Medieval and Early Modern History for Ages 11 to 15 Course

What you will learn in 2 lessons

1. 1

   Maya, Aztec and Inca

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   The learner describes the Maya, Aztec and Inca states and the diversity of other Indigenous peoples of the Americas, including those of present-day Brazil, and their achievements.

   6 learning goals

   What you will learn

   1. 1.Place the peoples of the Americas in space and time
   2. 2.Describe the Maya city-states and what they achieved
   3. 3.Explain how the Aztec empire rose and worked
   4. 4.Explain how the Inca built and ran an empire in the Andes
   5. 5.Describe the diversity of other Indigenous peoples of the Americas
   6. 6.Use evidence to compare and judge these societies
2. 2

   Atlantic Slave Trade and Abolition

   The learner explains how the transatlantic slave trade worked, the lives and resistance of enslaved people in the Americas, and how abolition movements ended the trade and slavery.

   6 learning goals

   What you will learn

   1. 1.Explain how and why the Atlantic slave trade began
   2. 2.Explain how the transatlantic slave trade worked
   3. 3.Describe plantation slavery and the lives of enslaved people
   4. 4.Explain how enslaved people resisted slavery
   5. 5.Explain how abolition movements ended the trade and slavery
   6. 6.Explain the legacies of the slave trade and slavery today