Students will analyze historical texts and maps to explore the dynamics between Montezuma and Cortez, investigating multiple perspectives and cultural contexts surrounding their interactions to uncover themes of cultural exchange and conflict.

Students will collaborate in small groups to synthesize their research on Montezuma and Cortez into a problem statement that encapsulates the cultural exchanges and conflicts, using maps and timelines to illustrate historical perspectives and spatial patterns.

Students will brainstorm and explore multiple viewpoints and scenarios that analyze the interactions between Montezuma and Cortez, focusing on cultural exchanges and conflict, with the aim of generating creative ideas about how these historical events can be represented through various formats, such as sketches, written narratives, or storyboards.

Students will collaboratively develop prototypes of historical artifacts and narratives to illustrate the cultural exchange and conflict between Montezuma and Cortez, using evidence-based research to explore multiple perspectives and geographic influences.

Students will analyze historical interactions between Montezuma and Cortez, then collaboratively present their findings on cultural exchange themes and conflicts, using visual aids or models, including maps illustrating human movement and spatial patterns, followed by a class discussion to evaluate insights gathered.