1. Daily Opener 4/28
1. What do you think of when you hear the words “Aztec”, “Inca”, or “Maya”?
2. What continents were the Aztecs and Mayas located on?

2. Daily Opener 4/29 1. When is your shield project due?
2. What do you have left to do on your shield project?

3. Geography and Agriculture in Meso-America
Ch 11L1
Page 367

4. Geography and Agriculture in Mesoamerica
I. Landforms of Mesoamerica
A. Location and Landforms
B. Volcanoes
II. Climate and Vegetation
A. Wet and Dry Climates
B. Elevation and Climate
III. Geography Shapes Mesoamerican Life
A. Natural Resources
B. Agriculture
C. Geography and Trade

5. Meso-America
A region that includes the southern part of Mexico and much of Central America

6. Yucatán Peninsula
An area of southeastern Mexico that extends into the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico

7. elevation
The height of land above sea level

8. Slash and Burn Agriculture
A type of farming in which patches of land are prepared for planting by cutting down and burning the natural vegetation

9. maize
A type of corn grown by Native American civilizations

10. cacao
A tropical American tree whose seeds are used to produce chocolate

11. Daily Opener 5/1 1. How many events need to be on your timeline?
2. How many sources to you have to have for your bibliography?

12. Shield Project Early Life Accomplishments Time Line Quote
Picture of person
Picture related to that person

13. Early Life Paragraph (5-8 sentences) Describes their life
Where were they born?
Where did they grow up?
Where did they receive their training or education
Who raised them?

14. Accomplishments 1-2 Paragraphs (5-8 sentences)
What did they do to become famous

15. Timeline
6 or 7 events that happened in the world while that person was alive
Doesn’t have to have happened to them

16. Quote Something they said or was said about them Example
“I think, therefore I am.”
Rene Descarte

17. Portrait
Picture of them

18. Picture
Something related to that person

19. Daily Opener 4/30
1. What is the name of the region that includes southern Mexico and much of Central America?
2. What is maize?

20. Activities to finish… Preview Outline/Picture Definitions
Protestant/Catholic Comparison Chart
Scientific Flow Chart
Sunken Ship Activity

21. Daily Opener 5/2
1. What did you learn about the person you did your shield project on?
2. What was the hardest part about doing the shield project?