Putting together Incas, Mayan, and Aztecs unit study for kids

I have a book recommendation. All of my boys have loved Sonlight’s Incans, Aztecs, and Mayans book. I thought it was dry, but two of my boys loved it so much that they cried when they finished it.

Here’s some:

CENTRAL AMERICA

Heritage History: http://www.heritage-history.com/www/heritage.php?Dir=civ&MenuItem=hispanic

All ages:

Cultural Atlas for Young People: Ancient America – Marion Wood

Gr. 4-6

Overview:

First Book of Central America and Panama – Patricia Markum

Incans, Aztecs and Mayans – John Holzmann (history of three civilizations from a Biblical perspective)

First Book of the Ancient Maya – Barbera Beck

Latin American Folktales – John Bierhorst

MEXICO

Overview:

Mexico – R. Conrad Stein

History of Mexico – Amy Hunter

Gr. 4-6

You Wouldn’t Want to be an Aztec Sacrifice – Fiona Macdonald (pre-columbian Mexico)

The Ancient Aztecs – Liz Sonneborn

Cortes of Mexico – Ronald Syme

By Right of Conquest – G. A. Henty (Aztecs-1519-1521)

Walk the World’s Rim – Betty Baker (1528-1537)

Nacar the White Deer – Elizabeth de Trovino (1876)

Horse Hooves and chicken feet: Mexican folktales – Neil Philip(12 traditional tales, Catholic heritage)

Francis Coronado and the Seven cities of Gold – Ronald Syme (gr. 4-12)

Conquista! – Clyde Bulla (time of Coronado)

SOUTH AMERICA

Gr. 4-6

Enchantment of the World Series has a book on each country.

First Book of the Incas – Barbera Beck

Machu Pichu – Elizabeth Mann (story of the religious city sacred to the Incas)

You Wouldn’t Want o be an Inca Mummy – Colin Hynson (lighthearted)

Man Who Discovered the Amazon – Ronald Syme ( 1538-1541)

Balboa: Swordsman and Conquistador – Felix Reisenburg

Francisco Pizarro – Sandra Kachurek

Treasure of the Incas – G.A. Henty (1475-1519)

With Cochrane the Dauntless – G.A. Henty (1820)

Out on the Pampas – G.A. Henty ( Argentina 1871 )

Secret of the Andes – Ann Nolan Clark (Inca boy growing up)

Life in Ancient S. America – Hazel Richardson

The Ancient Inca – Patricia Calvert