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Aztecs Meet the Spanish

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Young scholars simulate an Independent Counsel to represent the Spanish and the Aztecs to formulate a policy for the Roman Catholic Church in 1527. They conduct research, graph the similarities and differences, create a poster, and write a position paper.

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the roman catholic church, catholicism, world religions, hernan cortes, explorers, the age of exploration, the aztecs

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aztecs, charles v, cortes, origins of mexico, roman catholic church, social studies
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Grade
6th - 9th
Subjects
Social Studies & History
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Resource Type
Lesson Plans
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For Teacher Use
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Research
Year
2006

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