Review colors in Spanish by presenting different photographs and asking your charges to identify the colors in each picture. Consider bringing in pictures from Spain, Mexico, or another Spanish-speaking country to make the activity more...

In this subject-verb agreement activity, students determine the verb that correctly completes a sentence. In this multiple choice activity, students complete ten sentences.

Learners read and response to the book, Abuela's Weave. In this African-American literature lesson, students discuss pre-reading questions, that focus on family traditions and make predictions about the text. Learners read the text and...

Students conduct Internet research and then practice the process the Ancient Egyptians use to bury their dead by creating their own replica of a sarcophagus. This helps students examine the importance of the Egyptians' techniques used...

Eighth graders work together in groups to examine the earliest civilizations. After reading two stories, they compare and contrast the facts with those stories with other ones they have read. They discuss the different hypothesis on...

Pupils engage in a lesson that is concerned with the skill of unit planning. They practice developing multiple lesson plans based upon one unifying theme that becomes the unit. They practice a Jeopardy Game lesson plan to model the...

Students match a fact with a mathematician or scientist using the Internet. They read about a mathematician or scientist that happens to be female or a person of color.

Students conduct Internet research to discover information about scientific, technological, cultural and intellectual achievements in Egypt, along with Egyptian family life. Students create Inspiration webs of their findings.

Your historians and social anthropologists study the relationship between peoples of ancient Africa and ancient Mesoamerica. They relate in written or verbal form the African presence in the ancient Americas. They create their own...

[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the Mayan civilization. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.

This site provides pictures and a description of Chichen Itza. Includes a brief history of the Mayan people.

Mayan art is mixed in with general information in this two-page article.

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...

Explore the ancient Mayan city of Uxmal.

Some basic information about Mayan civilization studnets can use as an introduction to research.

This site from the University of St. Andrews provides indepth information about the mathematics of the Mayan civilization, and shows just how advanced they were.

In this fourth unit of an intermediate Spanish course, students learn about and present information about the art, music, and literature of a Spanish-speaking country in Central America or the Caribbean. They also develop vocabulary...

Check out this site to discover more about the Ancient Maya culture. An article and video are provided. [2:19]

An online exhibit of a vast array of documents, artifacts, and maps detailing cultures in the Americas including the indigenous groups as well as Europeans after contact. From the Library of Congress.

Kids learn about the history and timeline of the country of Mexico including the Aztecs, Mayan, Spanish explorers, Cortes, the Mexican Revolution, and independence from Spain on this website.