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Students use a variety of maps and documents to identify physical and cultural features of neighborhoods, cities, states, and countries and to explain the historical migration of people, expansion and disintegration of empires, and the growth of economic systems.
Standard ID: 
631431132
Level: 
EXPECTATION / SUBSTRAND
Year adopted: 
1998
State / Organization: 
California Standards
Grade: 
6
Subject: 
Social Studies
Label: 
6-8.CST.3.

From books and research, young people read about the Aztec Empire practice of human sacrifice, which was seen as a gift to help the community. Discuss the concept of sacrifice for the common good and debate individual rights and community responsibility when taking action for the common good.