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The Mayans Class Assembly Script

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Welcome to our latest resource, “The Mayans: Class Assembly Script.” This comprehensive script is a treasure trove for educators looking to bring the fascinating world of the Mayan civilization to life. Why choose this resource? It’s simple - it’s designed to engage, educate, and entertain. With characters for 30 children, each student gets an opportunity to participate and contribute. Our detailed stage directions and prop lists make staging an effective assembly hassle-free. But that’s not all. We understand that every classroom is unique. That’s why we’ve included adaptions for different year groups, ensuring our script is versatile and adaptable to your specific needs. Want to add your own flair? No problem! If you wish to make edits to the PDF, simply upload it to Google Docs, and voila - it’s editable! Tailor the script to suit your style or to cater to your students’ interests. We invite you to explore our other resources on the TES website. From history to science, from literature to arts, we’ve got a wide variety of educational tools designed to make teaching both fun and impactful. Don’t forget to visit The Teaching Couple, where you’ll find even more helpful resources. We’re here to support your journey as an educator, helping you inspire young minds and make learning an adventure. Remember, education is not just about imparting knowledge; it’s about sparking curiosity, fostering understanding, and nurturing growth. And with our “The Mayans: Class Assembly Script,” you’ll do just that. Let’s embark on this educational journey together!
Mayan Temple Pop-upQuick View
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Mayan Temple Pop-up

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This template for a Mayan temple pop-up is a fun way for the children to display their understanding of the Mayan Civilisation.
KS2 History - Fall of the Mayan CivilizationQuick View
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KS2 History - Fall of the Mayan Civilization

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What caused the fall of the Mayan civilization? This KS2 history lesson explores possible scenarios and causes. Children work in ‘Time Teams’ to discuss and formulate ideas. A clear and informative PowerPoint is used to introduce the lesson. Print off a set of ‘Clue Cards’ for each Time Team. Use the printable worksheet so the children can record and explain their ideas. Everything you need for the lesson, simply download, print and away you go!
Mayans Year 5/6 Planning and ResourcesQuick View
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Mayans Year 5/6 Planning and Resources

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Mayans Year 5/6 planning and resources. Each lesson plan has every resource needed to teach it: Lesson 1 - Ancient Maya homework project and presentation. Lesson 2 - Ancient Maya historical evidence. Lesson 3 - Ancient Maya timeline. Lesson 4 - Ancient Maya number system. Lesson 5a - Ancient Maya achievements. Lesson 5b - Ancient Maya society. Lesson 6 - Ancient Maya myths - The Hero Twins Revenge. Lesson 7 & 8 - Historical civilizations overview. There is a PDF of all of the files and an editable version of each file. You can find more KS2 History lesson plans, worksheets and other teaching resources on the Save Teachers’ Sundays website. Note: This unit was updated on 28th August 2022. Please download the most recent version of it if you bought it before this date.
A Mayan Ball Game: Pok A TokQuick View
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A Mayan Ball Game: Pok A Tok

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In this lesson, students will learn about the rules of the Mayan ball game, Pok a Tok before participating in a reenactment. This lesson has discussion prompts, a note taking activity and a source activity. This lesson works well when teaching social structure, religion or leisure in the Mayan civilisation. I have also used it as an end of unit activity. It is great for students who enjoy kinesthetic activities or who are interested in sport.
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Writing your Own Mayan Codices

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Great resource when learning about the Mayans. After a look at how Mayans communicated and how their number and writing system works, your class could try out this interesting activity, creating their own codices. They could write their name and a few sentences for a friend to decode.
The Mayans - non chronological report informationQuick View
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The Mayans - non chronological report information

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I have a Y3/4 class and couldn’t find anything for non chronological reports on the Mayans. So I made one myself. The children highlighted and labelled the features, discussed the covabulary and then used the subheadings/ content to create their own non chron report for the Mayans. We added other subheading to our research such as; warriors, clothing, homes, temples, Gods Hope you find it useful!
Mayan ClothingQuick View
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Mayan Clothing

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Mayan Clothing PowerPoint / Clothes worn by the Ancient Maya This PowerPoint is a Mayan clothing teaching resource. It is a complete lesson and includes questions, tasks and answers on clothes worn by the Ancient Maya. Pupils learn: which materials were used for Mayan clothing typical clothing worn by men and women about Ancient Mayan jewellery how clothes differed among richer and poorer Mayans Included: Editable PowerPoint (30 slides) and a PDF version of the same presentation for easy printing.
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Mayan masks

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Learn about why the Maya used masks and make a 2d Mosaic mask
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Mayans Introduction

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This Powerpoint can be used as an introduction to the Mayans as many children may answer Ancient Egyptians to the last question. It uses the character of Professor Layton and Luke to ask general questions of the children and then a chance for the children to create their own questions as a basis for their own study.
Mayan Civilisation Study - Art & DT Focus (Textiles)Quick View
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Mayan Civilisation Study - Art & DT Focus (Textiles)

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*Updated with new graphics Children will investigate different Mayan textiles, including colours used; what is shown; and what the textiles were used for. They will learn different stitches used for decoration and attaching materials before designing their own (using annotated, cross-sectional and exploded diagrams) before making and evaluating their textiles. In the past, I have focused on either a whole-class tapestry or have focused on worry dolls and/or worry doll bags, depending on how much time we have. This pack includes lesson plans, rubrics, and editable rubrics to support with the learning process. Lessons and objectives are aligned with objectives from the 2014 National Curriculum of England. A digital copy of the document for editing and sharing on Google Classroom and Seesaw is available by following the link provided with download.
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Mayan Numbers

