Ducksters
Ducksters: Maya Civilization for Kids: Writing, Numbers, and Calendar
Students explore the writing, numbers, and calendar of the Maya civilization including codices, Tzolkin, and Haab on this site.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Writings of the Ancient Maya
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...
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Collapse: Why Do Civilizations Fail?
Explore different ancient civilizations to learn about some of the reasons these civilizations collapsed. Looks at Maya, Mesopotamia, Chaco Canyon, Mali and Songhai. Includes interactive activities.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Collapse: Why Do Civilizations Fall?
Why did great civilizations fall? War, disease, overpopulation or natural disasters? Interactive content and activities allow you, by sifting through archaeological evidence, to investigate the collapse of the Mayan civilization, the...
Ducksters
Ducksters: Maya Civilization for Kids: Hero Twins Myth
Explore how the legendary brothers tricked the gods of the underworld in the Hero Twins from the Maya mythology.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Maya, an Introduction
The Maya civilization (300-900 C.E.) was one of the most sophisticated in the pre-Columbian Americas. It extended from southeastern Mexico across modern-day Guatemala, Belize and the western parts of Honduras and El Salvador. The Maya...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Key Concepts: Maya, Aztec, and Inca Civilizations
The resource from Khan Academy provides practice questions for a high school world history course. This section assesses students' knowledge of the Maya, Aztec, and Inca civilizations.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Focus on State Building: Maya, Aztec, and Inca Civilizations
The resource from Khan Academy provides practice questions for a high school world history course. This section assesses students' knowledge of the Maya, Aztec, and Inca civilizations.
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: List of Maya Sites
Pre-Columbian Maya archaeological sites are listed here, with links to Wikipedia pages about each.
Other
Jaguar Sun: The Maya
A large amateur collection of pages on all the major areas of Maya life and culture.
University of St. Andrews (UK)
University of St. Andrews: Mayan Mathematics
After a historical introduction, this site from the University of St. Andrews provides information about the mathematics of the Maya Civilization and shows just how advanced they were.
The History Cat
The History Cat: Lost World of the Maya
Read about the ancient civilization of the Maya in and around the Yucatan Peninsula. Find information on the lost city of Copan and understand the social hierarchy of the Maya.
Other
Softpedia: Maya: The Apocalypto Civilization
Some basic information about Mayan civilization studnets can use as an introduction to research.
Other
Mc Clung Museum: Maya: Portraits of a People
Gives a short but concise summary of the Mayan civilization along with a timeline and pictures. Can serve as a good introduction to the Mayans. Map of the region is also available.
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of Natural History: Unmasking the Maya: Story of Sna Jtz'ibajom
This Smithsonian website looks at the Maya of today in the Chiapas region of Mexico with a brief overview of their history.
Other
Maya Stories
This site has a collection of Maya stories and myths which can be used as primary sources.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Collapse: The Maya
Captivating site containing information about the collapse of civilizations. It explores the needs and characteristics of a healthy civilization that must be maintained in order to avoid collapse.
Other
Tennessee Technological University: Civilization in Central America
An outline of important civilizations in Central America that includes the Olmecs, the Maya, the Toltecs, and the Aztecs. The Aztec civilization is the focal point of the outline, which gives the major points concerning their culture in...
Climate Literacy
Clean: Climate and Civilization: The Maya Example
Learners use geophysical and geochemical data collected by the Ocean Drilling Program to examine climate in Central America during the recent past. They also have the opportunity to investigate the link between climate change and...
Read Works
Read Works: Aztecs, Incas, and Mayas the Mayans
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the Mayan civilization. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: The Early Americas Civilizations Power Point
This lesson is for cooperative learning groups. This lesson will take place in the classroom and the computer lab. Students will create PowerPoints on the early Americas civilizations of the Hohokam, Anasazi, Mississippians, Inuit,...
Other
Mesoweb: The Temple of the Inscriptions Tablets
Wonderful PDF files of various tablets found at the Temple of the Inscriptions in the ancient Maya city-state of Palenque.
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Maya Architecture
This article covers Mayan urban design, types of structures and building processes.
Curated OER
Wikipedia: Maya Civilization
Extensive information about Mayan history and civilization with numerous links on additional topics, such as Mayan childhood and music.
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