The Maya: What was their Most Remarkable Achievement

Part 3 of Latin America Unit

worthy of being or likely to be noticed especially as being uncommon or extraordinary.

Definition for REMARKABLE

Examples of Remarkable in a sentence: Competing in the Olympics is a remarkable event. The girl has a remarkable talent.

Putting a man on the moon

Painting the Mona Lisa

Inventing the Computer

Discovering penicillin

Defeating Nazi Germany in World War II

Writing the plays of Shakespeare

Setting a world record in the marathon

Building the Great Wall of China

Mesoamerica
The southern part of North America, extending from central Mexico to Honduras and Nicaragua

slash-and-burn agriculture
The practice of cutting and burning forests to prepare fields for farming

classic
relating to the period of highest development

city-states
independent settlements, sometimes walled, and often including the surrounding territory

ritual
a ceremony with an established order, often related to religion

glyphs
picture writing

http://www.history.com/topics/maya/videos
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hz4dLsXz9PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyvw6G9Max0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBSg5sGh2nQ

Video day 2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lix34UX6hf0

Video Day 3

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyvw6G9Max0

Video day 4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vupvaPiitrE

Video day 5

Mayan numbers