Lesson Planning

Research the trade goods that Maya people exchanged, including cacao beans, feathers, jade, obsidian; design and make some game counters of these goods.

Teaching Objectives:

To find out what trade goods Maya people moved around.
To design gaming pieces based on goods the Maya traded.
To learn about the distribution of natural resources in the Maya world.

Children will:

Make assumptions about where natural resources could be found using maps
Use maps to understand the physical and human geography of a region
Design and make gaming pieces

Planning