Lesson

How to Read the Table of Contents

The table of contents is your guide to History Alive! The Ancient World. It lists all the lessons in your text, as well as additional resources, such as Investigating Primary Sources sections, maps, and diagrams.

Each unit begins with a video-based Geography Challenge. Then the Inquiry Project offers an inquiryfocused pathway through the unit.

Civilizations of the Americas

unit 13

Unit Opener

Geography Challenge 652

Inquiry Project 654

Lesson 40

The Maya 656

What led to the rise, flourishing, and fall of the

Maya civilization?

Lesson 41

The Aztecs 668

How did the Aztecs rise to power?

Investigating Primary Sources – How Did Religion Influence Aztec Culture?

Lesson 42

The Incas 680

How did the Incas manage their large and remote empire?

Exploring the Social Sciences – Walking Across Space: Incan Rope Bridges

Unit Closer

Studying Sources 696

Timeline Challenge 700

Every lesson begins with an essential question to prepare you for inquiry—asking your own questions and proposing supported answers with evidence.

Investigating Primary Sources

sections are focused inquiries where students analyze sources to develop an argument.

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At the end of each unit, explore excerpts of primary and secondary sources in Studying Sources. Then recap the unit visually with a Timeline Challenge.

Exploring Biographies, Perspectives,

Connections to Today, Literature, and the Social Sciences guide a deeper exploration of the content.

ONLINE RESOURCES AND VIDEOS www.teachtci.com Watch for this purple box throughout this book. It will guide you to additional online resources.