Know Your Book

This book is organized into various projects. Each one contains:

• Title: Provides a general idea of the topic and the work you will undertake.
• Introductory Paragraph: Here you will find information about the learnings you will acquire and the final product of each project.
• Phases or Stages: These are designed to guide you and organize your learning projects.
• Support Sections: These contain brief texts with diverse information related to the theme of the projects. They offer explanations of certain words and recommendations for consulting audiovisual resources and electronic texts.
• Images: These will help you better understand the topic and expand your perspectives of the world.

Enjoy this journey! Remember to pack doses of creativity, joy, and experiences to share in your backpack.

Páginas de ejemplo (pp. 14-15)

Página 14 — The Conquest of Mexico-Tenochtitlan

In this project, you will make a figure about the causes and consequences of the conquest of Mexico-Tenochtitlan. For this, you will analyze sources to identify the political, economic, technological, and religious characteristics of the period before the arrival of the Spanish and its consequences.

Problem

Throughout history, some groups have imposed their traditions over others. Some examples are the conquest of Mexico-Tenochtitlan and the Spanish mandate in the political, economic, social, and cultural domains. The Conquest of Mexico-Tenochtitlan was a process of domination.

Currently, it is a phenomenon and/or a problem to approach by considering the following questions:

• What do you recognize the Spanish and the Mexica as?
• What were the main causes of the conquest?
• What arguments do you find between them?
• What arguments do you find in the image?
• Do you think the indigenous people were defeated?
• What do you think the Spanish and the Mexica thought about the war?

Identifying the Problem

Historical events have different versions of the same event. It is important to recognize that the same event can be interpreted in multiple ways. This is applicable to the Conquest of Mexico-Tenochtitlan, where the vision of the Spanish and the indigenous peoples differ.

Página 15 — Did You Know That?

The chinampas are one of the most sustainable agricultural systems. They are artificial islands created with branches and mud, which produce up to seven harvests per year.

• The chinampas are an example of the relationship between humans and their environment.
• The crops in the chinampas are grown in water.
• The chinampas are always floating, and plants are always fresh.
• There are more than 20,000 hectares of chinampas in Mexico City.
• The chinampas are a model of sustainable agriculture.

Before and After

The word chinampa comes from the Nahuatl chinamitl, which means "made with care", because it was built with branches and mud. These constructions allowed an increase in agricultural production.

Historians say that in the Great Tenochtitlan, the capital of the Mexica Empire, there was a big flood. The Mexica built a dike to separate the fresh water from the salt water. To do this, they used tezontle, tepalcates, and tezontle stones. To build the dike, they used tezontle, tepalcates, and tezontle stones. To build the dike, they used tezontle, tepalcates, and tezontle stones.