Unit 2

Worldviews in Conflict

Unit 2 Final Assessment

What Happened? 

You will submit this assessment to your teacher who will use it to assess how well you have learned the Big Ideas in Unit 2.

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In the years following the Spanish conquest, Mexico experienced many changes. Because of the culture clash, each group re-thought about how they saw the world.

How was modern Mexico developed by the Indigenous peoples and the Spanish conquistadors? We know the descendants of the Spanish and the Aztecs and other Indigenous groups worked together to gain independence from Spain. How did all these people change their views so that they could work together?

Did the Spanish begin to think more like the Aztecs about some things? Did the Aztecs begin to think like the Spanish about some things? Did the Mestizo descendants of both cultures develop a new worldview?

In this two-part assessment, you will first complete a Prove Your Point Chart to help you plan your ideas. You will then write the composition. Your planning chart and composition will be submitted.

Use the Prove Your Point Chart to plan your ideas. Follow the steps below to complete the chart.

1. Download the document, Prove Your Point Chart.
   Please save your work to a file on your desktop so you will have a copy to refer back to.


2. Click on one of the links provided to download the document.
   
• You will then be able to view the Prove Your Point Chart worksheet.
  


3. State your opinion:
   
• Did the Aztecs change their views the most?
  
• Did the Spanish change their views the most?
  
• Was it a combination of both plus the input of the Mestizos?
  


4. State your reasons:
   
• State your reasons for your opinion in the reason boxes in the chart.


5. Consider some counterarguments (opinions other people might have):
   
• What might other people say that is different from what you think?
  
• Write what you think the opinions of others might be in “Some people might say…” and “ Others might say…” areas in the chart.
  


6. How would you respond to the counterarguments?
   
• Write your responses to their opinions in the “But I say…” and “However…” areas in the chart.
• This is where you provide evidence to support your position.
  


7. Write your conclusion:
   
• Write you concluding statement in the final box of the chart.
  
• Your conclusion will explain your position more clearly than the statement in the first box.


8. Write the composition based on the ideas you have included in your planning chart.
   
   Your composition will have an introductory paragraph, three body paragraphs, and a concluding paragraph.
   
   
9. Submit your completed planning chart and composition on the next page.