Open Educational Resources
A curated collection of teaching materials
Las qochas
Description: Produced in collaboration with Peru’s Climate Change Adaptation Programme (PACC) and the Social Development Cooperation Fund (FONCODES), this educational video explores the ancient technology of water harvesting and storage using qochas, which are...
La creación del hombre (mito maya quiché)
Description: This animated video presents the K’iche’ (or Quiché) Maya myth of the creation of human beings, drawn from the Popol Vuh, the foundational text of K’iche’ Maya cosmology. In this account, the gods attempt several times to create...
La leyenda maya del colibrí
Description: Mayan myth about the hummingbird. Teaching ideas: Use the myth genre as a lens to explore ideas about the relationship between humans and nature. Students can also write a myth about another species of their...