Digging Deeper, is a collection of teachers’ resources and lesson plans, designed to bring alive the Maya world for grades 5-9. The lessons feature original, imaginative, cross-curricular ideas for Maya cultural study and cover a wide range of subjects, including Math, Social Studies, Earth Sciences, Debate and Physical Education. (More subjects under development.) The CD also includes an illustrated 26 page Teacher’s Guide to the Ancient Maya. Please note that the lesson plans are about the Maya world and life in the rainforest - you do not need to read ‘The Jaguar Stones Trilogy’ to use them.
“The entire packets of lessons are standards-based, have essential questions, and provide all of the details teachers need to implement the lessons into the classrooms. It is an amazing resource for classroom teachers at the middle level.”
Carol Renca, Librarian
Edmunds Middle School, Burlington, VT
“The lesson plans are incredible, who ever did them did an amazing job. The 7th grade humanities teacher used one of the lessons with her class and the response from the kids was overwhelming.”
Beverly Lane, Librarian,
The Calhoun School, NY
“I'd like to thank you for the outstanding lesson plans. Rarely do I ever use pre-created activities because they are either too low-level, not relevant to our state standards, or not interesting enough to grab a 7th graders' attention. This is the first time in my 10 years of teaching that I did not have to "recreate the wheel" for a novel. I really appreciate that the lessons include many high-level, thought-provoking questions for students as well as questions that are authentic/related to their lives. These are the types of questions that always keep the students interested in the reading. I enjoyed watching the kids get excited this week about selecting and writing/drawing their Maya nicknames.”
Alisa Bowling (Ix Chak Muut), 7th Grade Teacher
Canarelli Middle School, Las Vegas, NV
If you are a teacher or a school librarian and you’d like to receive a free copy of the CD, please email your name and school address to: voelkel@jaguarstones.com.
You’ll find more free Maya lessons plan on our links page.
DIGGING DEEPER