• Couriers in the Inca Empire: Getting Your Message Across
Inca Trail.      Focusing on the means used by the Incas to send
messages over long distances, this lesson plan illustrates one
of the many creative ways throughout history that humans have
devised to meet a universal need -- that of cross-country
communication. The lesson introduces students to the Inca
Empire, which extended from northern Ecuador to central Chile
and from the Andes to the west coast of South America between
1200 and 1535 CE.    • Aztecs Find a Home: The Eagle Has Landed
Huitzilopochtli, the Aztec God of War.      This lesson
introduces students to the Aztec Empire and people and to the
legend of their founding of Tenochtitlan, the city that later
became the capital of Mexico.    • La Familia      La Fmilia:
Homemade dolls      This lesson on Spanish language and culture
focuses on the family and keeps the lessons simple and age-
appropriate. Students will learn about Spanish families and gain
a preliminary knowledge of the