Where are the Maya?

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Where are the Maya?

• Chapter 23 The Maya
• Presentation created by Lori Riehl, November 2008

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Do Now

• Based on what youve learned about civilizations
  in this or other classes, what are three reasons
  that may contribute to the end of a
  nation/civilization?
• Example the Romans increased their territory so
  much that they could no longer defend it.

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What happened to the Maya?

• Unlike the Aztecs Inca, the Maya civilization
  did not end because of Spanish conquest.
• Read Chapter 23 to gather data about the culture
  to assist us in hypothesizing about the
  civilizations demise.
• A hypothesis is
• So, to hypothesize is to

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23.1 Introduction

• Page 259
• How long did the civilization last?
• How many cities were a part of the Maya
  civilization?
• In what types of homes did the peasants live?

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23.2 The Development of the Mayan Civilization

• Reading with a purpose
• Gather at least 5 facts about the Maya from your
  section
• Use the facts youve gathered to create one or
  more hypotheses about the end of the Maya
  civilization
• Complete the graphic organizer for your section

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23.2 Gathering the facts

• Remember to focus your fact-gathering based on
  what you believe will help you to form one or
  more hypotheses about the end of the Maya
  civilization.

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23.2 Creating the hypotheses

• Possible hypotheses about the end of the Maya
  civilization based on facts gathered from 23.2
• Type hypotheses here

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BASE Groups Teacher adds student names
Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4
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Group 5 Group 6 Group 7 Group 8
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EXPERT Groups

• Each of you will get a section number of 23.3,
  23.4, 23.5, or 23.6
• Once you have your section number, you will form
  a new group with the others who have your section
  number to work on your section.
• Once you have finished the task, you will return
  to your BASE groups.

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Your Task

• In EXPERT groups
• Gather facts that lead your group to one or more
  hypotheses about the end of the Maya civilization
• Be prepared to share your findings with your BASE
  group

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Todays Exit Ticket

• List 3 or more facts that you learned about the
  Maya civilization from your groups section of
  the reading.

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Where are the Maya?

• Chapter 23, concluded

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Todays Task

• Return to your EXPERT group
• Complete fact-finding
• Develop hypotheses
• Prepare to report to your BASE groupall EXPERT
  group members share the same hypotheses with BASE
  groups

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BASE Group Task

• Each expert reports on the facts and hypotheses
  his/her group decided to share from the assigned
  section.
• Each BASE group member completes a note-taking
  organizer to record a favorite/best hypothesis
  for each section.

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Todays Exit Ticket

• Based on each experts report out, which
  hypothesis do you think best explains what
  happened to the Maya? Why? What facts support the
  hypothesis?