Curated OER
Self-Portrait Unit - Lesson #1
Fourth graders create self-portraits using artistic elements found in Hispanic culture and, specifically, the art of Frida Kahlo. The lesson can be adapted for any culture/country and requires an outside person with cultural knowledge.
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Anasazi/Mesoamerican/Andean: Time and Cultural Passages
Seventh graders role play the position of someone in one of six different civilization groups. They research the group's development, advancement and fall of their civilization. They create a presentation to share the information with...
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Let's Go Maya!
Students make an ancient Maya travel guide. In this ancient Maya lesson, students use knowledge from previous lessons to design a travel guide. They include important information for a traveler who wants to visit an ancient Maya city....
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CONCEPTS IN NUMBER THEORY.
Young scholars study the Maya culture and their achievements in mathematics, how bacteria grow exponentially, use rational numbers to convert back and forth between Celsius and degrees Fahrenheit, how some architectural designs are...
Curated OER
Egyptian Inspiration Web
Students conduct Internet research to discover information about scientific, technological, cultural and intellectual achievements in Egypt, along with Egyptian family life. Students create Inspiration webs of their findings.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Writings of the Ancient Maya
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...
Read Works
Read Works: Aztecs, Incas, and Mayas the Mayans
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the Mayan civilization. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Other
Mesoweb: The Temple of the Inscriptions Tablets
Wonderful PDF files of various tablets found at the Temple of the Inscriptions in the ancient Maya city-state of Palenque.
Foundation for the Advancement of Mesoamerican Studies
Famsi: Chichen Itza:the Palace of the Sculptured Columns (1996)
Color images of the Palace of Sculptured Columns at Chichen Itza and the Osario (High Priest's Grave).
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Collapse: Why Do Civilizations Fall?
Why did great civilizations fall? War, disease, overpopulation or natural disasters? Interactive content and activities allow you, by sifting through archaeological evidence, to investigate the collapse of the Mayan civilization, the...
Read Works
Read Works: Aztecs, Incas, and Mayans the Land of the Four Quarters
[Free Registration/Login Required] This nonfiction passage describes the Inca Empire and shares a theory about how the civilization disappeared. This passage reinforces essential reading comprehension skills. Opportunities for vocabulary...
Science Museum of Minnesota
Science Museum of Mn: The Puuc Hills: Uxmal
Numerous photographs of the ancient Mayan city of Uxmal.
Other
Jerry Amernic: Pyramids of the Feathered Serpent
The author gives a very detailed and interesting description of the Mayan city of Chichen Itza in the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico. He emphasizes the extremes of Mayan culture, from their advanced knowledge of astronomy and mathematics to...
Soft Schools
Soft Schools: The Classes of the Maya Quiz
Take this interactive, multiple choice quiz over the Mayan social classes, and then check your answers for review after answering the questions.
Read Works
Read Works: Aztecs, Incas, and Mayans Tenochtitlan
[Free Registration/Login Required] This nonfiction passage shares the legend of the creation of the Mayan city of Tenochtitlan. This passage reinforces essential reading comprehension skills. Opportunities for vocabulary acquisition are...
Foundation for the Advancement of Mesoamerican Studies
Famsi: Salvage of Hieroglyphic Stairway in Dos Pilas (2002)
Comprehensive discussion of what the discovery of stairway steps adds to history of the site and the culture. Writings on steps give new insights to Myan politics, trade, war, and the collapse of the civilization.
Archaeological Institute of America
Archaeology: Diving With the Dead
Follow a team of divers as they explore the famous cenotes of the Yucatan peninsula. These cenotes hold secrets of Mayan culture still waiting to be told.
Science Museum of Minnesota
The Temples of Tikal
This site provides various pictures of the numerous temples in the Mayan city of Tikal.
Other
Mc Clung Museum: Maya: Portraits of a People
Gives a short but concise summary of the Mayan civilization along with a timeline and pictures. Can serve as a good introduction to the Mayans. Map of the region is also available.
Other
Houghton Mifflin: Mayan Mathematics
This site explains the mathematical system of the Mayans. It gives the represenation they used for numbers and how they did addition and subtraction.
United Nations
Unesco: The Prehispanic Town of Uxmal
Brief historical description of the Mayan city of Uxmal with photos and conservation requirements.
Other
Archaelogical Sites: Palenque
This resource presents an overview of the Mayan city of Palenque, including a biographical sketch on some of the rulers.
Other
Personal: Rubbings of the Maya Sculpture
This personal site provides a large collection of rubbings taken from Mayan stelae, etc. Great primary source.
Mex Connect
Mexconnect: The Ancient Maya: A Commercial Empire
This article discusses the implications of trade and commerce during the Mayan Period. The principles of resource allocation and specialization are discussed. (Published January 1, 2006)