Today's Study is on Cortez. Talk about his conquest of Mexico and further exploration. You can use the book “Exploration of the California Coast” by Clarissa Aykroyd for part of this. Our library has a book called "Cortez and the conquest of Mexico by the Spaniards in 1521" by Bernal Diaz del Castillo. It is an abridged version of an eyewitness account. The book is in the Children's section, so I imagine it is a pretty easy read. I haven't actually looked at it though. Check out your local library and see what you can find. I used our regular 4th grade text book and just read through the one chapter. Not too deep but it gave us the basic idea. Using CAVA's curriculum for the past 5 years, we studied Cortez last year so my son already had an idea about his transactions with the natives in Mexico and the bloodbath that followed. We didn't really go into that here, we talked more about his exploration and the Spanish Galleons.
Activities:
Don't forget your timeline! Let's take the time to mark important dates.
Activities:
Don't forget your timeline! Let's take the time to mark important dates.
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