Small-Group Civilization Research The following research task is on the developed for the New York State Social Studies Resource Toolkit. The task is licensed under a , which allows for it to be shared and adapted as long as the user agrees to the terms of the license. Indigenous Group Maya Aztec Inca Step One: Context On your and your timeline, identify where and when this indigenous group existed. Step Two: Research Using the sources below, Using the sources below, Using the sources below, research the question: research the question: Why were roads did the Maya use did the Aztecs do important to the Inca “How “What writing to represent to master their watery Empire? activities in their environment?” Source A: Roads “Inca culture?” Source A: Description of and Chasquis” () Source A: Excerpt from the chinampa system () Source B: Image bank: Writing in Maya Glyphs Source B: Illustration of a Inca roadways () () chinampa () Source C: An Inca Source B: Source C: Photograph of Chasqui runner () “Maya symbols and Glyphs” a modern chinampa () chart () Source C: 19th-century reproduction of the Dresden () Step Three: Present your Write a paragraph Make a of the benefits Make a diagram illustrating findings describing how the Maya of swamp agriculture and how the Inca road system used writing and how the use of chinampas. functioned and how Inca others have worked to runners used that system. understand it. Step Four: Make Write a paragraph independently explaining whether the indigenous group you connections to the unit researched is an example of a civilization. Use evidence from your research and your topic knowledge of social studies to support your answer. Independent Civilization Research
Small-Group Civilization Research The following research task is on the developed for the New York State Social Studies Resource Toolkit. The task is licensed under a , which allows for it to be shared and adapted as long as the user agrees to the terms of the license. Indigenous Group Maya Aztec Inca Step One: Context On your and your timeline, identify where and when this indigenous group existed. Step Two: Research Using the sources below, research the question: “How did the Maya use writing to represent activities in their culture?” Source A: Excerpt from Writing in Maya Glyphs () Source B: “Maya symbols and Glyphs” chart () Source C: 19th-century reproduction of the Dresden () Using the sources below, research the question: “What did the Aztecs do to master their watery environment?” Source A: Description of the chinampa system () Source B: Illustration of a chinampa () Source C: Photograph of a modern chinampa () Using the sources below, Why were roads important to the Inca Empire? Source A: “Inca Roads and Chasquis” () Source B: Image bank: Inca roadways () Source C: An Inca Chasqui runner () Step Three: Present your findings Write a paragraph describing how the Maya used writing and how others have worked to understand it. Make a of the benefits of swamp agriculture and the use of chinampas. Make a diagram illustrating how the Inca road system functioned and how Inca runners used that system. Step Four: Make connections to the unit topic Write a paragraph independently explaining whether the indigenous group you researched is an example of a civilization. Use evidence from your research and your knowledge of social studies to support your answer. Independent Civilization Research
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