Aztec, Inca & Maya

Genre: Multicultural / International

Author: Elizabeth Baquedano

Summary: This book is a collection of information on three empires and their people, the Aztecs, Incas and Mayas. Every page of the book has a large amount of pictures on it along with descriptions to tell more about that photo along with a general description of that page. Such things that students can find in this would be the basic information of the three ancient groups, their religious life, their cities, sports, artwork and more. At the end of the book there are sections such as, "Did you know?" and "Questions and Answers".

Lesson: This book would be a great book to have as a collection in your classroom with the other DK eyewitness books. If students ever have a question on a certain subject, they have the possibility to go look in these books and use their skills of working an index or table of contents to find the answer to their question. As a lesson, I would read aloud the "Masks" section of this book that explains that masks were used from burials to festivals. I would then have students create their own masks out of materials I had set aside for them and encourage them to be as creative as possible. Afterwards, I would get each student to write a paragraph explaining what their mask represents and I would attach the paragraph and mask together and then tape all to the wall for all to see.