Introduction to Ancient Mayan civilisation KS2 Topic History Geography

Lesson 1

This lesson is an introduction to Ancient Mayan civilisation. The detailed PowerPoint challenges pupils to think like historians with an introduction to the fascinating topic of the Maya or Mayans.

These are the key areas covered in this lesson:
• Introduction to Mayan civilisation
• a detailed timeline to give a sense of time and distance from present day
• Where Central America is on a map?
• What are the 7 Central American countries?
• Using an atlas to locate Mayan cities
• Plenary

This lesson comes with a PowerPoint of 12 slides, a suggested activity and printable detailed maps of Ancient Mayan cities that is also attached.