World History September 8 and 9

PALEOLITHIC PEOPLES

STINGER

1. What vocabulary do you need to know to understand the map?

2. What is the purpose of the map?

3. What information does the map provide?

4. Identify two patterns in the map.

5. Explain the why those patterns might exist?

6. Why does this map matter?

MORE MAP ANALYSIS

1. Where do the paths start? Why?2. What is interesting about the way the paths are labeled? Why would they

be labeled that way? 3. What forces may have caused people to move in this way? 4. What kinds of evidence do you think historians have in regards to these

migrations?

CONNECTIONS TO TODAY USING THE MAP

1. How do these migrations relate to the power structure of today?2. How do these migrations relate to the distribution of geographic

resources today?3. How do these migrations relate to the distribution of the global

population today?

Why are people fascinated with the Paleolithic era? Draw a Venn Diagram to fi ll in during the following

TED video

MORE CONNECTIONS TO TODAY …

Paleolithic Man Modern Man

Both

http://tedxtalks.ted.com/video/Debunking-the-Paleo-Diet-Christ

WATCH THE TED TALK!

How are paleo lithic people and modern people different?

How have humans evolved? How have dietary needs evolved? Why are these evolutionary changes important?

How have these evolutionary changes influenced each other?

TAKE AWAYS

Recommendation: Gun, Germs, and Steel Standing homework: Current events

Copy of the article One paragraph summary One paragraph relating the article to current topic.

Read chapter 1 for Thursday/Friday and be prepared for quiz questions

HOMEWORK

How do the events of the Paleolithic era influence modern people?

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