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Fall of the Aztec and Inca Empires: Multiple Perspectives
Evaluate conflicting historical accounts regarding Spanish conquest strategies, Indigenous alliances, and the role of epidemic disease.
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Contact, Colonization, and Convergence in the Americas
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Analyze the causes, interactions, and enduring global impacts of European colonization and cultural convergence in the Western Hemisphere.
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Learning standards covered
SS.6.1.1Colorado Social Studies Standards · All agesAnalyze and interpret primary and secondary sources to ask and research historical questions about the Western Hemisphere (including North America, South America, Central America, and the islands of the Caribbean).
SS.6.1.2Colorado Social Studies Standards · All agesInvestigate the historical eras, individuals, groups, ideas, and themes within regions of the Western Hemisphere and their relationships with one another.