The following online guides have been designed for use with the children’s Coloring Book Maya Arts and Crafts of Guatemala/Artes y Artesanías Mayas de Guatemala.

Kids and Fair Trade - A Teacher’s and Parent’s Guide
By Marilyn Anderson

Using the Maya Arts and Crafts of Guatemala/Artes y Artesanías Mayas de Guatemala Coloring Book to Better Understand Fair Trade

This Guide contains six lessons for grades 3-5. Lessons Four, Five and Six can be used by grades 6-8 without the coloring book

CONTENTS:
Introduction
How to use the Guide

Lessons:

  • Maya Arts: What Are They?
  • Maya Arts in Fair Trade Stores
  • People in the USA and Canada Buy Maya Arts
  • Fair Trade — in Super Stores?
  • Fair Trade is About Being Fair
  • Fair Trade Works!

Links to Further Resources on Fair Trade

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Learning from the Maya About Diversity, Culture and Ecology - A Teacher’s & Parent’s Guide
By Marilyn Anderson

To Accompany the Coloring Book Maya Arts and Crafts of Guatemala/Artes y Artesanías Mayas de Guatemala

CONTENTS:
Introductory Note to Teachers and Parents
The Guide and How to Use It Effectively

Lessons:

  • Appreciating Diversity ~ A multicultural lesson based on the traditional clothing of the Maya
  • Bags, Baskets, Bundles, Gourds and Nets ~ Ancient and imaginative ways of the Maya for making, using and carrying things
  • Put It in a Reusable Bag ~ Relating Maya arts and crafts to ecology
    Resources

Further information on books and websites

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