First graders become familiar with Mayan culture, Aztec civilization and the Inca Empire.

Students compare basketball to Mayan ring-ball. They write a newspaper article that may have been published during Mayan times.

Young scholars research the Mayan number and calendar system. They translate a variety of math problems from base-10 Arabic numbers into a base-20 Mayan representation. They discuss current challenges faced by the people in today's...