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UniversityofAlbertaLibrary ASSIGNMENT BOOKLET6A liiiiiiiiliiiiiiiiiiii Social Studies 8 0 1620 3534650 9 Module6: Section 1 Assignment Home Instructor'sandStudent'sComments: FORSCHOOL USE ONLY AssignedTeacher: STUDENT FILE NUMBER (iflabel ismissing orincorrect) DateAssignment Received: DateSubmitted: a <Q. Grading: Teacher'sComments Teacher'sSignature HomeInstructor:Keepthissheetwhenitisreturnedtoyouasarecordofthestudent'sprogress. INSTRUCTIONS FOR SUBMITTING THIS DISTRIBUTED LEARNING ASSIGNMENT BOOKLET Whenyouareregisteredfordistributedlearningcourses,youareexpectedtoregularlysubmitcompleted assignmentsforcorrection. TrytosubmiteachAssignmentBookletassoonasyoucompleteit. Donotsubmit morethanoneAssignmentBookletinonesubjectatthesametime. BeforesubmittingyourAssignmentBooklet, pleasecheckthefollowing: • Arealltheassignmentscompleted?Ifnot,explainwhy. • Hasyourworkbeenrereadtoensureaccuracyinspellinganddetails? • Isthebookletcoverfilledoutandthecorrectmodulelabelattached? MAILING 1. 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SOCIAL STUDIES 8 FOR TEACHER'S USE ONLY Summary Teacher's Comments Total Your Possible Mark Marks Section 1 80 Assignment 80 Social Studies8 Module6:TheAztecsandtheSpanish inConflict Assignment Booklet6A Section 1 Assignment ISBN 978-0-7741-2992-3 AlbertaEducationacknowledgeswithappreciation CoverArt: top Photodisc/Getty Images theAlbertaDistanceLearningCentreandPembina middle©JoseLuisTrebolle/iStockphoto HillsRegionalDivisionNo.7fortheirreviewofthis bottom©Dainis Derics/shutterstock AssignmentBooklet. 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Readallpartsofyourassignmentcarefullyandrecordyouranswersintheappropriate places. Ifyouhavedifficultywithanassignment,gobacktoyourStudentModule Booklet andreviewtheappropriatelesson. Besuretoproofreadyouranswerscarefullybefore submittingyourAssignmentBooklet. Youcanuseacomputerandword-processingapplicationformanyassignmentquestions. — Ifyouuseacomputer,besuretoattachaprintedcopyofyouranswers afteryou've proofreadthem. Includeyourname,thecoursename,themodulenumber, andthe assignmentnumberoneachpage. Section 1 Assignment: The Conquest 1- a. Youhaveorganizedinformationinmanydifferentwaysthroughoutthiscourse. ^j2) Detailsaboutworldviewwerepresentedin differentways.Theywere organized aroundworldviewfactorsandelementsand aspectsofworldview. Inthislesson you summarized information aboutAztecand Spanish societies, possiblyusing Venn diagramsandchartslikethe one onpage296ofOur Worldviews.Youmay evenhavecomeupwithyourown design. Inthisassignment,youwillorganizeinformationabouttheworldviewsofthe AztecsandSpanishinanewchartwith differentheadings. Some oftheheadingsare definedonthefollowingpage: Social Studies 8: Module 6 Assignment Booklet 6A • Beliefsareviewsandunderstandingsabouttheworld/universe, existence, andthewaysthingsareand shouldbe. — -Nature oftheuniverse yourbeliefsaboutmeaningand existence;the world isagood orbadplace, and so on — -Place in theworld yourrole in theuniverse; howto actandreactin society; purposeandfocusinlife •Valuesarethingsthatareheld asbeingimportant. CompletethefollowingchartwiththekeyideasaboutAztec and Spanish society andtheirworldview. ilQlijpMMMfr Aztec Spanish Beliefs Nature ofthe universe • • Place in the world • • Spiritual and religious beliefs Values Purpose and value of life Human relationships Relationships of people with nature Personal character Social Studies 8: Module 6 3 Assignment Booklet 6A © b. Whichaspectofworldviewfromthepreviouschartdoyou think isthe onethat willbestpredictwhatwillhappenwhenthetwo societies meet? Explainyour choice. Usingthatidea,whatdoyou predictwillhappen when theymeet? 2. a. YouhavelearnedalotabouttheAztecand Spanish cultures. Each societyhad — acertainwayoflife ofdoingthings.Think ofoneexample oreventfrom each culturethatismemorableforyou.Whatisyourreactionto thatwayoflife? How doesyourreactionreflectyourworldview? Aztecexample: Reaction: Worldview: Spanishexample: Reaction: Worldview: Social Studies 8: Module 6 4 Assignment Booklet 6A b. Howdoyou reactwhenyou encountersomeonewithadifferentworldviewand — wayofHfe differentbeliefsandvalues?Areyou ableto acceptthe differences amongthepeoplesoftheworld? Explainyourresponse. WhenyouVe completed questions 1 and 2, continuewhereyou left offon page 18 in the StudentModule Booklet. 3. InyourStudentModuleBookletyoureadthe discussion amongthe students.The discussion detailedtheworldviews, events, and peopleinvolved and reflectedthe students' opinionsastowhatmostaffected the outcome ofthe conquest.The students thencreated apiegraphto recordwhatpercentageeach ofthetopfourevents affectedthe outcome. Lookbackatallthefactorsthataffectedthe outcome oftheSpanish conquestofthe Aztecs. Choosewhatyoufeelarethetopfivefactorsthataffected the outcome. a. Inthe chartonthefollowingpage,listthetopfivefactorsyouhavechosen. Explainhoweachfactoraffectedthe outcome. Inthelastcolumn, indicatehow importantyoufeeleach ofthefivefactorswasin determiningthe outcomeby assigningapercentageto each. DonotusethefactorsgivenintheStudent ModuleBooklet.Thefivepercentagesmustaddupto 100%. Social Studies 8: Module 6 5 Assignment Booklet 6A ? \ Importance to Outcome [%] Social Studies 8: IVIodule 6 6 Assignment Booklet 6A b. Createapiegraphthatshowsthefivefactorsyoufeelmostaffectedthe outcome oftheSpanishconquestoftheAztecs.To constructthepiegraph,use acompass and aprotractor, acomputerspreadsheetprogram, orthe KidzZonewebsite provided inyourStudentModule Booklet. Be suretolabelyourgraph. Drawthepiechartinthe spacebelow, orprintacopyofyourpie chartspreadsheet and attachittothispage.