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This is a great activity for students to learn about number systems, exponents and Mayan numbers. The Mayans used a place value system, just like ours, except with base-20 instead of base 10 (they counted with their fingers and toes).
The Mayan Civilisation -two introductory lessonsQuick View
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The Mayan Civilisation -two introductory lessons

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This PowerPoint challenges pupils to think like historians with an introduction to the fascinating topic of the Maya or Mayans. These are the key areas covered over two (possibly more) lessons: Lesson 1 where the Mayans originated the Mayans today how we know about the Mayans - exploring sources and reliability a detailed timeline, and sorting activity which can be displayed or done as an outdoor measured timeline to give a sense of time and distance from present day Lesson 2 using sources to research the main gods of the Mayans and presenting research to others comparing sources to look at reliability
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Mayan children

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Used with year 6 in a recent lesson looking at Mayan children. The lesson includes information about Mayan children with a clear focus on education and the typical roles Mayan children would undertake. There is then an idea for a task at the end- this worked really well in my lesson, children engaged throughout and they produced fantastic persuasive writing!
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Mayan Bundle

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A selection of lessons focussing on the Maya. Lessons can be lifted and taught from the PowerPoint- all lessons come with resources and different activity ideas. All can be differentiated. All lessons are available to buy individually. Lessons on the following- - Mayan daily life - Mayan jobs - Mayan children - Mayan gods and goddesses - Mayan art
Mayan societyQuick View
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Mayan society

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Lesson detailing some of the different people in Mayan society and comparing their role and perceived importance.
Mayan gods and goddessesQuick View
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Mayan gods and goddesses

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A whole lesson with resources at the end focusing on 4 main Mayan gods and goddesses. Children to complete the activity at the beginning of the lesson- they all take a number, go away and learn about the god, come back and teach the rest of their group- excellent speaking and listening opportunities. A question at the end to apply knowledge. For a more creative lesson after this one, children created their own Mayan god or goddess focusing on the qualities discovered in this lesson.
KS2 Mayan Glyphs and Mayan Hieroglyphics plus Mayan Logograms - Complete LessonQuick View
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KS2 Mayan Glyphs and Mayan Hieroglyphics plus Mayan Logograms - Complete Lesson

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In this lesson children will learn all about Mayan written language, their hieroglyphics, glyphs and logograms. After an engaging multimedia teaching input, they will explain their understanding of the objective and go on to draw comparisons with how we communicate in the 21st Century. This is then followed by an activity that enables the children to design their own logograms/hieroglyphics in a Mayan style. Complete 1hr lesson (could run to 90 mins) including... - PowerPoint: starter activity, teaching input (with web resource and video links) and a plenary activity. - Worksheet pack with two worksheets plus extension activity for any early finishers. - Teachers' notes. YouTube links are provided for videos but a website is provided for a video converter if your school doesn't have access. All images either sourced from openclipart.org or owned by tftf.
The Ancient MayansQuick View
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The Ancient Mayans

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Here are the slides and resources for a unit based on the Ancient Mayans. They focus on using Dual Coding to embed the key knowledge in the first couple of lessons before moving onto chronology, daily life, legacy, beliefs and exploring a Mayan city. This is aimed at Lower Key Stage 2 but can easily be adapted for Upper Key Stage 2. I am by no means an expert in this field but you never know, it might be useful.
Maya ESCAPE ROOM: Mayan Civilization, Mexico and HieroglyphicsQuick View
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Maya ESCAPE ROOM: Mayan Civilization, Mexico and Hieroglyphics

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The Maya Civilization Escape Room will take students on a secret mission around the classroom! This escape room has students decode interesting facts about the Mayan Civilization. This is the perfect resource to introduce Chichen Itza, Mayan gods, calendars or hieroglyphics. The Maya Civilization Escape Room has students walking around the classroom breaking codes. Students are given a secret code name and sent on a secret mission to help Greg research Mayan writing. The codes include ciphers, Morse code, cryptograms and a final 4 digit code based on the decoders/clues. Each clue and code is different. The codes require students to think differently to decipher or decode them. Some codes require critical thinking to determine what a letter/symbol stands for. Each code will reveal interesting facts about the Maya Civilization. The use of secret code will keep your students engaged while competing to find the final code. Students can report the final code to you. If you wanted to, you could purchase a 4 digit lock that you program, but it is not necessary at all! No props needed!! This is a NO PREP, PRINT & GO Activity! Students are sent on a “secret mission” and given a back story to ignite their active learning skills. They are given a code name which makes them feel as if they are part of the secret mission. Students practice hands-on, practical problem solving skills all while learning about the Maya Civilization. Your students will be inspired to think outside the box! Spy themed music is highly recommended! The best age range for this resource is 8+. Please look at the preview to determine if this resource works for your age group. Younger students may need some help with some of the more difficult codes. You can use the pre-labeled clues or you can challenge older kids to choose/find the decoder that works for each of the clues. A set of labeled and non-labeled decoders are included for differentiation. A “How to Decode” puzzles is also included. In addition to learning or reinforcing the subject matter, my escape rooms encourage teamwork and critical thinking. As a “timed” challenge, students will be engaged from beginning to end. New Feature: This escape room now includes 12 fun, colorful signs to take class pictures with at the end of the mission. Signs include “Puzzle Master”, “She did all the work”, “Genius”, “We did it”, “I Escaped” and more! Hang the pictures in your room, send them in a parent newsletter or share them on social media  An answer key and easy to follow teacher directions are provided. Time needed: 30-60 minutes