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Nancy Simmons
Gr. 6-Social Studies/Language Arts
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ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS   ALL CIVILIZATIONS OF LATIN AMERICA
LINKS TO PICTURES TO IMPORT FOR YOUR PROJECT
AZTEC   PICTURES
AZTEC clipart

scroll down to the small picutes, click on picutes-ALL AZTEC DRAWINGS of the arrival of the Spanish and good map of the route of the Spanish  (generally good HISTORY of the downfall of the Aztec)
***Click at the bottom to get to the next page and find pictures of pottery, books,

picture:  human sacrifice

black & white drawing of punishment


along the LEFT side of the page are many words-choose one and click on it-you will then see copies of orioginal drawings of the Aztec culture

Aztec god of rain & fertility, sun stone, wooden collar

INCA    PICTURES
INCA clipart

Picture of ancient terraces built for farming the mountainside at Machu Picchu

ancient Inca Irrigation trenches for moving water to the fields

roads built by the ancient Inca

modern woman hiking the trails/roads built by the Inca

view of Machu Picchu showing mountain, terraces, and huge building stones

view of the mysterious Machu Picchu

Machu Picchu, military complex-INCA

Inca treasures; “whistling” containers or vessels made by the ancient Inca; used in meditation and by shamans

ancient accounting twine knotting strings, called Khipus

a long distance view of the terraces built for growing crops at Machu Picchu

ancient Inca salt flats

[Link]peru-archaeological.blogspot.com/
painting of an ancient Inka

mummified ancient Inca girl

modern Peruvian children, descendants of the ancient Inca

modern Peruvian woman dressed in traditional clothing

picture of a llama with the Andes mountains in the background

copy of trail map of the final Inka

map of ancient Inca trails

take a virtual tour along the Inca trails-full screen video in 360 degrees

MAYA    PICTURES
MAYA clipart

picture/watercolor of Maya city with people

BEST collection of Maya maps of different time periods, trade routes, regions, collapsing Maya culture range (use arrows to move to the next two pages)  and many links at the bottom of the first page to pictures of artifacts such as: jewelry, architecture, dishware, jars, figurines.....

Maya temple, stucco carving from a temple, Maya mural/wall painting


[Link]www.religionfacts.com/ mayan_religion/index.htm
MAYA calendar

MAYA-Pyramid of Kukulkan at Chichén-Itzá

MAYA alphabet glyphs-with phonetics

MAYA glyphs-non calendar

b&w Maya glyphs-no translation

[Link]www.surfing-art.com/ mayan_zodiac.htm
Maya zodiac symbol in color

Maya ruins from above, in Guatemala

Maya warrior-b&w outline/drawing

Maya calendar-in color

Maya statue

MAYA-b&w-Jaguar mask


Maya arch-photo

MAYA-sculpture

[Link]http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.destination360.com/central-america/honduras/images/s/mayan-site-of copan.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.destination360.com/central-america/honduras/mayan-site-of-copan.php&h=332&w=415&sz=71&hl=en&start=100&um=1&tbnid=QrZ449PR-lYS0M:&tbnh=100&tbnw=125&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dmayan%26start%3D80%26ndsp%3D20%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dsafari%26rls%3Den%26sa%3DN
MAYA-COPAN ruins Honduras

MAYA relief in b&w

Maya warfare poster

[Link]www.ancientresource.com/.../ mayan_artifacts.html
MAYA vase

[Link]www.pbase.com/ pinemikey/image/28434660
MAYA architecture-close up

ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS   ALL CIVILIZATIONS OF LATIN AMERICA
TIME LINE and  HISTORY

the INCA emperors and history on a list = timeline

Inca time line

Inca write up about their history & time period

architecture for all three civilizations-keep scrolling down until you see "your" civilization
CLICK ON THE WORDS ON THE PYRAMID & AT THE TOP TO LEARN ABOUT OTHER PARTS OF THE CULTURE

links on the timeline lead to information on Aztec & Maya (NOT INCA)


interactive timeline-click on timeline and then differnt highlighted wods-it will show you pictures from those sites


short list of civilization dates

FIND THE SECTION JUST FOR YOUR CIVILIZATION
AZTEC
Aztec history-short

Aztec warriors

Aztec warfare

Aztec geography

many Aztec components and geography

all components of culture for Aztecs

Aztec warfare & warriors-scroll down really far until "Room 5" near the end!

