Maya, Aztec, Inca Social Studies Activities Unit | Ancient Americas | Readings

Aztec, Maya, and Inca Social Studies Activity Bundle includes all you need to teach this unit. With over 320 pages divided into 8 easy-to-follow subfolders, you’ll have all of the Aztec, Maya, and Inca lesson plans, activities, reading passages, guided notes with worksheets, & assessments you’ll need to teach like a superhero! This unit is perfect for both a paper-driven or Google classroom environment.

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Description:

This Mesoamerica unit, covering Aztec, Maya, Inca, for Ancient Civilizations Curriculum, or Ancient Sumerian History, is a Social Studies Grade 6 Unit packed with both Google digital and printable worksheet activities. With over 300 pages divided into 8 easy-to-follow subfolders, you’ll have all the Ancient Aztec Maya Inca civilization maps, lesson plans, activities, reading passages, guided notes with worksheets, and assessments you need to teach like a superhero!

Like all our Ancient History bundles, the Ancient Aztec Maya Inca unit features a common flow to reduce anxiety for you and your students throughout the year. We know that teachers love no-prep history activities, and students need structure and accountability to succeed; our units are taught with a common sequence, complete with mini-assessments along the way.

Here’s what’s included, organized in 8 sequenced subfolders AND on a linked Google-ready table of contents for easy access:

1. UNIT INTRODUCTION SUBFOLDER– These two great introduction lessons include:

2. GEOGRAPHY SUBFOLDER– Includes student or teacher-guided click geography activities, games, Google form or print quiz, and answer keys!

3. VOCABULARY SUBFOLDER– Includes assignment options, review games, and a Google Forms or print quiz. Also, includes Quizlet links for online learning practice!

4. GUIDED NOTES & READINGS FOR EACH CIVILIZATION SUBFOLDER – Includes everything you need to teach the content via readings, activities, or direct instruction. Complete with a content-specific Google form or print quiz.

 

  1. Aztec Comic Notes & Graphic Organizer
  2. Inca Comic Notes & Graphic Organizer
  3. Maya Comic Notes & Graphic Organizer

 

  1. Aztec Stations with Station Worksheets
  2. Maya Stations with Station Worksheets
  3. Inca Stations with Station Worksheets

 

  1. Aztec Snapshot Notebook
  2. Inca Snapshot Notebook and Foldable Folder (print and digital)
  3. Maya Snapshot Notebook and Foldable Folder (print and digital)

 

5. ACTIVITIES SUBFOLDER– Includes diverse, interactive, student-centered activities from which teachers can pick and choose based on personal style and class needs.

 

6. BELLRINGERS: Skill-Based Text Analysis Warm-Ups and Mini-Lessons and Review – Students make inferences and predictions from the text, choose the best evidence to support a claim, cite sources, paraphrase, and learn to write strong commentary in these daily skill-based mini-lessons and practice slides.

 

7. BIG IDEAS REVIEW SUBFOLDER- Includes 10 activities that work perfectly with interactive notebooks!  Each unit comes with a key concepts introductions PowerPoint and graphic organizer, My World- Big Ideas Activity, Folding graphic Organizer, The Biggest Idea Unit Summary Activity, Big Idea Claim, Evidence (note that this product has examples some of the assignments listed above, but not all are included in the bundle) Also includes:

 

8. ⭐UNIT ASSESSMENT CLAIM, EVIDENCE, REASONING (CER) TEST– Each unit comes with an editable assessment that has students support claims with evidence.

 


KEY CONCEPT BASED INSTRUCTION-Students will explore and review the big idea six key concepts (GRAPES). Additionally, all our curriculum units incorporate student accountability through assessments at each step, ensuring progress is data-driven.

Each unit comes with notes, graphic organizers, and review worksheets that have the GRAPES key concepts in mind:

  • G= Geography
  • R= Religion
  • A= Achievements
  • P= Politics/Government/Leadership
  • E= Economy
  • S= Social Classes

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