Students, Check out these hot sites and cool books to learn more about Ancient America

Cool Books:

Cherry, Lynne and Mark J. Plotkin. The Shaman’s Apprentice: A Tale of the Amazon Rain Forest. New York: Voyager Books, 1998.

Crandall, Rachel.  Hands of the Maya: Villagers at Work and Play.  New York: Henry Holt and Co., 2002.

Drew, David.  Inca Life.  Happauge, N.Y.: Barron’s Educational Services, Inc., 2000.

Eyewitness Books. Aztec, Inca and Maya. New York: Dorling Kindersley Publications, 1993.

Fisher, Leonard Everett. Gods and Goddesses of the Ancient Maya. New York: Holiday House, 1999.

Macdonald, Fiona.  Step into the Aztec and Maya World.  New York:  Lorenz Books, 1998.

Mason, Antony. Ancient Civilizations of the Americas. London: Dorling Kindersley Publications, 2001.

Nicholson, Sue. Aztecs and Incas: A Guide to the Pre-Colonized Americas in 1504. New York: Kingfisher Publications, 2000.

Palacos, Argentina. The Hummingbird King: A Guatemalan Legend. New York: Troll Associates, 2002.

Patent, Dorothy Hinshaw. Questzal, Sacred Bird of the Cloud Forest. New York: Morrow Junior Books, 1996.

Peppas, Lynn. Life in Ancient Mesoamerica.  New York: Crabtree Publishing Company, 2005.

Rees, Rosemary. The Incas: Understanding People of the Past. Chicago: Heinemann Library, 1999.

Scott, John F.  Mexican, Central and South American Art. New York: Facts on File Inc., 1996.

Reinhard, Johan.  Discovering the Ice Maiden.  Washington, D.C.: National Geographic, 1998.

Stuart, Gene S. and George E. Steuart.  Lost Kindgom of the Maya.  Washington, D.C.: Book division of the National Geographic Society, 1993.

Woods, Geraldine. Science of the Early Americas. New York: Franklin Watts Publishing, 1999.

Hot Web sites:

Cultures of the Andes
www.andes.org
Hear instruments and music (in Real Audio) as well as songs the Kechwa language (in Real audio). Try a basic lesson in Kechwa.

The Aztec calendar
www.azteccalendar.com
Learn to use the Aztec calendar.

National Geographic Kids magazine
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ngkids/games/brainteaser/inca/inca.html
Review your knowledge with games and interactivities including unwrapping a mummy bundle

The Potato
http://cipotato.org/potato/potato.htm
Follow the potato as it spread to cultures in Europe and Asia and learn about other native American foods and animals.

Rabbit in the Moon: Mayan Glyphs
www.halfmoon.org
Calculate your name in Mayan glyphs and dates on the Mayan calendar.

The Peregrine Fund: Working to Conserve Birds of Prey in Nature
www.peregrinefund.org
Learn about raptors and the efforts of students working in Panama to restore the eagles’ depleted population.

Mt. Salcantay/Inca Trail Trek
http://peaksandplaces.com/pp_inca_dbdi.html
Follow the day by day adventures of a group hiking the Inca Trail from Cuzco to Macchu Picchu.