Maya Teaching Resources for Social Studies
Compiled November 2012
Lesson Plans
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World History for Us All
http://worldhistoryforusall.sdsu.edu/units/four/landscape/Era04_landscape6.php 3 lessons:
characteristics of empires in the Americas; comparing empires in the Americas with empires in
Eurasia; comparing calendars
Brown University Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology
http://www.brown.edu/Facilities/Haffenreffer/documents/CultureConnectteacherpacketfinal.pdf
Culture Connect: Experience the Cultures of the World! includes Maya Huipiles
Penn Museum Maya 2012: Lords of Time
http://www.penn.museum/sites/2012/resources/for-teachers/ Educators’ Guide including
glyph and codex activities
Scholastic ‘Exploring Maya Mysteries’ http://www.scholastic.com/mayanmysteries/ lesson
plans on mapping, artifacts, myths, and temple architecture
Web Sites/Interactives
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Annenberg Media ‘Collapse’ http://www.learner.org/interactives/collapse/ the fall of the Maya
NOVA ‘A Maya Masterpiece Revealed’ http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/ancient/mayamasterpiece-revealed.html interactive shows mural room of Maya glyphs
NOVA ‘ Deciphering Maya: A Timeline’ http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/ancient/decipheringmaya-time-line.html timeline of Maya language decipherment
National Geographic ‘Why the Maya Fell’
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2012/11/121109-maya-civilization-climate-changebelize-science/ 2012 article points to climate change
National Geographic ‘Mysteries of the Maya’ http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2008/08/mayaissue/maya-photography photographs
Videos and Podcasts
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National Geographic ‘Mysterious Maya Calendar and Mural Uncovered’
http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/news/history-archaeology-news/maya-art-calendarvin/ video
NOVA ‘Speaking Ancient Maya’ http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/ancient/speaking-ancientmaya.html podcast
PBS/NOVA ‘Cracking the Maya Code’ http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/ancient/cracking-mayacode.html video on decoding Maya writing systems (and see ‘Related Links’ below the video)