Country: Guatemala

These sites have information about Guatemala’s history, geography, people, economy, and more. See photographs of the country’s volcanoes and learn about the Mayan ruins. There are links to eThemes Resources on ancient civilizations and Spanish.

Grades

• 1,
• 2,
• 3,
• 4,
• 5,
• 6,
• 7,
• 8,
• 9,
• 10,
• 11,
• 12

Links

• ABC Teach: Guatemala

  Print out and color this map of Guatemala.

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• Fact Monster: Guatemala

  Learn about the geography and history of Guatemala. Includes some facts and statistics about the country.

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• CIA World Factbook: Guatemala

  This site has a map of Guatemala plus information about the country's geography, people, government, economy, and more.

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• Map

  This map of Guatemala has the cities and the rivers labeled.

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• BBC Country Profile: Guatemala

  Here is a profile of Guatemala, including information about Guatemala's president. NOTE: This site links to some Web sites written in Spanish. Also, the "Communicate" link at the top leads to message boards.

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• Guatemala: Atlapedia Online

  Here is information about Guatemala's location, climate, education, resources, and more. Click on the thumbnails of the maps to see enlarged images.

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• Mayan Kids Interactive

  Read about Tikal, one of the major cities of the Mayans. Click on "People" to learn more about the Mayans. Click on "Beliefs" to learn more about their beliefs.

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• Our Living Maya Culture

  Learn about the culture of the Mayan people who live in Guatemala today.

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• Journey Through Tikal

  This site has pictures of the ancient Mayan ruins of Tikal. Includes information about the artwork and culture of the ancient Mayans. NOTE: This site includes ads.

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• Pictures of Guatemala

  Here are pictures of Guatemala's cities, people, volcanoes, and more.

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• Welcome to Guatemala City

  View images of Guatemala City's skyline.

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• eThemes Resource: Ancient Western Civilizations

  Explore the ancient civilizations of the Maya, Inca, Aztec, Cahokia, and Anasazi. Includes pictures, audio clips of music, and 360-degree virtual reality tours.

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• eThemes Resource: Language: Spanish

  These sites focus on teaching Spanish words and include hands-on games, interactive exercises, pronunciation, bilingual translation, grammar rules and some cultural notes.

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Education Standards

• MO
  • 1
  • 1.1
  • 1.10
  • 1.2
  • 1.4
  • 1.5
  • 1.6
  • 1.7
  • 1.8
  • 1.9
  • 2
  • 2.1
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • 6
  • 7

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Created: February 12, 2004 at 08:25 | Updated: January 28, 2013 at 18:32