Ancient Mayan Civilization PowerPoint Presentation Bundle

Explore the astounding culture and accomplishments of the Ancient Mayan Civilization in 192 informative and colorful slides covering: Geography, Religion, Achievements, Politics, Economics, and Social Structure, this presentation is closely aligned to the ELA Common Core Standards for Literacy in Middle School Social Studies.

Deep in the heartland of Central America the Maya established a civilization that towered over the jungle canopy. Creating a new written language that has only just been translated, they recorded their history, discoveries and astronomical breakthroughs on both codices and chiseled in stone. Much of what is known about them is inferred from their architecture and murals -- records that have lasted the ravages of time, people and mother nature.

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Discussions and multiple writing opportunities are built into the presentation. Also built in are review questions which follow the format of end of year assessment tests, the answers are on the following the slide. Hyperlinks have been included in the Table of Contents to make it easy to return to where you left off in the lecture the next day. This entire presentation is a subsection of an in-depth thematic PowerPoint Unit presentation on Mesoamerican Civilization Thematic Unit PowerPoint Presentation by A. C. Sandler. That presentation has 340 slides with presenter’s notes on 250 slides and also covers the Olmec and the Aztec civilizations. It is available for purchase on this site.

Product format:

PowerPoint Show made in Microsoft 10

Features include: slide sorter, laser pointer, digital pen, high lighter, and presenter’s notes. This makes it possible to add or highlight notes directly onto the slides. It is possible to check out these features on the preview, by right clicking on the screen. A toolbox will appear so that you can experiment with the various tools.

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Topics:

Geography, agriculture, architecture, calendars, mathematics, writing, social structure, beauty standards, astronomy and religion

Contents:

1 PowerPoint Show with the ELA Common Core Standards for History

1 PowerPoint Show without the ELA Common Core Standards for History

1 PDF file of the presentation

1 PDF supplemental resources

192 slides

120 presenter’s notes

61 different pictures

12 interactive child friendly web sites on the Ancient Mayan Civilization

11 class discussions

11 writing opportunities

14 standard's-based questions with answers

7 maps

5 types of graphic organizers

-Venn diagram, pyramid, T Chart, Tri Chart, Brainstorming Map

15 academic vocabulary concepts and terms

agriculture, cacao, maize, three sisters, slash-and-burn, terrace, tumpline, sacbe, palanquin, codex, glyph, mural, stela, rite/ritual, sacrifice

Common Core Standards:

RI 7.1; SL 7.1; SL 7.2; RH 6-8.4; RH 6-8.7; WHST 6-8.1; WHST 6-8.10

To see if this presentation will meet your needs, please check out the free excerpt from this presentation. Maya Beauty Secrets

Duration:

2 weeks

Other Mesoamerican civilization presentations available from Ms. Amy's Lessons:

Olmec Civilization PowerPoint Show

The Aztec Civilization PowerPoint Show

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