Overview of Quest
Objectives
•Map the political and geographic features of the Mayan civilization.
•Describe the structure of Mayan society, the roles and functions of each class .
•Consider the perspectives of the people in the various social classes and how their role might have affected their lives.
•Examine and analyze four aspects of Mayan culture:
Class structure Religious beliefs and practices
Family life Agricultural techniques
Recognize the sources and lack of sources of information about Maya life. From whose perspective do we get our information?
Your Group’s Task
Each group will be given one artifact to research in order to determine more about how the people in their social class lived.
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Iowa Core Standards:
H.8.4 Understand how and why events may be interpreted differently depending upon the perspectives of participants, witnesses, reporters, and historians.
RH.6-8.1. Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of primary and secondary sources.
RH.6-8.2
Determine the central ideas or information of a primary or secondary source; provide an accurate summary of the source distinct from prior knowledge or opinions.
RH.6-8.5
Describe how a text presents information for example map and atlas reading
•Map the political and geographic features of the Mayan civilization.
•Describe the structure of Mayan society, the roles and functions of each class .
•Consider the perspectives of the people in the various social classes and how their role might have affected their lives.
•Examine and analyze four aspects of Mayan culture:
Class structure Religious beliefs and practices
Family life Agricultural techniques
Recognize the sources and lack of sources of information about Maya life. From whose perspective do we get our information?
Your Group’s Task
Each group will be given one artifact to research in order to determine more about how the people in their social class lived.
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Iowa Core Standards:
H.8.4 Understand how and why events may be interpreted differently depending upon the perspectives of participants, witnesses, reporters, and historians.
RH.6-8.1. Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of primary and secondary sources.
RH.6-8.2
Determine the central ideas or information of a primary or secondary source; provide an accurate summary of the source distinct from prior knowledge or opinions.
RH.6-8.5
Describe how a text presents information for example map and atlas reading