Mayan Civilization Advantages and Effect on America

Amayrani Mateo May 30,2012 KIPP-2016-NEUSocial Study Mayan Research Paper Did you know that Mayan civilization left back beautiful landmarks they made with their advanced technology? The Mayan spread throughout Mexico, Belize, El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala. They Mayans had really advanced technology to look at the sky and be able to make calendars. They were able to observe the sky and make inferences. The Mayan civilization was different from any other civilization.Mayan civilizations should be taught in schools because of their influence on today’s citizens, advanced technology and students should learn about another civilization that is really known but not taught in schools and so that people studying Mayans learn about the heritage. Today, the astronomical and technological advances came from the Mayan civilization. Astronomers from the Mayan civilization created calendars that are more accurate then those of modern society. They have about eighteen different calend ars that was created on the movement of the moon, the planets and the sun.In order to make this happen, they also created mathematical theories. With these theories, they were able to trace the path of the planets. Mayan civilizations have thousands of archeological sites across Belize, Honduras, Guatemala, and Southern Mexico. (www. authenticmaya. com) There is a connection between the Latino/ Hispanics student in Massachusetts and in the Mayan civilization. There is 15. 4% of people in the state of Massachusetts who identify themselves as Latinos/ Hispanic. â€Å"Mayan civilization reached its height between 300 and 900 A. D†¦During this time, Mayan culture spread over much of Mesoamerica, including part of present-day Sothern Mexico, Belize, most of Guatemala, and parts of Honduras and El Salvador. † (Bower and Lobdell) There are things that we eat here that started in Mayan civilization. We eat things like maize, maize cobs and corn cob and other veggies. (www. foodt imeline. org) With those things we made things like Tamales or Tortilla, which were very famous in Mayan civilization. There are a couple Mexican and Central American restaurants around and they all started from the influence they had on Lynn. What happened to the Mayan Civilization?Why did they disappear? Mayan civilization is a mystery because no one knows how did they disappear or what happened to them. Learning about Mayan civilization will help with school things because your knowledge will grow. With these questions students can investigate further and find out more information o the civilization. All these questions keep people wondering and it can start very engaging discussions among other people. Having the skill to participate in a discussion is a great skill, also if you are wondering all these questions you will probably do some research on the civilization and you will know you more than other.Mayan civilization must be taught in schools in Massachusetts. Modern societ y can learn more about technological and astronomical advances because the Mayan civilization has influenced us already with some advances. About 15% of students in Massachusetts are Hispanic/Latinos. They have many similarities with people from the Mayan civilizations. Mayan civilizations taught us a lot of things and they helped give us ideas to do things certain ways. Ideas like calendars came from them.