Let's Go Maya!
As a result of this activity, students will understand various significant features of early Mayan civilization.

Mesoamerican: Time and Cultural Passages
In this lesson, students will compare and contrast the civilizations of the Olmec, Teotihuacan-Toltec, Anasazi, Maya, Inca, and Aztec.

Pre-Columbian  Story Teller
This lesson is an interdisciplinary activity utilizing art to enhance understanding and motivate learning about Pre-Columbian culture.

Mexico Lessons
The following unit contains 3 mini-lessons about Mexico's past, including the Aztecs and a "Trip to Tenochtitlan." In addition,  students do a search on the Web about Mexico.

The Achievements and Challenges of Guatemala
This unit is intended to focus on some of those aspects of Guatemalan life and history that are of great significance to understanding the people of Guatemala today and their situation.

The Achievements and Challenges of Peru
This unit is intended to focus on some of those aspects of Peruvian life and history that are of great significance to understanding the people of Peru today and their situation.

Collapse 1: Why Civilizations Fall
This lesson is the first of a two-part series about the social changes that caused the collapse of important ancient civilizations in Central America, Mesopotamia, the southwestern United States, and western Africa. In these lessons, students learn about factors that cause major social changes and about prerequisites for a society’s survival.

Collapse 2: Interpreting the Evidence
In this second part (see lesson above), students continue to explore the factors that contribute to the collapse of a society and learn how archaeological evidence is gathered and interpreted.

Pre Columbian Timeline
This site has a horizontal timeline that has links of the different Pre-Columbian cultures through history. 

MesoWeb
An exploration of Mesoamerican cultures on the Internet.

The Conquistadors On-Line Learning Adventure
This site is recommended because it is an innovative and interactive supplement to the PBS 'Conquistadors' documentary.

Guns on the River - the adventures of Teobert Maler
By the turn of the century, Teobert Maler, an Austrian-born photographer and adventurer, had produced a vast treasury of photographs depicting many previously unrecorded Maya sites in Mexico and Guatemala.

Caribbean Amerindian Communities Online
This site provides information about the Amerindian populations of the Caribbean is the focus of this site. It has both historical primary and secondary material as well as contemporary information.

Life and Death in Ancient Mexico
This site is made up of 25 pages with pictures and descriptions discussing Life and Death in Ancient Mexico and understanding human sacrifice. 

Maya Adventure
This site is an online adventure that uses science activities and information to teach about ancient and modern Mayan culture.

Mayan Civilization
A brief overview describing different cultural components of the Maya people. 

Mesoamerican Photo Archives
This site contains full-color photographs of archaeological sites and museums from all over Mexico, complete with extensive captions.

Palenque Project
This site is intended to keep the scholarly community and the general public informed of the archeological work performed at this Classic Maya site in Palenque, Chiapas, Mexico.
 

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