The main learning goal is for students to learn how to make and learn to play the game of Bul. Learners will have the opportunity to practice their design skills inspired by the style of art works created by various peoples who inhabited the Mesoamerican regions throughout history. We will briefly touch on what we mean by the term Mesoamerica.  We will chat about what various historians have discovered about the game of Bul and their theories about its use. Learners will have the opportunity to practice their listening and communication skills as they follow my instructions and solve problems if they arise while we make the game. We'll practice a little measuring and do a little counting when scoring the dice rolls. There will be opportunities for writing if learners would like to write their own rules and descriptions of play.

I have been interested in ancient board games and games from around the worlds for about ten years and I have read and reserached them when ever I have the opportunity. I have made various games with groups of children of all different ages and abilities. I find making the games, offers opportunities for all kinds of different types of learning and it's fun. 

I have been interested in ancient board games for a number of years reading as much as I can about the subject from vaerious sources such as : 

Information about the game of Bul can be found :
Board and Table Games from Many Civilizations by RC Bell
Bul: A Patolli Game in Maya Lowland / Lieve Verbeeck Board, Board Games Studies 1/1998
https://mexicanroutes.com/bul-game/
https://www.mexicolore.co.uk/maya/home/classic-maya-patolli
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V14VO16jgVw

Info about ancient games such as Patolli, a similar game to Bul, can be found:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/best-board-games-ancient-world-180974094/

Information about Mesoamerica can be found on Websites such as:
https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/resource-library-mesoamerica/
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Mesoamerican-civilization
https://www.worldhistory.org/collection/109/mesoamerican-civilizations/
https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/big-history-project/agriculture-civilization/first-cities-states/a/mesoamerica#:~:text=The%20founding%20culture%20of%20Mesoamerica,1400%20BCE%20to%20100%20BCE.