lunes, 19 de abril

We covered MUCHO today! We then end of Don Quijote, we are started our final unit in Spanish entitled Celebrations in the Spanish-speaking world. With CRCT and the DC trip, we will be getting into a Quinceañera unit in May along with stem-changing verbs. This week; however, we will do a short unit on Aztec Mythology and Folklore and next week we will do another lesson from ¡Viva la Causa! on immigration (both related to my background in Chicano Studies).

For those who need a review from today here is a breakdown of some of the gods and important figures:

Huitzilopochtli - warrior sun god, hummingbird good, required sacrifices to help him win in battle

Quetzalcoatl - creator of humans, represented by the feathered serpent

Tláloc - rain god (has goggles), child sacrifices were performed in his name as the tears would bring rain

La Virgen de Guadalupe - dark-skinned, Nahuatl-speaking apparition of the Virgin Mary who came to Juan Diego, and old Aztec man bringing together the Aztec religion with the Catholic religion of the conquering

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Tenochititlan - Aztec city what is now Mexico City

Aztlán - homeland of the Mexica, who immigrated to what is now Mexico City to form the Aztec Empire

Also, here is the Aztec Timeline as well as the story of Popo & Izta.

Please remember, we have quiz on this information on Tuesday, April 27 (spelling will not be important!)

I also shared pictures from my trip to Mexico City of the Basilica of the Virgin de Guadalupe, Tenochitilan, and Teotihuacan.