I just wanted to share a video I like to use with the sourcing lesson that is in Era 5. Source 1 is an Aztec poem. I don't spend a whole lot of time on the conquest itself, so I like to use this two-minute video of historian Camilla Townsend. To promote her book, she was explaining the importance of Aztec sources. It is short sweet and to the point!
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Dear Angela Flakker
Thanks so much for sharing this clip. I am always looking for resources to share about this topic. I really appreciate the primary sources in the Spanish Conquest but I have to modify the second two due to the length. Do you use all sources in the lesson or just the video? I am looking to change up my approach to the Conquest next year and am looking for ideas about how others teach this. I feel like the Conquest often gets overshadowed when we do the Columbian Exchange.
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Hey Jeffrey, glad to share!
I agree, I don't usually have time to use all of the sources. I usually tackle the poem (Source 1) as a class. We read it together, annotate it and discuss the meaning, then I have them fill out a modified analysis chart. Then, I have them read Source 2 on their own or with a partner and fill out a modified analysis chart.
Later in the Columbian Exchange DBQ, there is another Aztec poem. I think that dissecting this one as a class helps them tackle the one in the DBQ sources on their own.
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Angela Flakker what an interesting clip and book! It came just on time for my lesson today. I am covering the Aztec Empire in Big History and I will use the poem to make my students reflect upon the contrasting perspectives and narratives on this ancient civilization.
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Thanks again for sharing Angela Flakker ! I'm going to use this clip on Monday!
