Ms. Diane Nicoll 7th Grade History Unit 5: Lesson 5 

Name: Jocelyn

Date: 3/5/18

Class: 7th Grade - Medieval World History

 
Slides and Notes 
Slide Student Notes

Title  ☆ MesoAmerican Architecture ☆

Describe the Mesoamerican achievements in
Goal 
mathematics and architecture.

What can the study of a culture’s architecture tell you

about that society?
● The resources that they had
Critical Thinking 
● What they believed in
Question Answer:  
● About their culture
● About their religion
● About daily life

The Mayas  
● Educators, philosophers, and artists
● Medicine, science, and engineering
● Monumental architecture, temples and
Same  observatories
● Advanced calendars based on astronomy
● Sun, moon, stars, and planets - Solstices and
equinox

● Pyramids with temples on top section

Pyramid  ● Temples were cirt centers and tallest
● “Pure” step pyramids

● Calendar representations (365 steps)

Calendar  ● Most complex calendar - Twin calendars that
rotated every 52 years

Famous Building  ● Chichen Itza’s (City) El Castillo (Name)

 
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Ms. Diane Nicoll 7th Grade History Unit 5: Lesson 5 

The Aztecs  
● Educators, philosophers, and artists
● Medicine, science, and engineering
● Monumental architecture, temples and
Same  observatories
● Advanced calendars based on astronomy
● Sun, moon, stars, and planets - Solstices and
equinox

● Standardized Education
● Noble children could stay in school after the age
of 13 or 14
Education 
● School​ options: military, astronomy,
philosophy, statesmanship, medicine, and
engineering

● Twin pyramis = two temples on top and two

Twin Pyramids  ramps. (Was and rain.)
● Complex calendar

Famous Building  ● Tenochtitlan’s (City) Temple Mayor (Name)

The Incas  
● Educators, philosophers, and artists
● Medicine, science, and engineering
● Monumental architecture, temples and
Same  observatories
● Advanced calendars based on astronomy
● Sun, moon, stars, and planets - Solstices and
equinox

● Different ​architecture​ - Sides of high mountain

peaks.
Walls 
● Retaining walls +flat platforms of raised earth.
● Perfect cutting - stones no room to budge.

● Calendar of 12 months - adjusted every winter

Calendar  (no leap year)
● Linked walls with gold in Temple of the Sun

Famous Building  ● Machu Picchu’s (City) Temple of the Sun (Name)

 
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Ms. Diane Nicoll 7th Grade History Unit 5: Lesson 5 

Video 

A lot of their architecture and religion is based off of

Video ​LINK​ - Watch 
the sun, moon, stars, and planets. They all adapted
and take the quiz. 
their architecture based on where they lived. They
Then, write a 5-7 
were all very intelligent in mathematics. They all had
sentence summary 
advanced callenders. There are both similarities and
in the box provided. 
differences between their religions.
 

 
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