Cortés, Hernán or Cortez, Hernando (1485-1547), Spanish explorer and conqueror of the Aztec Empire of Mexico. Cortés was born in Medellín, Extremadura. He studied law at the University of Salamanca, but cut short his university career in 1501 and decided to try his fortune in the New World. He sailed for Santo Domingo in the spring of 1504. In 1511 he joined the Spanish soldier and administrator Diego Velázquez in the conquest of …showed first 75 words of 1274 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1274 total…from him to us. For instance we can learn that ambition is not a good thing, it can be dangerous. Children can be best educated through visual presentations and acting, once they have read or heard the story of Hernando Cortes then they can appreciate and fully understand the real message behind cortes's life. Some of the activities that I would have the children do to better learn the topic are; reading books on cortes