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Simulation: Urban Planning for An Ancient Mayan City

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students participate in the simulation of planning an ancient Mayan city. In this urban planning instructional activity, students role play as citizens of an Mayan city. They act out their roles in a classroom that has been rearranged to...
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The Ancient Maya

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students explore the culture of the Mayans through a variety of activities. In this lesson about Maya, students analyze pictures in books and on websites, produce scale models of Maya architecture, and create Maya mosaics. Students study...
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Will America Fall Apart Like the Maya?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students work in teams to research ancient Mayan civilization as they simulate working for the President of the United States. He is concerned that if a civilization as technologically advanced as the Maya's could disappear, could the...
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Anasazi/Mesoamerican/Andean: Time and Cultural Passages

For Teachers 7th
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...