4.2: The Spanish in the New World

  • Objective: Students will be able to answer questions regarding Indigenous American contact with the Spanish based on reading excerpts from a number of primary and secondary sources with an 80% success rate.
  • Vocabulary: Arawak, Carib, Montezuma, Hispañola, Indigenous
  • Directions: Answer the questions on the worksheet by reading the various sources in the sourcebook

BONUS VIDEO: Spanish Aztec War

If you want to learn more about Cortés' assault on the Aztecs, watch this video. I found it to be entertaining.