Grade 8 - Worldviews in Conflict Spanish & Aztec - Alberta Social Studies Bundle

This bundle was created to provide everything you need to teach the Grade 8 Worldviews in Conflict The Spanish and The Aztecs unit in the Alberta 2024 Social Studies Curriculum. With your purchase, you will receive lesson slides that follow the 3-Part lesson format, engaging your students from start to finish. You will also receive the workbook, which contains fun activities and worksheets for your students to demonstrate their understanding.

Workbook Details:
This resource covers all the outcomes in the Grade 8, 2024 Alberta Social Studies Curriculum - Worldviews in Conflict: The Spanish and the Aztecs unit.

There are 154 activity sheets that cover the outcomes in the social studies curriculum. This comprehensive unit contains readings, hands-on activities, true/false, diagrams, exit cards, reflections, word searches and more. We’ve presented the material in a variety of text forms, including reports, news articles, blog posts, and stories. There is also a unit test and answer pages for all activities!

Check out the preview of this unit to learn more about how it can benefit your students.

Some of the concepts that are covered:

• What is a Worldview?
• Activity – Worldview Collage Creation
• How Do Geography and Resources Shape Worldviews?
• Comparing Indigenous and European Worldviews
• Role Play: Indigenous vs. European Worldviews
• Case Study: The Worldview of the Aztec Civilization
• Aztec Choices, Decisions, and Customs
• Story: The Role of Religion in Aztec Life
• Aztec Religion Trivia Card
• Spanish Worldview Before Exploration
• Blog Post: Why Did Spain Seek to Expand?
• How Did Technology Give Spain an Advantage?
• What Role Did Disease Play in the Conquest?
• Fact or Fiction – The Role of Disease In The Conquest
• The Divergent Worldviews of the Aztecs and Spanish
• Newspaper Article: The Fall of Tenochtitlán
• What Was the Columbian Exchange?
• Memory Game: The Columbian Exchange
• The Transformation of Aztec Society Under Spanish Rule
• Letter - Was the Conquest of the Aztecs Inevitable?
• Ethical Implications of Spanish Actions
• Story: How Are Indigenous Cultures Preserved Today?
• Word Search – Indigenous Culture
• What Can We Learn from the Aztec-Spanish Encounter?
• Essay - The Legacy of Spanish Colonization in Latin America
• Chinampas and Their Important
• Activity – Building Aztec Chinampas
• Case Study: Hernán Cortés: Hero or Villain?
• How Did the Spanish Use Alliances to Defeat the Aztecs?
• Blog: How Did European Exploration Reshape the World?
• The Role of Religion in the Spanish Empire
• Fact or Fiction – The Role of Religion In the Spanish Empire
• What Is Cultural Imperialism?
• Story: How Does History Remember the Aztecs?
• Newspaper Article: Archaeology And Aztecs
• Activity – Aztec Archaeological Finds
• How the Aztec-Spanish Encounter Shaped the Modern World
• What Lessons Can We Learn From History?
• Activity –Aztec-Spanish Encounter Timeline
• Unit Test
• Answer Pages For All Activities

Google Lesson Slides

Grade 8 - Worldviews in Conflict The Spanish and The Aztecs Unit, Alberta Social Studies, Google Lesson Slides. This resource is packed with all the lessons you need to teach the Worldviews in Conflict The Spanish and The Aztecs, Grade 8, Alberta Social Studies 2024 Curriculum.

We have structured these lessons to follow the popular 3-Part Lesson format. By using these lessons, you will be provided with learning goals, discussion questions, relevant YouTube videos, interactive slides, exit cards, and more. Check out the variety of activities you'll receive below.

Part 1: Minds On!
- Learning Goals
- Discussion Questions

- Polls/Surveys

- Picture Prompts

- Jokes and Riddles

- Relevant Quotes

Part 2: Action!
- Interactive Activities

- Drag and Drop

- Fill in the Blanks

- Matching

- Sorting

- Polls/Surveys and Graphing

- Embedded YouTube Videos

Part 3: Consolidation

- Exit Cards

- 3-2-1 Reflections

- One Word Reflections

- Act It Out!

- Quick Draw

- One Sentence Summary

After purchasing this resource, you will be able to download a copy of this file to your Google Drive. From there, you can complete these lessons with your class, and/or assign these slides in Google Classroom.