This resource was originally developed by L. Webster and has been adapted for EAL Nexus. EAL Nexus – free downloadable teaching materials https://eal.britishcouncil.org/ © Bell Educational Trust 2016

The MayansFarming word mat Subject: History

Age group: 8 - 11

Topic: A non-European society that provides contrasts with British history

ashes irrigation slash and burn farming

burned grew cotton

maize avocados chili peppers

Maize images licensed under \public DomainCC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication

Chilli peppers By Yair Geva (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

Avacado By No machine-readable author provided. Marco.Finke~commonswiki assumed (based on copyright claims). [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

Cotton CSIRO [CC BY 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

Slash and burn farming By mattmangum (Slash and Burn) [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons By Pfern at en.wikipedia (Paulo Fernandes) (Transferred from en.wikipedia) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

Irrigation By Manojk (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

Grew (on word mat)<a href="http://worldartsme.com/">WorldArtsMe</a> <a href="http://worldartsme.com/grew-clipart.html" title="Clipart from WorldArtsMe"><img title="Grew Clipart" width="350" src="http://worldartsme.com/images/grew-clipart-1.jpg"/> </a>

Asheshttps://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ashes_texture.jpg By Titus Tscharntke [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons