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100

The Maya are an Indigenous people group that live in what part of the world?

Mexico and Central America 

100

What is the topic that Ms. Kane's example poster is about?

Maya language

100

The R in CER stands for

Reasoning

100

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

200

How many pieces of evidence do you have to use in your response?

2 pieces of evidence

200

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

200

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!

200

True or false: The Maya people believe in one single god

False. The Maya believe in many gods and goddesses.

300

What is the one question we are answering on the test?

How do the cultural characteristics of the ancient Maya continue today?

300

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

300

Is this sentence stem an example of C, E, or R?

"This evidence proves my claim because..."

Reasoning

300

True or false: The current Maya people do not believe in the same gods or rituals that the ancient Maya people did.

False

400

True or false: The Maya are both an ancient civilization, AND currently living modern-day people.

True

400

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.

400

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 __________.

400

How long have the Maya been performing their traditional music for?

2,000 years

500

What does resilience mean?

to be resilient means to survive or persist despite pressures to change

500

How many Indigenous Maya languages are there?

30

500

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].

500

How do Maya people keep their ancient food and recipes alive today?

They continue to cook the recipes and share them with others