Aztec food

AZTEC TOOLS, TECHNOLOGY & TRANSPORTATION-and links on the left side to other components of culture

Aztec punishment & a picture to go along with it

Aztec tools #1-picture

ancient Aztec architecture

general information with links to civilization, Spanish conquest, leaders, & gods-short but some difficult words

Aztec myths and legends in beginner, intermediate, and advanced degrees of difficulty

daily life, social structure, rules for life

Aztec Daily life

drawings of Aztec Daily life

drawings of Aztec Daily life

Aztec laws and punishments

school for Aztec kids

Aztec clothing

Aztec army

some recreation-sports & games

links to Inca, Maya & Aztec information

pre-Spanish history 900-1521

line drawings/pictures of Aztec

Britannica Online-AZTEC SOCIAL STRUCTURE and more

Components of Aztec culture-Social Structure, Art, Family, Education...

AZTEC-History of the Americas

Aztec timeline

Aztec rulers

Aztec history

crop circle of Aztec design

actual pictures of Aztec sites

many types of information about the Aztec

one page of clear information aobut the Aztec people & thier history

Aztec Society and daily life

speeches by Motecuhzoma and Cortés-end of the Aztec Empire

INCA
includes Inca warfare

scroll down to C6 warfare


Components of Culture-each section is clear, short, and easy to read
geography, daily life, food, clothing, transportation, architecture, sports, technology, dance, music, entertainment, writing, government, ceremonies & religion, social life, families, clothing-2

FIRST HANDOUT I GAVE YOU

Inca education

pictures of huge line drawings in the earth-unexplained and very old, text is hard, pictures excellent

Information, map, & pictures of the famous 'Lost City of Machu Picchu'

Inca language & religion
Inca pyramids

Inca ruins - pages 1 & 2- very good pictures

Lake Titicaca is the world's highest lake navigable to large vessels @ 2+ miles above sea level

INCA KIDS

Social Structure and life of the Inca

ENCARTA-INCA EMPIRE

general information about the Inca

every kind of information about the Inca culture

clear and easy to read information about the Inca's food

links to Inca, Maya & Aztec information


MAYA
timeline MexConnect

components of culture-brief & clear

warfare and warriors-scroll really far dwon to "ROOM 5"-it is almost at the end of the pages

Maya warfare information

geography of the Yucatan Peninsula including water availability

how the Maya got, saved, and used water

daily life of the ancient Maya

daily life

Maya "everything"

Maya culture

Maya daily life

Maya basics

easy to understand general information about the Maya culture
links at the top and bottom of the pages/windows

table of contents to Maya culture, technology, society and much more

links to Inca, Maya & Aztec information

Maya Society

MAYA Society

Maya information

drawing of a Maya city

modern MAYA

Maya Geography

for pictures of Maya sites

Maya glossary

Mayan glyphs-not calendar or number

picture of traditional Maya house in the Yucatan

line drawing of human sacrifice

MAPS

very good map of the Maya 250-950 CE/AD

very good map of the range of the Aztec empire 950-1521

Aztec map

good map shows modern Mexico and the Aztec regions

one map showing both Aztec and Inca regions in 1500

one map showing both the Aztec and Maya ranges around 1500

Inca map & map of South America

Maya map

Maya map

Map of geographic regions labeled

MAPS/PUZZLES & GAMES
choose play South America

interactive map of South America

choose LATIN AMERICA map game

map of South America

Central America-puzzle

interactive map of Central America

map of Central America

Language Arts activity:
GREAT site with links to many forms of poetry - interactive and printable
Scroll down the list on the left side; you might like to try these:
5W Poem
Bio Poem
Wish
Wishes and Fears
What If
Color My World Poem

follow directions to write and print a diamond shaped poem

follow directions to write and print riddle poems

write and print an acrostic poem

free online rhyming dictionary

free online rhyming dictionary

OTHER
make a puzzle!

maps and links for Arctic and Canada


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Phone: (207) 829-4815    Fax: (207) 829-4819    Email: michelle_dubey@msad51.org
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