WELCOME TO LATIN AMERICA!
During the next several weeks you will be learning about Latin America and Mexico. We will be reading out of our textbook, completing worksheet activities, exploring sites on-line, and taking quizzes to review information. The quizzes are listed as activities below. You're welcome to access them from home to help you study. We'll be taking them online at school in the computer lab for grading purposes. These quizzes were adapted from our textbook, "Latin America and Canada" by Macmillan/McGraw-Hill.
I've also included links to websites that provide additional information. I encourage you to spend some time at home checking them out. You will keep all the information from this class in an interactive notebook. Please feel free to include information you have gathered on your own.
Objectives for the Latin America unit are:
6.3.1)Explain how geographic features have affected Latin America
6.3.2)Describe the culture of Latin America
6.3.3)Compare and contrast ancient Indian civilizations
i.e. Maya, Aztec and Inca
6.3.4)Describe the motives and beliefs of European explorers
6.3.5)Analyze major events and motives in the colonization of Latin America
Objectives for the Mexico unit are:
6.4.1)Explain the geography of Mexico
6.4.2)Describe Mexico's struggle for independence and democratic government
6.4.3)Describe present-day Mexico
6.4.4)Interpret information given on maps, tables, charts and graphs
6.4.5)Explain current political, social and economical issues in Mexico through a study of current events
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