Resources

• http://www.pbs.org/conquistadors/cortes/cortes_flat.html A great site that retraces the fall of the Aztec empire.

• http://phs.dist214.k12.il.us/~russell/cortes.htm Comprehension and research questions published on the web by Mr. Russell from Prospect high school.

• http://www.pbs.org/opb/conquistadors/home.htm This is the website corresponding to the four-part movie series that British historian Michael Wood developed. The Conquistadors aired on both PBS and the BBC. It covers the New World victories and discoveries of Cabeza de Vaca, Orellana, Cortés, and Pizarro.

• http://www.nativeweb.org/pages/pyramids/maps.html This site contains information related to the Aztec and Mayan empires/pyramids and an overview of these civilizations. You can also view a current map of Mexico, a map of the Yucatan Peninsula with pyramid notations and a map of Mexico before 1519.