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Lesson Eight – Maya Debate
This history teaching pack for Key Stage Two gets the children to research and conduct a class debate to identify and explain some of the different reasons for the end of the Maya civilization.
The class can identify and suggest some of the viewpoints that different historians could present to describe how the Mayan civilization changed over time.
Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to teach the children to research and conduct a class debate to identify and explain some of the different reasons for the end of the Maya civilization
Activities in this teaching pack include a shared reading text to suggest some of the reasons for the end of the Ancient Maya civilization in the past and a template to structure and format a discussion text to illustrate how and why the Maya civilization ended.
The interactive presentation gets the children to explore some of the reasons as to why the Maya civilization came to an end in the past by presenting a range of historical viewpoints.
This lesson is part of a history scheme of work to research describe and present information and facts about the culture, traditions and achievements of the Maya civilization in the past . There are teaching activities for shared learning, differentiated worksheets to support independent learning and an interactive presentation to introduce concepts and key skills.
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