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Lesson Six – Maya Technology

This history teaching pack for Key Stage Two gets the children to investigate, describe and record some of the technological achievements of the ancient Maya civilization from the past.
The class can compose a discussion text to explore how a specific technological achievement helped the Mayan civilization to grow and expand in Mesoamerica in the past.
Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to teach the children to investigate, describe and record some of the technological achievements of the ancient Maya civilization from the past
Activities in this teaching pack include shared reading texts to describe how the Maya used technology to expand their civilization in the past and identify historical viewpoints about different technological advancements and templates to research notes about Mayan technology to use when formatting and structuring a discussion text explaining why each aspect of technology helped the civilization to expand and grow.
The interactive presentation gets the children to explore some of the technological developments that helped the Mayan civilization to grow and expand 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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