My project
about the
Mayas
My first genius hour project. I
picked it cause it interest me
when I saw it on history
channel
The Maya calendar
 The
Mayan
calendar ends
December
21st,2012. The Maya
predicted either
the end of the
world or a time of
great change at
this point.
The Maya numbers
 These
are the
Maya numbers
from 0 to 24.
The Maya people skills
 The
Mayas hade major artistic and
intellectual advance skills. They even had
mathematics and astronomy skills.
Pedro de
Alvarado
In 1523 Pedro Alvarado
conquered Quiché and
Cakchiquel of Guatemala.
The Maya people
The past Maya
people
The Maya people
today
Maya fire ball
 They
used a fire ball to
play the game.
 You had to use stick to
hit the fire ball.
 The game is really
dangerous if you get
hit with the fire ball you
can get burned.
 Its almost like the
hockey we play today
but in ice
The ball game a deadly sport
 They
used a rubber
ball
 You couldn’t touch
the ball with your
hands
 The team that wins
gets treated like hero's
and gets a great feast
 The penalty for losing
was some times death
or the leader of the
team gets killed
Some Maya areas
 These
are some of the
Maya areas.
 Tiho, Izamal, Uxmal,
Chichen Itza, Coba,
Becan, Calakmul, El
Mirador, Nakabe, Tikal,
Caracol, Palenare,
Piedra Negra,
Yaxchilan, Dos Pilas,
Copan, Kaminuljuyu,
Comalcalco,
Aguateca.
Chichen Itza
 This
is how the Chichen
Itza temple looks like
 It’s the 2nd most visited
place of the Maya
temples
 I hope I can go there
when am a grownup
or a kid.
The end
I hoped you guys liked it.
Warning : be good because in the Maya if you got
in trouble or your bad you get death.
I am giving credit to the books The Mayas ,and
Ancient Mayas.