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You Visit: Machu Picchu

For Students 9th - 10th
Experience Machu Picchu in virtual reality.
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Handout
University of North Carolina

University of North Carolina: A Small Dictionary of Pagan Gods and Goddesses

For Students 9th - 10th
This site gives an alphabetical listing of all the gods and goddesses worshiped by cultures of ancient South America. The gods that belonged to the Incas have Inca in brackets after the name. A short description of each god or goddess is...
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Primary
Other

Cultures of the Andes: Poems

For Students 9th - 10th
Gives poems in the Quechua language of the Incas - some with English translations.
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Handout
Walled Lake Consolidated Schools

Loon Lake Elementary School: Hernando De Soto

For Students 3rd - 5th
A biography of Hernando De Soto (1500?-1542), a Spanish explorer who led the first European expedition to reach the Mississippi River. His group arrived at the river in 1541 during a search for gold. De Soto also took part in the Spanish...
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Activity
Study Languages

Study Spanish: Machu Picchu

For Students 9th - 10th
This site has a explanation in Spanish and English with a few comprehension questions about Machu Picchu. Additional links are provided for more information on this architectural marvel. Great reading selection for beginning and...
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Website
Other

Language Crossing: History of Peru

For Students 9th - 10th
Offers a brief summary of the history of Peru starting with the Pre-Conquest, going through the Spanish Conquest and Independence and ending with modern times.
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Activity
Study Languages

Study Spanish: Cuzco

For Students 9th - 10th
This site has an explanation in Spanish and English with a few comprehension questions about Cuzco. Great reading selection for beginning and intermediate Spanish students.
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Activity
Study Languages

Study Spanish: La Llama

For Students 9th - 10th
This site has an explanation in Spanish and English with a few comprehension questions about the llama in the Andes area of South America. Additional links are provided for more information on this unique animal. Great reading selection...
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Handout
Enchanted Learning

Enchanted Learning: Francisco Pizarro: Explorer

For Students 3rd - 5th
A short biography of Francisco Pizarro.
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Graphic
Other

Machu Picchu

For Students 9th - 10th
Features some personal photos taken on a trip to Machu Picchu.
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Website
Walled Lake Consolidated Schools

Loon Lake Elementary School: Francisco Pizarro

For Students 9th - 10th
A biography of Francisco Pizarro which highlights his conquering of Peru and discovery of the Incan empire.
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Website
Other

Language Crossing: History of Ecuador

For Students 9th - 10th
Offers a brief summary of the history of Ecuador starting with the Pre-Conquest, going through the Spanish Conquest,Independence and Gran Columbia and ending with modern times.
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Activity
Study Languages

Study Spanish: Los Conquistadores

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource on Spanish conquistadors focuses on Cortes, Alvarado and Pizarro. Additional links are provided for more information on this topic. Great reading selection for beginning and intermediate Spanish students.
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Handout
Oswego City School District

Regents Exam Prep Center: Mesoamerica

For Students 9th - 10th
Discussion of the farming styles of various Mesoamerican Indians, at the bottom of the page is a discussion of the Incan terrace farming system.
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Article
Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies

Mocomi: Machu Picchu Facts and History

For Students 2nd - 8th
Explores the history of Machu Picchu and other interesting facts.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Atahualpa

For Students 9th - 10th
Atahualpa was the last of the Incas rulers. When the Spanish under Pizarro defeated the Incas, they captured Atahualpa. Even though he paid gold and professed Christianity, he was executed by strangling in 1533.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Manco Capac

For Students 9th - 10th
An Inca Manco Capac, the first king of the Kingdom of Cuzco, according to Inca mythology.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Science Kids: Science Images: Machu Picchu, Peru

For Students 9th - 10th
Machu Picchu is a famous Inca site found deep in the mountains of Peru. Sometimes known as 'The Lost City of the Incas', it was largely unknown by the outside world until it was brought to international attention in 1911 by Hiram...
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Graphic
Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Temple of the Sun, 1534

For Students 9th - 10th
A plan of the Inca Temple of the Sun in Cuzco, Peru. "The modern structure of the convent of Santo Domingo, built in 1534, is at A, which contains in its construction some remains of the walls of the older edifice. B is a cloister. C, an...
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Graphic
Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Early Spanish Map of Peru, 1774

For Students 9th - 10th
A facsimile of an early Spanish map of Peru and northwest South America, from the Paris (1774) edition of Zarate. The map is in French, and the map coverage extends from Panama to the Paria River delta (Orinoco) of Venezuela in the north...
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Graphic
Curated OER

Unesco: Peru: Rio Abiseo National Park

For Students 9th - 10th
The park was created in 1983 to protect the fauna and flora of the rainforests that are characteristic of this region of the Andes. There is a high level of endemism among the fauna and flora found in the park. The yellow-tailed woolly...
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Graphic
Curated OER

Prehistory of the Andean Peoples (1998)

For Students 9th - 10th
Extensive coverage of South America prehistory. Site and links include enormous photo gallery, essays, and bibliographies for topics such as Chavin, Moche, and Inca cultures, cultural monuments, and migration theories.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Prehistory of the Andean Peoples (1998)

For Students 9th - 10th
Extensive coverage of South America prehistory. Site and links include enormous photo gallery, essays, and bibliographies for topics such as Chavin, Moche, and Inca cultures, cultural monuments, and migration theories.