Lesson Planning

Discover the palaces of the Maya kings and the houses of the common people; construct clusters of small residential houses to add to the class Maya city; invite guests to visit your Maya city and entertain them with hot chocolate and flour tortillas.

Teaching Outcomes:

• To understand that Maya lived in small houses outside the city centre, in extended family groups.
• To construct residential houses and add detail to the class Maya city.

Children will:

• Be familiar with the residential houses of the ordinary Maya people.
• Understand that they lived in small houses outside the city centre, in extended family groups.
• Be able to construct residential houses and make and serve hot chocolate and flour tortillas.