Maya Teacher Resources

Detailed information on the Maya system of writing. The article explains the history of Maya script and how it was deciphered.

A large amateur collection of pages on all the major areas of Maya life and culture.

Find out about Maya Lin, and how it came to be that she desigend the Vietnam War Memorial Wall in Washington, DC.

The transcript of a Bill Moyers interview with architect Maya Lin.

Trace the enchanting life of artist and architect, Maya Lin, who in 1983 designed the Vietnam Veterans Memorial and in the 1990s designed new monuments/memorials at various universities. Now she has her own line of furniture.

Young scholars use geophysical and geochemical data collected by the Ocean Drilling Program to examine climate in Central America during the recent past. They also have the opportunity to investigate the link between climate change and...

Use this site to learn about the Vietnam Veterans Memorial and the architect who designed it, Maya Lin.

A website from the University at Buffalo on the life and accomplishments of writer Maya Angelou, "Maya Angelou FAQ" is organized into the following sections: "a mini-biography," "a mini-bibliography," and "Maya Angelou Links."

A site focused on the dynasty of the Mayan empire. Includes some great audio and video clips.

A great site by PBS that features a biography on the artist and links to art work, videos clips and interviews. On this page there are also links to lesson plans and other artist pages.

Teach language, vocabulary and listening comprehension with Celebrity Vocab clips! [2:06]

Students are introduced to the ancient Mayan civilization through their writings. They explore a social studies focus on the destruction of many Mayan writings by the Spanish and what archaeologists have learned from the writings that...

A unit plan that uses short stories, graphic organizers, and journal writing to get students to think about conflict resolution. Uses "Abd al-Rahmen Ibrahima" by Walter Dean Myers, Maya Angelou's "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings," and...

John Montgomery's Dictionary of Maya Hieroglyphs is a unique reference to the hieroglyphic writing of the ancient Maya that presents over 1,200 hieroglyphs or glyph compounds. Each entry includes the hieroglyph, phonetic transcription,...

This personal site provides a description of the Maya and their astronomy.

This site from the Virtual Sun gives a detailed account of the geographical region once inhabited by the Maya People. It describes the landscape, climate, and altitude.

This lesson will explore the art and architecture of the Maya. It is 1 of 2 in the series titled "The Maya."

On this site, kids learn about the glossary and terms associated with the Maya civilization.

Explore how powerful city-states ruled over the lands during the Maya civilization. This website explores the government and the kings of the Maya.

A site dedicated to showing a timeline of the history of the Maya civilization including the Pre-classic, Classic, and Post-classic Periods.

Two archaeologists weigh in on what the ancient Maya actually said about 2012. Spoiler: not much.

Kids learn about the art and crafts from the Maya civilization including sculpture, carving, painting, and ceramic on this website.

On this site, students can study the daily life of people during the Maya civilization including clothing, food, housing, and entertainment.

Explore how the legendary brothers tricked the gods of the underworld in the Hero Twins from the Maya mythology.