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- Kindergarten - 2nd
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Students find the United States on a world map and review North and South America on the map and discuss Inca way of life and compare certain aspects of it to their own lives. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students review basic facts about two ancient American civilizations: the Inca and the Maya. Then they compare two ancient cities from these civilizations: Machu Picchu, of the Inca Empire, and Chichén Itzá, of the Maya. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students explore pictures of various artifacts discovered from the Inca civilization. They draw or recreate one artifact and present it to the class, sharing what the artifact reveals about the Inca culture. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students explore the geography of the Inca Empire and consider how geography affected the Inca way of life, from government to agriculture to transportation. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- Kindergarten - 2nd
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Students think about how cultures honor the dead and how ancient cultures, including the Egyptians, honored their dead through mummification. They examine pictures of mummies and write or draw pictures about an imaginary trip to the "mummy room& Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students explore how the Inca communicated across the bast stretches of their mountain realm. Full Review »
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- 1st
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Students explore the cultures of the Maya, Aztec and Inca civilizations. They discuss how their inventions influenced the people of today. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students examine how the Inca communicated over large distances. They locate the Inca Empire on a map, define key vocabulary terms, play the game, 'telephone,' and create a quipu to show the year they were born. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students generate a radioactive decay table for an imaginary element using a box filled with pinto beans and M&M's. They use their data to plot a decay graph, develop the concept of half-life, and use the graph to "age" several samples. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students generate a radioactive decay table for an imaginary element, use their data to plot a decay graph, develop the concept of half-life, and use the graph to "age" several samples. Full Review »

