Why did this great civilization start to weaken and fall around the end of the Classic Period (i.e. around 900 A.D. [Anno Domini] or C.E [Common Era])?

No-one is 100% sure, but scholars have suggested many possible reasons or theories for this decline.

To learn more about the various theories of decline, you are going to read ONE of the articles below. Your partner will read the other.

Once you are assigned your article, open it and save it in the Maya folder on your laptop Google Drive. Read the article and then discuss it with your partner, as you complete the Decline of the Maya - Graphic Organizer.