LESSON PLANS - LEGENDS

Popocatepetl & Iztaccíhuatl

Read all about the legend of the two volcanoes Popocatepetl and Iztaccíhuatl.

 

Popocatépetl

  • Name in Aztec means smoking mountain
  • Towers above Mexico City
  • North America's 2nd highest volcano
  • Photos of the volcano

Iztaccíhuatl

  • Volcano in the shape of a woman
  • Extinct volcano