What have they done for us?

We are investigating how civilizations have been influenced and changed by colonization.

• What makes a civilization?
• Why do civilizations colonize?
• What changes occur in both the colonizers and the colonized?

Explore a few websites:

Snaith Primary School website: THE AZTECS

Nettlesworth Primary School website: THE AZTECS

Who are those Aztecs anyway?

See a list of more websites about the Aztecs

(Parents and teachers might be interested in a longer list of websites related to the Aztecs.)

• Tenochtitlan and the Aztec Empire

• The Aztecs: Agriculture and Diet
• The Aztecs: Spanish Conquest
• Tenochtitlan:  Great Temple
• The Aztecs: Skilled Craftsmen

Read these articles on the Aztecs:

Wikijunior Ancient Civilizations/Aztecs

• What country did they live in?
• What did their buildings look like?
• What did they wear?
• What did their writing look like?
• What did they believe?
• Are some of them famous even today?
• What is left of them today?

Encyclopaedia Britannica Junior article on The Aztecs  (only available when at school)

• Culture
• Language
• Arts and Crafts
• Clothing
• Religion
• Organization
• Economy
• Training of Youth
• History

Try TEG: an online adventure game set in ancient Mexico (a ThinkQuest website)

Learn how to pronounce Aztec names or listen to a few being pronounced

Articles in the Encyclopaedia Britannica:

Conquistador

Mexico: Spanish conquest and rule

Spain: World empire