TUESDAY Sept. 17th

Prehistoric

The time BEFORE written records

How do we know about early man?

• Archaeologists - study past human life by excavating traces of early settlements (digs)

• Paleontologists – study fossils• Artifacts - human made objects• Cave paintings/stone engravings

Walking with Cavemen Early man began in Africa!

Hominids

- walk upright

Australopithecines

• “Lucy”• Walk on 2 feet• Traveled distances

more easily• Opposable thumb

Hominids

- walk upright

Habilis“Handy man”

• Used tools (made survival easier)

• Ate meat

Hominids

- walk upright

Erectus“Upright Man”

• Skillful hunters• Sophisticated

tools• First to migrate• First to use fire• Spoken language

Hominids

- walk upright

Neanderthal

• Survived Ice Age with caves/shelters

• Wore clothing

Hominids

- walk upright

Cro-Magnon

• Superior hunting strategies• Spoken language =

planning

Advances of Hominids

Hominids

- walk upright

Neanderthal

Cro-Magnon

Habilis“Man of Skill”

Erectus“Upright Man”

Australopithecines

• “Lucy”• Traveled

distances more easily

• Opposable thumb

• Used tools (made survival easier)

• Ate meat

• Skillful hunters• Sophisticated

tools• First to migrate• First to use fire• Spoken langugae

• Survived Ice Age with caves/shelters

• Wore clothing

• Superior hunting strategiesSpoken language = planning

WEDNESDAY Sept 18th

Nomad

• Mobile people who moved from place to place foraging for food

Hunter-Gatherer

• Nomadic groups whose food supply depended on hunting animals and collecting plant foods

Think about it…

Why are hunter-gatherers nomads?

Technology

• Applying tools and inventions to meet needs

• Used stone, bone, and wood • Toolkits – knives, fish hooks, chisel-like cutter,

bone needles to sew, digging sticks

Stone Age

• Paleolithic Age• Lasted 2.5 million to 8000 BC• Achievements = Invention of tools, mastery

over fire, and development of language

What are the uses of the tools?

Group Work

• Your group of 4 will receive the picture of a tool and a large piece of paper

• Consider how the people of the Stone Age might have used the tool and write down as many ideas as possible

• When time is up – your group will pass your tool and paper to the next group and receive another tool … See what you can add to the other groups paper

Discussion Questions

• What did early humans need to do to survive?

• What physical actions would these tools help humans do?

Closing Thought

• In what ways was the invention of tools a technological revolution?

THURSDAY Sept 19th

Neolithic Revolution = Agricultural Revolution

8,000 BC to 3,000 BC

Neolithic Revolution

A shift from food gathering to food

producing

Think about it…

Why was farming an attractive alternative to hunting and gathering?

Slash and Burn Farming

People clear fields by cutting and burning trees and grasses, the ashes then fertilize the soil

Domestication

Taming of animals

• They tamed horses, dogs, goats, and pigs

During the Neolithic Revolution humans began farming and domesticating

animals

Impact of the Neolithic Revolution

1. Stable food supply2. Permanent settlements3. Development of writing systems and

religions

Video

Pay attention to how the characters’ life styles compare to one another

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fu9-7ZJ1h1g

T-Chart: Paleolithic or Neolithic?

Categorize the following descriptions into the appropriate column on your T-Chart• Nomads• Farming• Simple tools and weapons• Development of writing systems and religion• Establishment of villages• Domesticated animals• Hunters and gatherers• Mastery over fire• Development of language

Neolithic Dialogue

• Work with your partner to create a conversation between two people during the Neolithic Revolution.

• One of you lives in a farming town and one of you is from a hunting-gathering society.

• Create a scenario where you are discussing the pros and cons of both lifestyles in an interesting, conversational way.

• Write your dialogue on a loose leaf piece of paper and be ready to share with the class!

Closing Thought

• What is the most dramatic change that took place between the Paleolithic Age and the Neolithic Age?

• Why did that change occur?

FRIDAY Sept 20th

Turning Point

Major events in history that have led

to lasting change

A turning point has a before and an after.

Tips for Reading Documents

• Pick out important terms and phrases – (vocab, key points, words like consequence, therefore)

• Always ask questions – (Do I understand? What does that mean? Is that a

fact/opinion? Can I make a connection to something outside the document?)

• Mark up your reading– (highlight, delete, star, question mark)

PAM

Document Activity

• Read through documents 1 and 2• Answer the questions that correspond to each question• Complete a summary on a loose leaf paper – Use proper paragraph form – topic sentence, 3-5

details, evidence from the text, concluding statement• This will be collected for a homework grade!