toward group goals without prompting.
Accepts and fulfills individual role within the group.
Contributes knowledge, opinions, and skills without prompting.
Shows sensitivity to the feelings of others.
Willingly participates in needed changes.
2 - Satisfactory Understanding
Works toward group goals with occasional prompting.
Contributes to the group with occasional prompting.
Shows sensitivity to the feelings of others.
Participates in needed changes, with occasional prompting.
1 - Needs Improvement
Works toward group goals only when prompted.
Contributes to the group only when prompted.
Needs occasional reminders to be sensitive to the feelings of others.
Participates in needed changes when prompted and encouraged.
http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/actbank/collaborub.html
INTERNET SOURCES
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aztec
http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/prehistory/latinamerica/topics/human_scacrifice.html
http://philtar.ucsm.ac.uk/encyclopedia/latam/aztec.html
http://www.du.edu/~jayres/aztec.htm
http://www.crystalinks.com/aztecgods.html
SOURCES
• Power point software to develop an informative slide show
• URL links provided by the teacher
• Encyclopedias
• Questions to an expert
PROCESS
Student 1. - Search in internet
Student 2. - Search in texts sources
Student 3. - Define the main objectives of the tasks.
Students 1,2,3, 4.- Discuss about the main ideas and organize the information
Student 4.- Organize a public and formal presentation.
TASKS
Task 2.- Later on the empire became so large that, food was not enough for all of them. How solved this problem. How do you think this culture made a successful method that allowed them to survive?
Task 3.- Do you know why the Aztecs offered gladly their lives to the Gods, and why the heart was eaten when still was beating? Where did they think the dead people were going to?
Task 4.-What is the difference between schools of our age and the Aztec’s.
Task 5.- The actual nutrition houses where natural remedies are used, are linked to the original Aztec curative methods?
Task 6.- Is there any difference between the Aztec calendar and the Gregorian calendar?
INTRODUCTION
If we recover the Aztec culture, which benefits and disadvantages could you found.