This document provides an overview of the Mayan civilization unit taught in an 8th grade social studies class. It discusses the Mayan's advanced mathematics and accurate calendar, their theocratic government led by kings and priests, and their agricultural economy centered around maize. It also describes Mayan achievements in astronomy, architecture like pyramid temples, and their unique glyphic writing system. Students are assigned activities to learn more about Mayan culture, including ordering events in a timeline and reading about Mayan cities.

1. UNIT 5 WEEK 3 8TH GRADE
TEACHER ANITA CASTELLANOS

2.  1. Review of last week class
 2. Mayan Civilization
 Time, map of the world in Maya time and Timeline of civilization
 Location Map
 Social Structure Social Pyramid
 Government, Important People
 Economy Principal products
 Mayan Science: Math, Astronomy and The Calendar
 Mayan Culture: Art, Architecture, Beauty Standards, Religion, Games, Writing
and Language.
ACTIVITIES: My birthday in the mayan calendar, order a timeline, reading.

3.  It is believed first Americans came around 25.000
years ago.
 There are 8 theories of the Population beginnings
in America.
 There are evidences of the existence of a land bridge
in the Bering Strait were people crossed from Asia
to America.
 We share DNA with people from Polinesia, Melanesia,
Australia and Asia
 Thor Heyerdahl proved that people could come by
the Atlantic Ocean from Africa and Europe and also by
the Pacific Ocean from Oceania.

4. Time, Location, Society, Government and Economy

5. Timeline activity in the platform --> Order the events of the Mayan civilization
PERIOD DURATION CHARACTERIZED BY
OLMEC 1200 – 1000 BC Lived in the same time as the
Mayans, some believe were the
Mayan predecessors
Pre-classic 1800 BC – 250 AC Development of writing, large
scale constructions
Classic 250 – 900 AC Development of great kingdoms,
intellectual advances, stone and
chocolate is traded
Post-classic 900 – 1500 AC Collapse of kingdoms, emphasis
on commerce

6. Beginning
of Maya
civilization
750 BC –
500 BC

7. https://maya.nmai.si.edu/the-maya/maya-world
Let´s
check the
names of
Mayan
Cities

9.  Theocracy: Leaders were rulers
and priests.
 Kings were considered gods.
 Kings were hereditary
positions. And they could be
man or woman.
 Each independent Maya city
had its own rulers

10.  Warfare: fortified cities
 Military themes and battles
in Mayan art.
 Weaponry: axes, clubs,
maces, spears, shields, and
helmets.

11. The most famous Palenque
Ruler was Pakal,
He became a king when he
was 12 years old.
He ruled for 68 years

12. Farming and agriculture was the
main activity and basis of their
economy
Maize (Corn) was the most
important crop
They had markets and traded
products with other villages

13.  They had products like: salt, cloth, honey, fruit, and domestic animals.
 They grew pineapples, chili peppers, cacao, squash, papayas, avocados,
maize, and beans.
 They used to eat turkey, and there´s evidence of iguana, armadillo,
tapir, monkey, and the manatee being eated.
 DID THE MAYAN EAT DOGS?
 Yes!. Mayans raised dogs as we raise chicken or pigs to eat their meat.
 Dogs were not pets, as pets Mayans had parrots. Ha! Ha!

14. Math, Astrology,
The Calendar

15.  Was applied to architecture, the
creation of the calendar and to
measure time and study
astronomy.
 Thy had a system of 20 numbers
 They were about the first people
in the world to know about the
existence of 0 which helped
make accurate calculations

16.  Very accurate charts of the Moon.
 They have great observatories to watch
the sky
 Their pyramids were built based on the
stars

17.  There are two calendars at work
simultaneously in the Maya system:
the Haab, of 365 days, and the
Tzolkin, or sacred calendar, of 260
days.
 They also have a Long Count
Calendar which helped them predict
events in the future and calculate
dates as far as 2012.
 Their calendar was more accurate
than other calendars in the whole
world.

18. Art, Architecture, Beauty Standards, Religion, Games, Language
and Writing,

19. Sculpture
Masks
Painting
Pottery
Jewelry

20.  Stepped temples in the form of
pyramids
 The ruler's court included
palaces, temples and ball
courts, and great plazas, open
areas for festivals and public
events.
 Temples were built one on top
of the other
 Every time a ruler died, he was
buried in the pyramid.

22.  Pircings
 Tatoos
 Teeth incrustations
 Crossed eyes
 Head elongation

23.  The sacred book of the Mayans is called Popol Vuh
 They believed man was made by corn
 Their religion was polytheistic, which means that
they believed in many gods and goddesses.
 Mayans did human sacrifes as part of religious
rituals. They also sacrificed jaguars and made
personal blood sacrifices to maintain the balance of
the universe
 Kings were buried along with food and riches to
help then go to the afterlife.

24.  The Mayan ball game
 Was played by
professionals and elite
players
 There is evidence of
ceremonial sacrifices of
the players after the
games.

25.  Only 5 cultures in the history of
humanity have developed their own
and unique system to write
everything they could say.
 These 5 cultures are the Sumerians
who created cuneiform writing, the
Chinesse, the Harappan (indus
civilization) the Egyptians and the
Mayans
 They invented a complex glypgh
system with more tan 800
characters

26.  We have some of the writings of
mayans recovered in 3 books or
codex.
Everything else was destroyed, either
from the high mayan priests or the
Spanish conquistadors.
In the mayan civilization there were a
lot of different dialects because of the
división of city states.
 The Mayan language still exist
today and is spoken by indigenous
groups in mesoamerica.

27.  Go to the school platform and check for the activities of Unit 3, week 5
 Order events of the Mayan civilization in a timeline
 You can check the vocabulary for the unit there
 Download a reading about Mayan cities and answer the questions of the
reading.
 Explore the resources there to learn more about the Mayans.

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