At a Glance:
| Grades: | 7 |
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| Subject: | History; Social Studies |
| Topic: | Spanish Conquistadors |
| Lesson Length: | 50 - 55 mins |
Standards / Framework:
What will students learn in this activity?
Students will develop an understanding of how the Incas interacted with the Spanish Conquistadors.
What should students know before this activity?
Students should have an understanding of what conspired between the Incas and the Spanish Conquistadors, specifically; Francisco Pizarro.
How can teachers introduce this lesson?
- Ask students these leading questions:
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Why didn’t the Incas fight back?
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How could such a small group of Spanish explorers defeat a large tribe like the Incas?
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- Discuss the possible reasons for the Incan defeat as a class.
What will students do?
- Have students research some of the reasons the Incas were defeated so easily by the Spanish Conquistadors.
- Have students select one of those reasons and create a comic explaining its effect on the Incas defeat.
How can teachers wrap up the lesson?
- Students can submit completed comics to a shared platform for display and discussion.
How can teachers differentiate this activity?
- Allow students to use the speech-to-text feature.
- Allow students to use the voiceover feature to read their comics aloud.
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Preteach vocabulary.
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Allow students to work with a peer model.
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Provide sentence starters for discussion, research, and comic building.
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Limit research tools, e.g., utilize one specific website.
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Provide specific websites, text and resources for students to use to research their groups.
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