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Being a Social Scientist & Lascaux Cave Painting

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Warm Up: What do you think a social scientist is? Would it be something you would like to do?

WIO: COPY THE BOLD ONLY!!Culture is a shared practice, belief, attitude, or behavior of a group. We learn a culture from friends, family, media, government, and religious institutions. What objects might best represent parts of your culture? List at least 5.

Date: 9.21.12 A9.24.12 B

Class Work:•Warm Up – Check HW- Lat/Long WS•Define Archeology, Anthropology, Artifacts and how they study Culture•Social Scientist WS in groups•Present findings about artifacts•Artifact Analysis – Lascaux Cave Painting•Lascaux Cave Painting reading-read in pairs•WIO•Go over HW

How do social scientists use artifacts to learn about a society or civilization?

HW: The Lascaux Cave Painting is an estimated 17,000 years old and tells us much about the society that created it. Now, imagine people in the future have discovered a “cave painting” about our society. What would people discover about us? Write a paragraph to answer the question. Pick one or two items and explain how and what they show about our culture. Could be something personal or something that is of a larger group.

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Understanding BC, BCE, AD, and CE

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Warm Up: Make an educated guess. What do BC, AD, BCE, and CE stand for? Put the following dates in order of when they happened. A. Declaration of Independence – 1776 A.D. B. Columbus comes to the New World – 1492 A.D. C. Adena culture begins in Ohio - 800 B.C. D. Roman Republic is established – 509 B.C.

WIO:Answer in complete sentences:

What did you think of the timeline activity?

Did it help you understand the differences between BC, BCE, AD and CE better? Explain.

Date: 9.25.12 A9.26.12 B

Class Work:

•Warm Up – Check HW-Culture Paragraph-Share in pairs.•Notes- What is this BCE, CE, BC, and AD?•Timeline Activity•WIO•Discovery Video Clip•Go over HW

Why/How do historians use a common dating system to recognize the beginning phases of human species?

HW: Read over Hominid Chart (put on page 19). Using the Hominid Chart, put the various hominids in chronologic order, on a timeline, according to when they came into being on page 19 in NB

PROGRESS REPORT SIGNATURE

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Caveman Catastrophe

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Warm Up: Use your hominid chart to answer the following questions.Which hominid do the following statements describe?

1. I walk on two feet, am about 5 feet tall, and I was the first hominid to make fires.

2. I am from Europe and central to southwestern Asia, and I was the first early human to have a language.

WIO: 3-2-1 about hominids

3 – Write 3 things you have learned about hominids2- Write 2 facts you thought were really interesting (these need to be different than the 3 things you learned)1- Write 1 question you still have about early humans.

Date: 9.28.12 A9.28.12 B

Class Work:

•Warm Up – Check HW- Hominid Timeline•Watch “Caveman Catastrophe”•Pair/Share video questions•WIO

What are the significant characteristics about various types of hominids?

HW: Create a symbol/visual to represent each of the hominids on the Hominid Chart. This can be on the sheet or on page 19.

Late Progress Reports

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Early Man Notes

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Warm Up: View “Prehistoric” song from youtube.com

WIO: Draw a symbol for each of the hominids on the chart using one of the characteristics about each of them.

Date: 10.1.12 A10.2.12 B

Class Work:

•Warm Up – Check HW-Signatures, Imagination Map, Cultural Paragraph•“Early Man Notes” •Group work to design a 21st Century tool•HW - WIO

What are the significant characteristics about various types of hominids?

HW: Complete WIO and brainstorm ideas to share with your group about your 21st century tool.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vD4CQ5ppm_A

Write down at least 2 facts about prehistoric man from viewing the song

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Paleolithic VS. Neolithic

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Warm Up: Copy the underlined words ONLY!! Answer in complete sentences. Go back in your notes to assist in your response and support your answer with at least 3 reasons.

Why do you think Neanderthals died out and Cro-Magnon survived?

WIO: Watch “Horrible Histories-Stone Age Song” Copy the underlined ONLY!! Not the website! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Sn911TNR4M After viewing the Youtube music video clip,

List 3 facts about early man, the Neolithic Age, or the Paleolithic Age that you heard in the clip and that we also discussed in class on 10/1 &10/2 and/or 10/3 & 10/4.

Date: 10.3.12 A10.4.12 B

Class Work:•Warm Up – Pair/Share, Check HW – WIO•Review expectations for group work•Final touches to 21st century tool in groups•Share 21st century tools•Review Paleolithic/Neolithic chart• Highlight, underline important info

•WIO – “Horrible Histories – Stone Age” song http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Sn911TNR4M EXIT SLIP – collect as walking out the door•Explain HW

How did advancements, culture, and geographic needs of early hominids define

ages of development?

HW: Answer review questions about early hominids. Questions taped in notebook and on WIKI.**Study for quiz and NB check next class!!**

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Prehistoric Man Contest

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Warm Up: Copy the underlined words only!Pick the word that does not belong in the group 1. Neolithic: animal skin tents mud brick Farming Metal tools

2. Cro Magnons: fire cave paintings 1st to make stone tools developed language

WIO: How can I improve my notebook organization? List 3 ways.

What Early Man topics did you struggle with on the quiz?

Date: 10.5.12 A10.8.12 B

Class Work:•Warm Up •Early Man Quiz•Prehistoric Man Contest- Answer on page 25•Notebook Check•WIO

HW: Complete Study Guide

Test on Unit 1 will be next Thursday/Friday!

What do I know about the lives of Early Man?

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Early Man Study Guide

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Warm Up: Complete WIO assignment on page 24.How can I improve my notebook organization? List 3 ways.

What Early Man topics did you struggle with on the quiz?

WIO: What grade do I want to achieve on this test?

How will I study/prepare in order to reach this goal?

Date: 10.9.12 A10.10.12 B

Class Work:•Warm Up •Check HW- Odds on Study Guide•Review Quiz and Notebook Check•Finish Prehistoric Man Contest •Pair-Work- complete evens on Study Guide•Review Study Guide Answers•WIO

HW: Quiz Corrections due Thursday/FridayNotebook Check corrections due Mon/TuesAny missing work-due NEXT CLASS

Study for Test

How can I be successful on the Unit Test?