Resources for Research eText (7th Grade Version): The Maya: pgs. 468­473 The Aztecs: pgs: 474­478 The Incas: pgs: 479­485 eText (High School Version): The Olmec: pgs. 240­245 Zapotec: pgs. 242­245 Nazca/Moche: pgs. 247­249 Moundbuilders/Cahokia: pgs. 441­444 The Maya: pgs. 446­451 The Aztecs: pgs. 452­458 The Inca: pgs. 459­465 By Subject Online: The Olmec BBC Documentary: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7A4IKTt1EXY&safe=active Article with full history: http://www.ancient.eu.com/Olmec_Civilization/ More history: http://latinamericanhistory.about.com/od/The_Olmec/p/The­Olmec.htm Academic site, current information, good links: http://www.latinamericanstudies.org/olmecs.htm Good site, thorough, with discussion of geography: http://meta­religion.com/World_Religions/Ancient_religions/Central_america/olmec_civilization.htm Zapotec: Good video with visuals, not speaking, but informative text: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OcWJ5xfocg&safe=active Video of tour guide at Monte Alban, Zapotec city: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xx­WYH7IPS4&safe=active Comprehensive history: http://www.ancient.eu.com/Zapotec_Civilization/ Good, short article with good description of current situation: http://www.rosengren.net/artisansinfocus/zapotechistory.htm Modern Zapotec article: http://www.bbc.com/news/world­latin­america­10725066 Great article on digs and findings!: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/03/090309­zapotec­missions.html Zapotec art and artifacts:
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/03/photogalleries/zapotec­missions/photo4.html Nazca/Moche Documentary on Inca that includes large section on Nazca/Moche (~15 mins in to ~40 min): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJyip2Xoqco&safe=active Documentary on the Nazca: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzmwZfuHcU4&safe=active Documentary on Moche (has subtitles in another language, ignore them): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sw­xBPol4LE&safe=active Article on Nazca lines: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sw­xBPol4LE&safe=active Moche artifacts: http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0103/feature3/zoom1.html Great article on Moche dig: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/08/130808­moche­priestess­queen­tomb­discovery­
peru­archeology­science/ Good, thorough article on Nazca: http://www.peru­explorer.com/nasca/nazca_culture.htm Moundbuilders/Cahokia (Mississippians) Excerpt from 500 Nations Documentary about Cahokia (from an Indian perspective): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLoqU­IObvs&safe=active Good documentary on Moundbuilders: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itCWu­m­23E&safe=active Article on Cahokia/Moundbuilders­­thorough!: http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2011/01/cahokia/hodges­text Good article with maps and pictures of artifacts: http://publications.newberry.org/indiansofthemidwest/people­places­time/eras/moundbuilders/ National parks site about Moundbuilders: http://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/mounds/builders.htm Good article on Moundbuilders and related tribes: http://www.beloit.edu/logan_online/exhibitions/virtual_exhibitions/north_america/woodland/culture.php Mississippians and farming, geography: http://www.museum.state.il.us/muslink/nat_amer/pre/htmls/m_food.html The Maya Time Life Documentary on the Maya: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l­ivIjbC6m8&safe=active History Channel’s Engineering an Empire on the Maya: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l­ivIjbC6m8&safe=active Thorough article on the Maya: http://www.livescience.com/41781­the­maya.html Geography of the region: http://www.astronomy.pomona.edu/archeo/outside/mayastuff/geographical.html Maya and their Environment article: http://voices.yahoo.com/understanding­mayan­culture­based­environment­172453.html The Maya today: http://www.history.com/topics/mexico/chiapas The Aztec Part of 500 Nations documentary, showing building of capital: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNQHJKS1ewk&safe=active Part of 500 Nations documentary discussing collapse: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNQHJKS1ewk&safe=active Engineering an Empire episode on Aztecs: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NNS8DEoLY0&safe=active Good pics with map of Tenochtitlan: http://mrmoyer.pbworks.com/w/page/21727065/Geography%20Aztec Article on new excavations: http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2010/11/greatest­aztec/draper­text Website dedicated to Aztec history! http://www.aztec­history.com/ PBS site on Aztecs, good description of origin myth: http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/spirits/html/body_aztec.html Good general history, lots of cultures and customs information, impact on today: http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/globaltrek/destinations/popups/mexico_history.htm Very thorough site about Aztecs: http://www.indians.org/welker/aztec.htm The Inca Time Life Documentary on the Inca: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJyip2Xoqco&safe=active Secret’s of the Inca, documentary: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUYmrYyGT1Y&safe=active Thorough National Geographic article on the Inca: http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2011/04/inca­empire/pringle­text Good article with cultural and religious information: http://www.livescience.com/41346­the­incas­history­of­andean­empire.html Geography of the Inca Empire: http://incas.mrdonn.org/geography.html Awesome interactive map of Incan Empire...plus other maps, including Machu Pichu: http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2011/04/inca­empire/interactive­map Quechuan language group (modern Incas): http://intercontinentalcry.org/peoples/quechua/ More on modern Quechuan speaking people:
http://www.culturalsurvival.org/publications/cultural­survival­quarterly/peru/can­quechua­survive 

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