Posts Tagged ‘social’

Mayas * Aztecs * Incas: All-in-One Resource With Background Information, Map Activities, Simulations and Games, and a Read-Aloud Play to Support Comprehension and Critical Thinking in Social Studies

May 31st, 2010

  • ISBN13: 9780439539944
  • Condition: NEW
  • Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.

Product Description

Ancient America comes to life as students explore the Yucatan, meet Montezuma, visit Machu Picchu, and more. Students will find themselves immersed in these ancient cultures writing Mayan glyphs, creating ancient ballgame trading cards, designing clothing catalogues, and learning about the Aztec religion. Active learning strategies make history accessible to all learners.

Mayas * Aztecs * Incas: All-in-One Resource With Background Information, Map Activities, Simulations and Games, and a Read-Aloud Play to Support Comprehension and Critical Thinking in Social Studies

The Education in the Inca Empire

April 28th, 2010

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Excerpt:  1.               THE SOCIAL AND POLITICAL ORGANIZATION   The “Ayllu” was a fundamental social group in Peru. It exists before the Inca Empire. In the first times, the Ayllu have farming lands and a chief, to whom all of the community obey. The Ayllu was like a huge family with a lot of parents and cousins. In the imperial age, the Incas displace the “Sinchi??? by another public official named “Curaca”, who was named directly by the Inca. This allowed him to have a fantastic control over all…