AP
US History
Summer
Reading Assignment
Assignment: Complete
the summer reading selection and submit a 5 paragraph essay. The essay will be
collected the first week of class.
Reading Selection:
Portilla, Miguel Leon. The Broken Spears: The Aztec Account of the
Conquest of Mexico. Boston: Beacon Press, 1992.
Please write a 5
paragraph essay in response to one of the following questions:
Essay #1
Analyze the impact of
Spanish exploration on the Aztec civilization.
Describe the Aztec culture prior to the arrival of Hernan Cortes and
explain how Motecuhzoma and the Aztec community changed as a result of
conflicts with the Spanish.
Essay #2
How does the Aztecs’
account of Cortes and the Spaniards’ settlement and conquest contrast with
traditional textbook interpretations of European exploration of the Americas?
Your essay should also address the following:
According to the
Aztecs, what factors led to victory of the Spanish Conquistadores? What role
did religion play in terms of the Aztecs’ reaction to Cortes?
Please email any
questions/comments to Ms. Madhi anmadhi@philasd.org
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