Lesson Planning

Find the pottery objects in the collection of images. Use images of Maya pottery to design and make replicas from air-drying clay. Follow the same patterns and images, and try out some of the same techniques to make the replicas, like painting, incising and impressing.

Teaching Outcomes:

• To explore Maya pottery techniques.
• To plan and carry out an experiment to test different methods of constructing pots.

Children will:

• Devise an experiment about pottery making techniques.
• Make pots using several different handmade techniques.
• Decide, based on their experience, which method the Maya use.