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Each year the Latin American Resource Center offers teachers the chance to participate in the Tulane Maya Symposium and Workshop by either attending the teacher's workshop portion and/or attending the full weekend conference.

For each of the Teachers Workshop at Maya Symposium, original curriculum is developed. Some of the lecture materials and workshop activities designed for these workshops are now available here for public use.

Topics from the workshop include:

o an Introduction to Ancient Maya Mounuments and Architecture by Markus Eberl (This is a PowerPoint Slide Show).

o The Maya Ballgame PowerPoint Presentation- This presentation includes images and notes.

o The Mesoamerican Ballgame- Description of the ballgame covering its Pre-Columbian origins, equipment, stakes of the game, rites and rituals, and much more.

o Excavation Unit: Incorporating Maya Archaeology into Your Classroom by Dylan J. Clark and Jessica A. Deckard
Choose an activity from the unit:

• Putting the Pieces Together: Reconstructing a Maya Vase
• The Origins of Agriculture
• Ceramics
• Maya Memory
• My Name in Maya Hieroglyphics
• "Stela-r" Achievements: Commemorating Your Life the Maya Way
• Empire--A Game of Maya Trade and Conquest
• Ancient Mesoamerican Manuscript Painting
• Garbage Excavation Project
• Classroom Plan and Profile
• Day of the Dead Activity Link: http://www.cde.state.co.us/action/curric/int/alma.htm
  Provides a link to the Alma de la Raza website featuring a number of teaching activities designed to educate students in the customs and history of Latin America. Includes the complete Day of the Dead curriculum mentioned in this workshop.
• Geomancy

Maps of Maya Lowlands:

• Map of the Northern Lowlands

Mesoamerican Timeline:

• Timeline

Web Links:

• www.ballgame.org - An excellent interactive site designed for the traveling ballgame exhibit.
• www.mayavase.com - Justin Kerr’s rollout photos of polychrome vessels. You should know what your are looking for before visiting this site as it is for the more advance Maya scholar.
• www.mesoweb.org - Merle Greene Robertson’s rubbings of Maya stone monuments.
• www.famsi.org - The Foundation for the Advancement of Mesoamerican Studies
• www.tulane.edu/~mari - The Middle American Research Institute at Tulane University
• http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Arts/artsdatabase.html - This site has received many awards from educational organizations. It features many interactive activities for the classroom.
• Anthropology in Education - From the American Anthropological Association, this site offers many links, lesson plans and suggestions for introducing students to the fanastic world of archaeology.
  

Latin American Resource Center
Tulane University
100 Jones Hall
New Orleans LA 70118

ph: (504) 862-3143;  fx:(504) 865-6719; crcrts@tulane.edu

Monday, November 5, 2007
10:52:07 AM