This page provides useful links to lesson plans and resources on the Aztecs that are freely available on the web; it also points to relevant resource packs in our Reserve Collection.
At the centre of the Mexican flag is a golden eagle eating a snake. According to legend, when the Mexica (Aztecs of the Valley of Mexico) were looking for a place to settle having been forced out of Chapultepec, their god Huitzilopochtli appeared and showed their leaders a place in Lake Texcoco where an eagle was eating a snake atop a cactus. They founded their capital there in the lake and called it Tenochtitlán. The ruins of Tenochtitlán are under present day Mexico.
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Resource packs contain loose-leaf, photocopiable resources to support teaching. The following resource pack is relevant to the Aztecs and is held in the Reserve Collection (on the first floor), available for 3 hour loan:
