Transcript Mexica Expectations of Boys and Girls – pg. 545

Mexica Expectations of Boys and Girls – pg. 545
• 1. What does the passage show you about Aztec
attitudes toward warfare? How was it a “duty”?
• 2. According to the passage, what were the specific
roles/responsibilities for upper-class Aztec women?
How is this reflected through the birth ceremonies
performed by midwives?
• 3. How did the gender roles/expectations of the
Aztecs compare with the other settled agricultural
societies of the time – such as China, India, the
Islamic World, and Europe?
• 4. How would you analyze bias / P.O.V. in the
passage?