A cartoon man and his robot friend are here to teach us about Mayan history!

I'm working on a unit plan on Mayan history, and thought that a few of you might enjoy this short video from an elementary school standby, BrainPop*:

Tim and Moby teach us about Mayan history!

"The Maya were the only Native American society with a complete system of writing— in other words, one that could fully represent a spoken language."

"Since there was no central authority, the Maya civilization didn't fall suddenly, like the Aztecs or the Inca. Instead, the Spanish slowly conquered individual city-states one by one. By the end of the seventeenth century, the major centers of power had all fallen. But the Mayan people didn't go anywhere— they still occupy the same area of land they've lived in for thousands of years."


*a special shout-out to Ms. W.!