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Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of African Art: Inscribing Meaning: Writing and Graphic Systems

For Students 9th - 10th
These works of art reveal symbols and graphic systems that help to communicate values and ideas of the African people.
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The History Cat

The History Cat: Cracking the Mayan Code

For Students 9th - 10th
Discusses the Maya system of hieroglyphic writing. It was viewed by Spanish invaders as the work of the devil and most of the written materials were destroyed under the orders of a Spanish priest whose goal was to convert the Mayans to...