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Pbs Learning Media: Writings of the Ancient Maya InteractivePbs Learning Media: Writings of the Ancient Maya Interactive
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PBS
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Grade
3rd - 8th
Subjects
Social Studies & History
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Resource Type
Interactives
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Lexile Measures
980L
Interactive

Pbs Learning Media: Writings of the Ancient Maya

Curated by ACT

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 remain.

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Concepts

artifacts, civilizations

Additional Tags

ruins, mayan writings, maya (500 bc to ad 800)

Classroom Considerations

  • Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)

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