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Canadian Museum of History

Canadian Museum of History: Maya Civilization

For Students 4th - 8th
Lots of information about many facets of the Maya civilization. Covers the history, people, geography, languages, cities, society, cosmology, the calendar, and lots more. Includes a glossary and a timeline.
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Mex Connect

Mexconnect: The Maya Civilization and Cities: A Resource Page

For Students 9th - 10th
The Maya series of articles consists of a map, Maya civilization timeline, cities, numerals and calendar, historical conflicts, and trade and commerce. Articles are written by Luis Dumois, a student of Mayan civilization. Galleries of...
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Incredible Art Department

The Incredible Art Department: Ancient Mayan Civilization Art & Culture

For Students 9th - 10th
Looks at the art and culture of the Maya civilization including history, forms of art, recent discoveries, and some art lessons. There is also a lengthy list of web resource links.
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Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Maya Civilization

For Students 9th - 10th
Extensive information about Maya history and civilization covering a wide range of topics.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Maya Civilization for Kids: Sites and Cities

For Students 1st - 9th
The Maya civilization included sites and cites such as Tikal, Caracol, and Chichen Itza. This site will review the cities that this civilization built.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Maya Civilization for Kids: Glossary and Terms

For Students 3rd - 8th
On this site, kids learn about the glossary and terms associated with the Maya civilization.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Maya Civilization for Kids: Government

For Students 3rd - 8th
Explore how powerful city-states ruled over the lands during the Maya civilization. This website explores the government and the kings of the Maya.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Maya Civilization for Kids: Timeline

For Students 3rd - 8th
A site dedicated to showing a timeline of the history of the Maya civilization including the Pre-classic, Classic, and Post-classic Periods.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Maya Civilization for Kids: Art and Crafts

For Students 3rd - 8th
Kids learn about the art and crafts from the Maya civilization including sculpture, carving, painting, and ceramic on this website.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Maya Civilization for Kids: Daily Life

For Students 3rd - 8th
On this site, students can study the daily life of people during the Maya civilization including clothing, food, housing, and entertainment.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Maya Civilization for Kids: Pyramids and Architecture

For Students 3rd - 8th
Study the pyramids and architecture of the Maya civilization including El Castillo, the kings' palaces, and ball courts on this website.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Maya Civilization for Kids: Religion and Mythology

For Students 3rd - 8th
This site can help students learn about the religion, gods, and mythology of the Maya civilization including Itzamna, Chaac, and Kukulcan.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Maya Civilization for Kids: Writing, Numbers, and Calendar

For Students 3rd - 8th
Students explore the writing, numbers, and calendar of the Maya civilization including codices, Tzolkin, and Haab on this site.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Writings of the Ancient Maya

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
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...
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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Collapse: Why Do Civilizations Fail?

For Students 4th - 8th
Explore different ancient civilizations to learn about some of the reasons these civilizations collapsed. Looks at Maya, Mesopotamia, Chaco Canyon, Mali and Songhai. Includes interactive activities.
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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Collapse: Why Do Civilizations Fall?

For Students 3rd - 8th
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...
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Maya Civilization for Kids: Hero Twins Myth

For Students 1st - 9th
Explore how the legendary brothers tricked the gods of the underworld in the Hero Twins from the Maya mythology.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Maya, an Introduction

For Students 9th - 10th
The Maya civilization (300-900 C.E.) was one of the most sophisticated in the pre-Columbian Americas. It extended from southeastern Mexico across modern-day Guatemala, Belize and the western parts of Honduras and El Salvador. The Maya...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Key Concepts: Maya, Aztec, and Inca Civilizations

For Students 9th - 10th
The resource from Khan Academy provides practice questions for a high school world history course. This section assesses students' knowledge of the Maya, Aztec, and Inca civilizations.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Focus on State Building: Maya, Aztec, and Inca Civilizations

For Students 9th - 10th
The resource from Khan Academy provides practice questions for a high school world history course. This section assesses students' knowledge of the Maya, Aztec, and Inca civilizations.
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Wikimedia

Wikipedia: List of Maya Sites

For Students 9th - 10th
Pre-Columbian Maya archaeological sites are listed here, with links to Wikipedia pages about each.
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Other

Jaguar Sun: The Maya

For Students 9th - 10th
A large amateur collection of pages on all the major areas of Maya life and culture.
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University of St. Andrews (UK)

University of St. Andrews: Mayan Mathematics

For Students 9th - 10th
After a historical introduction, this site from the University of St. Andrews provides information about the mathematics of the Maya Civilization and shows just how advanced they were.
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The History Cat

The History Cat: Lost World of the Maya

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the ancient civilization of the Maya in and around the Yucatan Peninsula. Find information on the lost city of Copan and understand the social hierarchy of the Maya.

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