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The Aztec Empire

Your essay should be no less than 5 double-spaced typed pages in 12-point Times New Roman font with 1-inch margins on all sides. It can be longer, however, Title, Bibliography, and Works Cited pages are not part of the required page count.
The formatting of the essay and all citations need to follow Chicago Manual of Style format.

Once you have analyzed the primary source by answering the questions, compose your essay using the information and insights from your analysis that you recorded in your notes. Your task in this essay is to summarize and interpret the primary source. Your task is not to argue with or endorse its ideas. Try to maintain an impartial tone. To complete the assignment successfully you need to read the source carefully and analyze its contents. We will practice these analytical skills in the discussion boards and here are some steps to follow as you put your ideas into writing this essay.
Start your essay with your overall impression of the primary sources. Tell the reader what kind of sources they are (images, legal codes, literary texts, travelogues, memoirs, architecture, etc.). Express in your best possible prose the stated or implied main point of each source and try to surmise from clues in the text (tone, topics, values, etc.) the sources’ purpose. Finish your introduction with your thesis statement which should be your answer to prompt 8. Engage the reader’s interest by using active verbs and active voice.
Next, provide a historical context for the documents. In what kind of society did the primary sources’ creators live? What were the dominant cultural assumptions of the period? How might the sources’ creators fit into this larger background? Do not limit yourself to these questions. Your goal is to present an accurate and concise two- to three-paragraph sketch that places the primary source in its historical context and gives an appropriate factual and thematic background to the specific points you will discuss in the next part of the essay. To provide this context, please consult the course textbook and supplemental web materials that accompany the primary sources in the course.
The next section of the essay should state what you take to be the tone of the primary source, the key issues the source raises, and the information it provides. Be sure to give examples to support your claims about tone and issues. Summarize the source’s main points in detail as you relate them to those issues. Express your ideas as clearly and forcefully as possible and be sure that similar ideas are grouped together around a central issue for each paragraph. Each paragraph must develop one, and only one, identifiable idea. Make sure that your ideas flow easily from one paragraph to another by means of clear transitions.
After summarizing the primary source it is now time to analyze the values and assumptions it contains. This part of the essay calls for you to make some inferences from the source since values and assumptions are more often hidden and implicit rather than open and explicit. They are the unspoken foundations on which a source rests and they often give it its meaning. Be sure to present those pieces of evidence upon which you make your assessment.
In the conclusion, summarize your main points, discuss the significance of the primary source, and leave the reader with an idea to ponder. Your conclusion should pull your ideas together and flow naturally from the body of the essay.
Remember, always keep the coherence of your essay in mind. Every statement should have a clear relationship to what came before it and what comes after it. Proofread carefully for spelling and grammatical errors and try to leave the reader with a striking final image or impression.

***PRIMARY SOURCES THAT MUST BE USED FOR THIS ESAY***
(NO OUTSIDE SOURCES WILL BE ALLOWED)
-MUST USE Primary Sources:
Website: The Memoirs of the Conquistador Bernal Díaz del Castillo, excerpts – http://faculty.tnstate.edu/tcorse/h1220revised/memoirs_of_the_bdiaz.html
Website: Hernan Cortés: from Second Letter to Charles V, 1520 – http://sourcebooks.fordham.edu/Halsall/mod/1520cortes.asp
Website: Moctezuma’s Greeting to Hernan Cortes (from Cortés’ letter to the King of Spain) -http://web.archive.org/web/20000301012519/http://www.humanities.ccny.cuny.edu/history/reader/cortez.htm
Website: Aztec Account of the Conquest of Mexico – https://www.csus.edu/indiv/o/obriene/art111/readings/AztecAccountOfTheConquestOfMexico.htm

***HELPFUL READING****
Kevin Reilly, The Human Journey, Chapter 6
Website: The Aztec Empire – http://www.aztec-history.com/aztec-empire.html
Website: Ancient Aztec Government – http://www.aztec-history.com/ancient-aztec-government.html
Website: Aztec Culture – http://www.aztec-history.com/aztec-culture.html
Website: Aztec Social Classes – http://www.mexicolore.co.uk/aztecs/you-contribute/aztec-social-classes
Website: The Fall of the Aztec Empire – http://www.aztec-history.com/fall-of-the-aztec-empire.html

 
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