FREE for a limited time. Learn History in a new way with Excavate! Mesoamerica, an immersive social studies game for middle school students! Use Archaeological thinking to apply C3 skills of Inquiry and Evaluation of Evidence to aspects of Mayan, Aztec, and Incan daily life not covered in textbooks. By excavating and analyzing three significant locations, players will:
 
· Explore the significance of jade and obsidian for the Maya
· Gain a new perspective on Aztec engineering accomplishments
· Describe the role of gods in Incan society
· Distinguish the roles of women and men in Mesoamerican societies
· Compare and contrast the lifestyles of the Maya, Aztec and Inca
· Piece together daily life
· Explain architectural innovations that were used to build temples and palaces

Players can explore the sites in any order; progress is recorded in journals that log collected artifacts, field notes and achievements. Throughout the game, players use C3 skills to analyze and make connections. They carefully deduce the facts about each area, stratum by stratum and artifact by artifact. At each location, players make meaning of how artifacts were used through a series of analysis questions and reports that require players to make connections, read closely and consider the historical context of the primary source artifacts. Finally, players see each site come alive as artifacts populate historically accurate images of Mayan, Aztec or Incan life.
 
Features:
• Engage with objects of daily life textbooks never include
• Use archaeological thinking to piece together historical understanding
• See artifacts in context in the ancient world 
• Design input from Social Studies teachers 
• Historically Accurate, C3 Skills-Based learning
• Free Teacher Guides, Lesson Plans, and Extension Activities
• Track Student Progress & Bundle with other Excavate! games for a complete curriculum solution