Fulbright-Hays Seminars Abroad Program 2008
In the Footsteps of the Mayan and Inca Peoples: The Indigenous Inheritance of Mexico and Peru
The following curriculum units were developed by educators who participated in a month-long seminar in Mexico and Peru. Target subjects and grade levels vary; please contact LLILAS Public Engagement if you have questions regarding how to best use these resources in your classroom.
Unless otherwise noted, all files are in Adobe PDF format.
Amber Bechard
Exploring Other Cultures as a Means of Strengthening Our Own (Language Arts and Social Studies; Middle School)
- Exploring Cultures (219KB)
- Mexico Video (3.9MB WMV file)
- Peru Video (4.2MB WMV file)
Brenda Betz-Stoltz
Exploring Geography and Cultural Roles in Mexico (Social Studies and English; Middle School, Grades 6-8)
- Exploring Geography (2.5MB)
Carol Bolon
The Mystery of the Ancient Designs on the Desert in Peru: A Children's Book (English as a Second Language; High School, Grades 9-11)
Lianne Burnson
Maya: Lords of the Earth (Core Subjects; Elementary School, Grades K-5)
- Lords of the Earth (5.9MB)
- Presentation: Lords of the Earth (7.9MB) (also available as a ppt file - 54.3MB)
Antoinette Byam
Maya Curriculum Unit (Social Studies; Middle School, Grades 5-8)
- Curriculum Unit (169KB)
- Images (2.9MB)
Shauna Carey
Mexico and Peru: Tradition in Cloth and Clay (Art; Grade 5)
- Cloth and Clay (168KB)
- Presentation: Fiber (5.5MB) (also available as a ppt file - 28.9MB)
- Presentation: Fiber and Dyes (12.8MB) (also available as a ppt file - 27.0MB)
- Presentation: Ceramics (4.5MB) (also available as a ppt file - 20.4MB)
Maryann Foster
Peruvian and Mexican Folk Arts (Art, Humanities, with Social Studies connections; Middle School, Grades 6-8)
- Folk Arts (392KB)
Jody Geitz
Water: Playing a Major Role in the Development and Demise of Civilizations (Integrated Social Studies and Science unit; Elementary School, Grades 4-6)
- Water (1.1MB)
Diane Glover
Maya and Inca Unit Supplement (Reading, English, Music, Art, Culinary Arts; Grades 5-6)
- Maya and Inca (240KB)
- Mexican Culture Box Images (1.0MB)
- Peruvian Culture Box Images (1.7MB)
Gail Greenberg
A Tapestry of Mexico and Peru through Multicultural Children's Literature (Library Media, Language Arts, Social Studies; Elementary School, Grades 3-5)
- Tapestry (113KB)
Lori Riehl
Where Did the Maya Go? The Evolution of Maya Culture (Social Studies, with Language Arts connections; Middle School, Grade 7)
- Evolution of Maya Culture (381KB)
- Presentation: Lessons 1 and 2 (346KB) (also available as a ppt file - 1.1MB)
- Presentation: Lesson 3 (1.0MB) (also available as a ppt file - 1.7MB)
Galina Tchourilova
Who Is the Greatest? The Maya and Inca Empires (Social Studies, World History; Middle and High School)
- Who is the Greatest? (10.8MB)
- Presentation: Who is the Greatest (5.1MB) (also available as a ppt file - 6.9MB) Supplementary materials (not part of unit, but available as background information and Spanish listening exercise):
- Presentation: Mexico (7.9MB) (also available as a ppt file - 11.6MB)
- Presentation: Peru (8.4MB) (also available as a ppt file - 11.6MB)
- Video of Peru Interviews
Emily Van Wey
Las voces de los adolescentes: México, Perú, EEUU (Spanish 3; High School)
- Las voces de los adolescentes (629KB)
Alisa Warshay
Mexico and Peru: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow (Spanish 3 and above, can be adapted for Social Studies; High School)
- Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow (197KB)
- Presentation: Historia de México (416KB) (also available as a ppt file - 1.0MB)
- Presentation: Historia de los Incas (3.1MB) (also available as a ppt file - 3.8MB)
- Presentation: Migración (1.9MB) (also available as a ppt file - 3.0MB)
Kimberly Young
Complicating Conquest (World History; High School, Grades 9-12)
- Complicating Conquest (25.5MB)
- LCI: Aztec Glyphs (738KB) (also available as a ppt file - 1.8MB)
- LCI: Religion (5.6MB) (also available as a ppt file - 7.6MB)
- LCI: The Church of Santo Domingo (3.0MB) (also available as a ppt file - 6.3MB)
- LCI: Colonial Peru (3.0MB) (also available as a ppt file - 5.7MB)
- LCI: Colonial Mexico (3.8MB) (also available as a ppt file - 16.6MB)
- LCI: Contemporary Textiles (6.0MB) (also available as a ppt file - 8.7MB)
- LCI: Debrief (9.5MB) (also available as a ppt file - 29.6MB)