Today’s Walking Classroom podcast talks about the Inca, who lived along the west coast and the Andes region of South America. The students discuss the rise of the Incan civilization in the mid 1400s and the advanced systems of farming and road building that allowed them to grow food in places where others had failed. The Inca were also known as powerful warriors, but the civilization was wiped out by the smallpox disease.
Character Value: Creativity and intelligence
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Common Core
L–Language | SL–Speaking and Listening | RI–Reading: Informational | RL–Reading: Literature | W–Writing | RH–6-8 Literacy in History/Social Studies | RST–6-8 Literacy in Science & Technical Subjects Elementary School:RI.3.1, RI.3.2, RI.3.3, SL.3.1, SL.3.4
RI.4.1, RI.4.2, RI.4.3, SL.4.1, SL.4.4
RI.5.1, RI.5.2, RI.5.3, SL.5.1, SL.5.4
Middle School:
RI.6.1, RI.6.2, RI.6.3, SL.6.1, SL.6.4
RI.7.1, RI.7.2, RI.7.3, SL.7.1, SL.7.4
RI.8.1, RI.8.2, RI.8.3, SL.8.1, SL.8.4
RH.6-8.4
Supplemental Resource Links and Downloads
Quiz: (Make sure you're already logged into your Gmail account, then click to copy this Google form to your Google Drive. Quiz keys are here.)
The Inca Google Quiz
Slide Deck:
The Inca Slide Deck
Features a clip of a traditional Peruvian dance that combines Incan and Spanish music, dress, and dance style.
Introduces Incan architecture and culture.
Go on a virtual tour of Machu Picchu.
Make and trade recipes involving potatoes, a staple of the Incan diet, in this Kids Discover activity.
Search for terms relating to the Inca.
Make an Incan quipu and explore the Incan math system in this Kids Discover activity.
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