What’s happening in Year 6 – Week 2

This week in history, the children were learning all about the Mayan leader: Pakal the Great. They explored the details shown in a range of sources of evidence and asked questions about what they could see. The children also discussed the reliability of the sources – thinking carefully about how much explicit information they provided regarding the enquiry question.

Some of the key information that the children found out about Pakal the Great were:

• He became King at aged 12
• Pakal reigned for 68 years, making him the second longest reigning monarch in history
• Kings in Ancient Maya had their identities protected by wearing elaborate masks when they were making public appearances