ACTIVITY TITLE: STORIES IN STONE


SUBJECT AREAS: Maya Culture, Language, Mathematics, Archaeology


YOUR INVESTIGATION:


The Earth Gate is powering up...it begins a low hum...the future or the past is just a heart beat away. You are about to enter on your journey through time...but wait! Something is coming through from the other side!! You stare in disbelief...it is an ancient Mayan warrior, leaping through the Earth Gate. This is an anthropologist's dream... a live being from the ancient Mayan world. He will have tales and stories beyond imagination.

Tell of this Mayan's visit to your laboratory. What wonders of his culture does he share with you. Construct one of the items he talks about and demonstrate a "how-to-do" from his culture.



QUESTIONS TO ANSWER:

1. How did the Mayan mathematics system work? Demonstrate.
   
2. What was the form that the Mayan Calendar took? Demonstrate.
   
3. What was their system of writing? Demonstrate.
   
4. On what was the Maya system of astronomy based? Demonstrate.
   
5. What were the many forms of Mayan Architecture? Construct one of the models.
   
6. What did the Maya do for leisure? Teach us how to play a Mayan Game of Chance.
   
7. What were the Six Tests of Xibalba? Show us how to solve the mystery?
   
   
   
   

SITES TO SEARCH:


http://www.halfmoon.org/index.html

http://www.stockton.edu/~gilmorew/consorti/1ccenso.htm




Activity created by Joan Berger
Internet Educational Consultant
jberger5@concentric.net