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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThinkQuest: Incas, Mayas y Aztecs
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: World History, Electives, History-Social ScienceThis resource, from ThinkQuest, features information about the Incas, Mayas, and Aztecs. The site was created by students in Ven...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkUnmasking the Maya: The Story of Sna Jtz’ibajom
Grades: 4 to 12Subjects: United States History, Native Peoples, History-Social ScienceThe work of a Maya cooperative named Sna Jtz’ibaijom, which celebrates ancient Maya traditions and fights for awareness about mo...Contributor: Smithsonian EducationViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWhat Came to be Called America
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: World History, Electives, Geography, History-Social ScienceThis resource, from ibiblio, presents the first section of their electronic exploration of the New World. This part of the exhib...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkInca Artifacts
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Geography, History-Social ScienceThis lesson, from Xpeditions, introduces students to the ancient Inca people. Students explore pictures of various artifacts dis...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWhy Do Civilizations Fall?
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: World History, Geography, History-Social ScienceIn this resource from the Annenberg Media Project, students learn about the rise and fall of civilizations. They examine what ha...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Land and Lifestyle of the Inca
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: World History, Geography, History-Social ScienceIn this lesson, from Xpeditions, students explore the geography of the Inca Empire and consider how geography affected the Inca ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkMaya Mathematics
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Electives, Mathematics, Addition & Subtraction, History-Social ScienceThis resource from MichielB, reviewed for grades 3-5 by Illuminations, features information about the Maya number system. The Ma...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkPlace of the Standing Stones: Unearthing a King From the Dawn of the Maya
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: World History, Electives, Geography, History-Social ScienceThis National Geographic Magazine feature focuses on the discovery of one of the oldest Maya burial sites. There is an excerpt f...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCalifornia H/SS Course Model-Meso-America and the Andes
Grades: 7Subjects: History-Social ScienceThis California Course Model helps Students compare and contrast the geographic, political, economic, religious, and social str...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Land of the Inca
Grades: TK/K to 2Subjects: Humanities, Geography, History-Social ScienceThis lesson, from Xpeditions, introduces students to the ancient Inca people and the land on which they lived. They learn basic ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Maya
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Electives, Geography, History-Social ScienceThis Web site, from Annenberg Media, features information about the ancient Maya of Central and South America. There are also li...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkMachu Picchu Flashback
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: World History, Electives, Geography, History-Social ScienceThis National Geographic resource features information about and photos of Machu Picchu. The focus is on the discovery of the an...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCivilizations in America: The Mexica/Aztecs
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Electives, History-Social ScienceThis web page, provided by Washington State University, describes in some detail the history and social organization of the Azte...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Maya Astronomy Page
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Electives, Science, Earth & Space Science, Geography, History-Social ScienceThis resource, from Michiel Berger, features information about the ancient Mayan Civilization. There are links to pages about th...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkLost King of the Maya
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: World History, Electives, History-Social ScienceThis PBS NOVA Online feature is the companion Web site to Lost King of the Maya, originally broadcast on February 13, 2001. Th...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkTangled Text: Assessing Written Forms of Communication Around the World
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: World History, Reading Comprehension, English-Language Arts, Geography, History-Social ScienceIn this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students come to understand the importance of written systems of commu...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkClimate Change Killed off Maya Civilization, Study Says
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: World History, Electives, Science, Earth & Space Science and 3 additional..In this National Geographic News article, read about one hypothesis presented to explain the sudden collapse of the ancient Maya...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkRoyal City of the Maya
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: World History, Geography, History-Social ScienceThis National Geographic Magazine article discusses an archaeological exploration of Piedras Negras, an ancient Maya city that t...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkMayan Mathematics
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: World History, History-Social ScienceThis article, from the Illuminations-reviewed History of Mathematics Archive, discusses the mathematical knowledge of the Mayan ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkInca Tax Records Were Tied Up in Knots, Study Says
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Electives, Geography, American Democracy, History-Social ScienceIn this National Geographic News article, read about evidence that Inca bureaucrats used mop-like knotted strings called khipu a...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0