MAYAN ESCAPE ROOM

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Learning Objective: The main focus is to learn about the Maya civilisation from a vocabulary of history perspective

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Overview of lesson: The Maya civilisation

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Independent research

Reading exercise+3 Integrated Videos

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Debate

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Padlet Thoughts

What words come to mind when you think of Latin America? Do you know anything about the Mayan culture? If not what do you think the Mayan culture could be about? Look at the image and discuss your thoughts in the padlet below

WERNER FORMAN/UNIVERSAL IMAGES GROUP/GETTY IMAGES

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Step 2 Reading activity + 3 Integrated Videos

Step 1 1.Click on the reading exercise link (blue chain). 2. Read the article and watch the three videos 3. Once you have completed the reading exercise and watched the videos you can now begin the escape room quiz.

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You may need to refer back to the article for the answers

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Where did the Maya live?

Modern Day cOSTA rICA

Modern day Guatamala

Modern Day Colombia

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The Mayan Empire, centered in the tropical lowlands of what is now Guatemala, reached the peak of its power and influence around the sixth century A.D.

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When do the earliest settlements date back to?

1700BC

1800BC

1300AC

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The earliest Maya settlements date to around 1800 B.C., or the beginning of what is called the Preclassic or Formative Period.

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When was the Mayan classic period/Golden era?

BC. 1000

AD. 500-900

A.D. 250-900

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The Classic Period, which began around A.D. 250, was the golden age of the Maya Empire.

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Is Mayan only used in the adjective form? Did you notice a difference in the article?

yes but it depends who you ask

Sometimes

Yes always

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To English speakers, the form "Mayan" as an adjective sounds right. You wouldn't say "Spain ruins", you'd say "Spanish ruins," you wouldn't say "Mesopotamia civilization," you'd say "Mesopotamian civilization." However, archaeologists, particularly those who study the Maya people, prefer to write of the Maya civilization.

(Maestri, N 2019)

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What does mesmoamerica mean?

A term used to describe Colombia and central America after the 16th century Spanish conquest

A TERM USED BY THE SPANISH TO DESCRIBE THE MAYA PEOPLE IN PERIOD AD 500

(a term used to describe Mexico and Central America before the 16th century Spanish conquest).

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The correct answer for the last question is:

Mesoamerica: The area extending approximately from central Mexico to Honduras and Nicaragua in which diverse pre-Columbian civilizations flourished.

(Dictionary n.d)

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The ball game

True or False

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the ball game the maya played is called ULAMA

false

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true ✔

Was the tree bark that the Maya made called Codices?

false

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In modern-day Costa rica and Central America, around 5 million people speak some 50 Maya languages; most of them are bilingual in Spanish.

false ✔

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The correct answer for the last question is:

In modern-day Mexico and Central America, around 5 million people speak some 70 Maya languages; most of them are bilingual in Spanish.

History (2023) Maya

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YOU HAVE PASSED THE MAYAN TEST

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Debate

Think about the article you read before the escape room along with the videos you have watched and write down 3 things you have learned about the Maya. Any thing that interests you in particular and why?

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Independent Research

Now it´s your time to investigate Extension: Re read the article and research words that you are not familiar with following this up with the link below, post your findings on padlet

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Extra resources

Are you interesed in more about the mayans Here are some extra resources to have some fun in your spare time with

I spent 4 weeks in Guatemala to learn THIS Mayan language

The ancient Mayan sport making a comeback – BBC REEL

Overview lesson

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References

Dictionary (n.d) https://www.dictionary.com/browse/mesoamerica History (2023) Maya https://www.history.com/topics/ancient-americas/maya Maestri, N (2019) Maya or Mayan https://www.thoughtco.com/ancient-maya-mayans-most-accepted-term-171569#:~:text=Specifically%2C%20in%20English%20language%20Maya,distinction%20between%20singular%20or%20plural.

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Material by Samantha Puri