General!
The Maya are an Indigenous people group that live in what part of the world?
Mexico and Central America
What is the topic that Ms. Kane's example poster is about?
Maya language
The R in CER stands for
Reasoning
If you went to Mexico or Guatemala today, what Maya items could you find there to buy or try?
Maya food, Maya clothes, Maya music
How many pieces of evidence do you have to use in your response?
2 pieces of evidence
What are two topics that your group can use as evidence to answer the test question on Friday?
Maya art (music), religion, technology/art, social structure, food, and language
True or false: The test on Friday will be taken using a pencil and paper
False - it will be on the same website that we took the pandemic test on!
True or false: The Maya people believe in one single god
False. The Maya believe in many gods and goddesses.
What is the one question we are answering on the test?
How do the cultural characteristics of the ancient Maya continue today?
True or false: the ancient Maya ballgame was banned by the Spanish thousands of years ago, which is why it is not more popular today.
True
Is this sentence stem an example of C, E, or R?
"This evidence proves my claim because..."
Reasoning
True or false: The current Maya people do not believe in the same gods or rituals that the ancient Maya people did.
False
True or false: The Maya are both an ancient civilization, AND currently living modern-day people.
True
The "technology/art" section is really about what? Bonus point: what is the actual tecnhology in this topic?
Maya clothing and weaving. The technology is the LOOM.
Write an example of a sentence starter to introduce a piece of evidence.
The text states, “_______.”
The author writes, “__________.”
In the video, I learned _______.
The author explained __________.
How long have the Maya been performing their traditional music for?
2,000 years
What does resilience mean?
to be resilient means to survive or persist despite pressures to change
How many Indigenous Maya languages are there?
30
Write a claim with your team: this could be the FIRST sentence of your test
The cultural characteristics of the ancient Maya continue today, which we can see in the Maya practices of [topic 1] and [topic 2].
How do Maya people keep their ancient food and recipes alive today?
They continue to cook the recipes and share them with others