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Maya celebrations

Topics Year 4/5
This unit is part of Maya Everyday Life

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Objectives

History

  • Develop a chronologically secure knowledge and understanding of world history, establishing clear narratives within and across the periods they study.
  • Understand how our knowledge of the past is constructed from a range of sources.
  • Undertake an in-depth study of a non-European society that provides contrasts with British history - The Maya civilisation.

Music

  • Play and perform in solo and ensemble contexts.
  • Improvise and compose music for a range of purposes.
  • Appreciate and understand a wide range of high-quality live and recorded music drawn from different traditions and from great composers and musicians.

Lesson Planning

Discover the modern culture and struggles of the Maya people; learn about a modern Maya school; research modern Maya celebrations; organise a Maya celebration to raise money for the modern Maya; entertain guests with music and food; inform them about all you have found out in this block.

Teaching Outcomes:

  • To learn that the Maya people are still in existence and understand something of their modern culture.
  • To make Maya foods for the celebration, play instruments and dress up in headdresses.

Children will:

  • Understand that the Maya people are still in existence in modern culture and that Maya children go to school in some areas.
  • Organise and host a Maya celebration during which they play instruments and dress up in headdresses.

Provided Resources

  • Modern Maya research questions
  • How to make flour tortillas

You Will Need

  • Place mats
  • Head dresses and instruments from previous sessions
  • Flour, baking powder, salt, lard for tortillas
  • Instant chocolate drinking powder and cups
  • Cardboard boxes

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