Canadian Museum of History
Canadian Museum of History: Maya Civilization
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.
Mex Connect
Mexconnect: The Maya Civilization and Cities: A Resource Page
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...
Incredible Art Department
The Incredible Art Department: Ancient Mayan Civilization Art & Culture
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.
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Maya Civilization
Extensive information about Maya history and civilization covering a wide range of topics.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Maya Civilization for Kids: Sites and Cities
The Maya civilization included sites and cites such as Tikal, Caracol, and Chichen Itza. This site will review the cities that this civilization built.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Maya Civilization for Kids: Glossary and Terms
On this site, kids learn about the glossary and terms associated with the Maya civilization.
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Ducksters: Maya Civilization for Kids: Government
Explore how powerful city-states ruled over the lands during the Maya civilization. This website explores the government and the kings of the Maya.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Maya Civilization for Kids: Timeline
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: Maya Civilization for Kids: Art and Crafts
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: Maya Civilization for Kids: Daily Life
On this site, students can study the daily life of people during the Maya civilization including clothing, food, housing, and entertainment.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Maya Civilization for Kids: Pyramids and Architecture
Study the pyramids and architecture of the Maya civilization including El Castillo, the kings' palaces, and ball courts on this website.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Maya Civilization for Kids: Religion and Mythology
This site can help students learn about the religion, gods, and mythology of the Maya civilization including Itzamna, Chaac, and Kukulcan.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Maya Civilization for Kids: Writing, Numbers, and Calendar
Students explore the writing, numbers, and calendar of the Maya civilization including codices, Tzolkin, and Haab on this site.
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...
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Collapse: Why Do Civilizations Fail?
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.
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...
Ducksters
Ducksters: Maya Civilization for Kids: Hero Twins Myth
Explore how the legendary brothers tricked the gods of the underworld in the Hero Twins from the Maya mythology.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Maya, an Introduction
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...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Key Concepts: Maya, Aztec, and Inca Civilizations
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.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Focus on State Building: Maya, Aztec, and Inca Civilizations
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.
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: List of Maya Sites
Pre-Columbian Maya archaeological sites are listed here, with links to Wikipedia pages about each.
Other
Jaguar Sun: The Maya
A large amateur collection of pages on all the major areas of Maya life and culture.
University of St. Andrews (UK)
University of St. Andrews: Mayan Mathematics
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.
The History Cat
The History Cat: Lost World of the Maya
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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