Website Overview - Syllabus Outcome, key terms and intended activities
This website will be used to cover History Stage 4 syllabus outcome - The impact of the Spanish conquests on the Aztecs
Students:
- Explain how either the Aztecs OR the Incas were affected by the Spanish conquests, e.g. the introduction of new diseases, horses and gunpowder.
Students:
- Explain how either the Aztecs OR the Incas were affected by the Spanish conquests, e.g. the introduction of new diseases, horses and gunpowder.
Website Wordle
Glossary Activity
Using the Wordle above and this link to the Dictionary, create a glossary in a Word document or in your workbooks. Use the linked dictionary website in order to define some of the key terms in the Wordle that you don't already know. It's recommended that you define 5-10 words for your glossary.
At the bottom of each page will be this same Dictionary link. If there are more words you come across that you don't understand, use it to add to your glossary.
Using the Wordle above and this link to the Dictionary, create a glossary in a Word document or in your workbooks. Use the linked dictionary website in order to define some of the key terms in the Wordle that you don't already know. It's recommended that you define 5-10 words for your glossary.
At the bottom of each page will be this same Dictionary link. If there are more words you come across that you don't understand, use it to add to your glossary.
The purpose of this web resource is for students to engage with the impacts of the Spanish conquest on the Aztecs through content from varying literacy forms (textual, visual and multimedia). Throughout the web resource, students will be given opportunities to further their learning by participating in the intended learning activities, such as the following:
- Perspective/letter writing
- Brainstorming/mind-mapping
- Multiple Choice
- Short answer and long answer questions
- Video viewing with subsequent questions
(Teacher's note: the teacher page offers a structured guide - with instructional objective - for using the website, but there are also suggestions for other ways it can be used for group activities and different learning styles)
- Perspective/letter writing
- Brainstorming/mind-mapping
- Multiple Choice
- Short answer and long answer questions
- Video viewing with subsequent questions
(Teacher's note: the teacher page offers a structured guide - with instructional objective - for using the website, but there are also suggestions for other ways it can be used for group activities and different learning styles)