His flight from and return to the Aztecs Involves students reading Aztec myths about the departure of a great god from the town where he lived with people, and of his supposed return. Students then debate whether it is really him. For assessment students can write a newspaper editorial arguing whether it is true that the god that has returned. The Fall of The Aztecs Involves teacher leading students through a series of transparencies as if the students were witnesses to the Conquest. The Effects of the Conquest Please visit the Guatemala Lessons for this lesson.
Students can either create individual work, share ideas, or present to the class.
A wonderful activity as an introduction is for each student to do a search on the Web about Mexico and have each report to the class on something they learned. This is easily adaptable to the age of the students as young kids can tell about something neat they saw whereas older students can actually do some writing in a brief report, perhaps including images. The trick is what resources do you have available. The most popular and easiest resource is the Internet. If your time on the Internet is limited, it will take some work on your part to either assemble some materials for the classroom or within your library.