History Month #5 2020-2021 Journeyman (Geography) Central America

Journeyman

Study/Learn

Do all of the following:

1 - Study a map of Central America and work on memorizing the countries and be able to find them on a world map.  Specifically study Guatemala and the areas of the Mayan Empire.  

2 - Print and study a blank map of Central America for your commonplace book and mark the following things:
      (This map is your ticket into class, so make sure you have it and it's filled out.)

• major bodies of water and rivers
• 5 major cities
• 3 crops and where they are grown
• 
  major mountain ranges and other physical features (deserts, plains, peninsulas, etc)
• LDS temple(s)
• Geography from the Ancient World.  (You'll probably have to look these up online.) Make sure to include:
• Panama Canal
• Chechen Itza
• Tikal
• Lake Atitlan
• Lamanai
• Xunantunich
• El Mirador

3 - Watch this video "Discover Guatemala"  (3 min)

Know/Understand

Please choose one of the following:

• Learn a Mayan dance that you can teach the class. (Tell Sis. Cloward what you're teaching ahead of time and what music you're using so I can have it ready.)
• Come to class and teach us how to say your name, count to ten, say hello, good bye and a few other phrases in Mayan.
• Bring a children's picture book representing Guatemala or the Maya to class and read it to us.
• Bring food from Guatemala for the whole class.  (Tell Sis. Cloward what you're bringing ahead of time. This will be included as part of lunch.)
• Look up and come ready to present on the animals of Guatemala.  What are they used for and why?
• Look up and come ready to present on the climate of Guatemala.  Bring pictures to back up you information.
• Think of something creative you can teach us about Guatemala or the Maya.