Download - November 6 maya day 2
I can describe where the
Mayans lived, how they
were advanced as a culture
and what happened to
them.
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Intellectual advances
Symbol/picture
Power
Practice:
You MUST
have this
done for
tomorrow!!
• Latin America
- Part of Mexico
- Central America
- Guatemala
- Belize
- Honduras
- El Salvador
• At their height from 250 A.D. to 900 A.D.
• Had a 365 day calendar based on the sun’s movement
- 18 months of 20 days each = 360 days
- 5 unlucky days left
• Also had a 260 day calendar used for rituals
• Discuss the following question with a partner near you:
- You will have 3 minutes to do this, then we will discuss it as a class.
• Studied math and astronomy
- concept of zero
• Had a very sophisticated system of math for their time
• The BEST written
language of
ancient Latin
America
- based on
symbols
“hieroglyphs”
- each picture
represented a
word or symbol
• Volunteers to answer
Mayan math questions?!?
- raise your hand silently
• Slash and Burn
- cut down and burned trees
- planted crops in their place
- after a few years let the
forest grow back
- soil regained nutrients
- process repeated
• Ridges on Floodplains
- land rich in nutrients
- ridges kept land from getting too wet
• 900 A.D. – Things begin to change
• Mayan civilization weakened and spread out over time.
- no one is sure why this took place…
What do YOU think happened?