Instructional Video1:07
Next Animation Studio

Conquistador anchors discovered off Mexico Gulf Coast

12th - Higher Ed
Mexico’s National Institute of Anthropology and History have announced that two 500-year-old iron anchors could belong to the ships of Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés.
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Weird History

Did A Mysterious Disease Take Out The Aztecs

12th - Higher Ed
For hundreds of years, history left us wondering what disease killed the Aztecs in the mid-1500s. Many assumed the Aztecs were one of many Central American groups to be wiped out by European diseases like smallpox. However, DNA testing...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: World Explorers: Hernan Cortes

4th - 8th
Hernan Cortes was a Spanish conquistador who conquered and annihilated the Aztec Empire. This video examines his life and how he defeated the Aztecs. [5:37]