The Huexotzinco Codex
Students will analyze a set of pictograph documents created by native peoples of Puebla, Mexico in 1531. Students will take on the role of historians, study the documents, and create a scenario to explain what these documents were for, who created them, and why. The codex was an accounting of excess taxation and students will decode the images and tabulate the quantities of goods paid to the local government.
After completing this unit students will be able to:
- Analyze primary sources.
- Practice the process of historical inquiry.
- Apply math skills to calculate pictographs.
Three class periods
Recommended Grade Level
Three Worlds Meet, Beginnings to 1620
McREL 4th Edition Standards & Benchmarks
- Uses a variety of strategies in the problem solving process
Thinking and Reasoning
- Effectively uses mental process that are based on identifying similarities and differences
- Understands and applies basic principles of hypothesis testing and scientific inquiry
- Uses viewing skills and strategies to understand and interpret visual media
- Understands the historical perspective