7th+Grade+Empathy+Project-Conquistadores

= Lesson 1 =

Task 1
1. Choose one of the personalities listed below to focus on and try to work out what their experiences were and how they might have felt having lived through the experiences they did. Francisco Pizarro Francisco de Orellana Alvar Nuñez Cabeza de Vaca Ponce de Leon Pedro de Alvarado Christobal de Olid Hernandez de Cordoba || King Phillip lll of Spain Incan person Aztecs person Mayas person Incan Ruler: Atahualpa Aztec Ruler: Montezuma Mayan Ruler: Tecún Umán Pipiles: Atlacatl ||
 * **Conquistadores** || **Others** ||
 * Hernan Cortez

Task 2
2. Create a group document in Google Drive, record the names of your group members and put the names of the person they have chosen to represent beside each one.

Task 3
3. Copy the questions below beneath each one and try to answer the questions throughout your research over the next 3 lessons.

***When doing your research, remember to consider how the conquest of the Aztec, Inca and Mayan people affected their societies.
 * ** Who is the person you have chosen? **
 * ** What do we know about their background (social, religious, economic, labour/job/position)? **
 * ** What was this person's stake in the conquest? (What did they gain or lose? How did it affect them?) **
 * ** How might this person feel about what happened if they could speak to us today? **
 * ** Prepare a message that you think the person you have chosen would like the world to know about their experiences? **

=Yolink=

You might want to use the Yolink extension in Chrome to speed up your searching.

Take a look at the video below to see how it works. media type="youtube" key="HF8wLXuo3lQ" height="315" width="560"

=Lessons 1 and 2=

Diigo
You will be working in Diigo for the next two lessons.

For the **first lesson** please follow the Diigo Online Lesson tutorial, create your account, ensure you have the extension installed in Chrome, join the correct research group, and begin bookmarking the web resources you plan on using.

Use the questions from **Lesson 1** to guide your search and note taking.

During the **second lesson** you will use Diigo sticky notes, the highlighter and comments to record the most important ideas which you can use to put your talk together. Please remember to include pictures as well as text.

Again use the questions from Lesson 1 to guide your search and note taking.

You will need to add notes that contain only the most important pieces of information. The notes should be added as comments or sticky notes to your diigo bookmarked pages. EACH member of the group is responsible for their own notes. This Will Be Homework if not finished in class time.

=**Lessons 3-4**=

Voicethread
During these last two lessons you will work on your group Voicethreads. An account has been made for each group.

ABCICT1,ABCICT2,ABCICT3, ABCICT4, ABCICT5, ABCICT6, ABCICT7, ABCICT8. ABCICT9, ABCICT10...ABCICT20

Your teacher can give you the password for the account.
 * 7A** ABCICT1, ABCICT19,ABCICT3, ABCICT4, ABCICT5
 * 7B** ABCICT5,ABCICT6, ABCICT7, ABCICT8,ABCICT9,
 * 7C** ABCICT9, ABCICT10,ABCICT11, ABCICT12, ABCICT13
 * 7D** ABCICT13, ABCICT14, ABCICT15,ABCICT16, ABCICT17
 * 7E** ABCICT16, ABCICT17, ABCICT18, ABCICTY19, ABCICT20

=Uploading Images= Next you will need to search out and upload 1 pictures which will be the focus of your discussion.

**BE SURE TO USE A GOOGLE ADVANCED SEARCH or the [|LRC Stock Photo collections], or Flickr CC, FOR COPYRIGHT FRIENDLY PICTURES!**

**You can use Voicethread.comor the Voicethread app on the Voicethread App on the iPad. How to Use the Voicethread App**


 * [[image:abcict/Picture_3.png caption="Picture_3.png"]] ||



Add a title and a link to your image, so that viewers know where you got the image from.

=Adding Group Members= Once you have added your image you will need to invite your group members to edit, so that they can do the same.

and or

Another way to share in the members of your group are to create different identities for each person. Do so by following the steps below.

Click on the identity icon and select create another identity. Choose Add an Identity. Name the identity and select an image for it. Then click save.

__** Make sure to share you teacher in to your project by sending her/him the url. **__
=Comments=



Once everyone has added their voices, you will be able to embed these presentations into your digital portfolios and send others the link, so that they can view them