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Lesson Nine – Maya Exhibition
This history teaching pack for Key Stage Two gets the children to prepare a range of display materials for a school exhibition about the culture and traditions of the Ancient Maya civilization from the past.
The class can identify and classify different true and false facts to explain and describe how the Ancient Maya civilization grew and developed in the past.
Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to teach the children to prepare a range of display materials for a school exhibition about the culture and traditions of the Ancient Maya civilization from the past
Activities in this teaching pack include display posters to identify true and false facts about the lives of the Ancient Maya from the past and a set of cards to research information to answer a key question about the Ancient Maya civilization to use when preparing an exhibit for a school museum.
The interactive presentation gets the children to explore some of the reasons for the growth and development of the Ancient Maya civilization in the past.
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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