El arte antiguo de América is a website that was created to serve as an introduction to the richness of the precolumbian cultures of the Americas. This website is written in Spanish and links to other Spanish-language sites on the Internet. This website was created for students of Spanish at the intermediate or advanced level.

The activities can be done in many ways:

• Activities can be done as an entire assignment by individual students, combined with a visit to the museum or using the museum's website.
• Alternatively, it can be done in portions, for example, the part on Mayas can be done one week, the Aztecs the next, and the Incas the third week. On the fourth week, students can do the Para resumir section (Activities 16 and 17) together. After finishing the Para resumir section, they can then visit the MFA in Boston or do the corresponding internet research section (Activities 18 - 22) together.
• The web site can also be done in portions, for example, the parts on Mayas, Aztecs and Incas can be assigned to be done separately by different students or groups of students. They can then come to class and inform each other about what they learned. They can then do the Para resumir(Activities 16 and 17) together. After finishing the Para resumir section, they can then visit the MFA in Boston or do the corresponding internet research section (Activities 18 - 22) together.  
• Doing the activities on this site could be given as an option for students to complete in lieu of a paper or project on another topic.
• A final option would be to assign the entire site or portions of it to be done as extra credit.

Other useful sites for further research

Sites in Spanish:

General:

Mapahumano de Etnias, Pueblos y Culturas - well illustrated and informative

Yahoo! México - a list of museum websites

Civilizaciones de la América precolombina - an educational website from Venezuela

Grandes Civilizaciones Precolombinas - a slide presentation

Momias y Costumbres Funerarias - not only in Ancient America

Diccionario de mitos y creencias - a research site

El Balero: México para niños - a website at intermediate Spanish level
 
 

Mayas:

Maya Calendar - a bilingual site

Mundo Maya - history and culture of the Mayan civilization to present days

Mayan Legends
 

Aztecs:

Tenochtitlán en linea - a compact personal site on the ancient Aztec civilization

Art in Mexico - History of Mexican art and culture

Arqueología Mexicana - most important archaeological sites in Mexico

El pueblo del sol: universo azteca - a comprehensive site on Aztec civilization

Web de México - a comprehensive site on Mexico

Aztecas - a list of sofisticated sites on Mexico's pre-columbian civilizations

Antropología e Historia - a list of official and academic sites on Mexico

Mexico Web: Arte y Cultura/Historia - a varied list of sites
 

Sites in English:

Pre-Columbian Civilizations - a collection of sites to aid research

Prehispanic Calendars - an interpretation guide

Ancient Middle America - a list of useful sites

Ancient Latin America  - a site created and hosted by Minnesota State University

Caracol: archaelogical research project in Belize, University of Southern Florida

Maya Archaeology - a site of scholarly value

Yahooligans! - a directory of sites for the study of ancient American civilizations

Western Hemisphere - Mr Donn's K-12 lesson plans and activities

Ancient America - Scholastic's website for teachers.

The Conquistadors - PBS website for teachers