1/15/19 Mrs. Bishop

Do Now SWBAT practice interpreting and visualizing written descriptions Canal – a man-made waterway created to allow boats or ships to pass through; also for irrigation Causeway – a raised road or track across low or wet ground Aqueduct – a man-made tunnel or raised channel that carries water from distant places to a city

Canal

Causeway

Aqueduct

Article Study Settled on an island, large for its time, tall and colorful pyramids, busy markets “Built mostly on swamp land…city was laid out on a grid,” made of both streets and canals, used canoes, connected to other towns by causeways, “aqueducts supplied fresh water”

Article Study Religious and ceremonial Sacred Precinct was at the enterof the city, Sacred Precinct was surrounded by a stone wall, “temples of the most important Aztec gods” were there, ball courts, where priests’ lived, schools to train noblemen to become priests, kings and nobles’ palaces were outside the Precinct along with administration buildings, commoners lived further away in organized neighborhoods (calpulli) “with their own temples and markets”

Article Study August 1521 Tenochtitlan was razed by the Spanish, built Mexico City on its ruins (still exists today as “one of the most populous cities in the world”)

Article questions The Sacred Precinct was located at the center of the city of Tenochtitlan *Sacred Precinct at the center of the city *Inside the Precinct was the ball court, priests’ houses, school *Right outside the Precinct were royal palaces with gardens and zoos *Communities of commoners with homes, temples, and markets

Imagining Tenochtitlan Based on what you have read, and the list of geographical features that we have created, you and your table partner will draw the city of Tenochtitlan. Drawings will be presented to the class!

Exit Ticket Silently and independently answer one of the two questions on your handout. Turn your paper over when finished and read silently.