The Paleolithic Age—Textbook chapter 3 Section 1: Hunter-Gatherers—Days 2 & 3
Power Point created by Debbie English—Walker Middle School—June 2013
with the assistance of Gretchen Stopyra—Freedom Middle School—and Zoe McDonagh—7th grade student
Goal: Students will develop Cornell Notes to answer: “How did people live during the Paleolithic Age?
The power point is set up with the lesson for four days where students will work to develop study skills by observing, making
inferences, and taking notes. On the fifth day, students will write a summary for their Cornell Notes.
Why use a power point to present the material? 1. A power point provides easy access to on-line information that you might
want to include in a lesson, but it just seems too hard. Hyperlinks provide easy access to this information. 2. A power point makes
it easy to add information that you probably would not include in the lesson. For example, slide two extends the information on
“Lucy” to make it more understandable to students. 3. It can help with pacing. For example, I have included a picture of the
homework from the textbook to remind me to hand it out to the students. 4. The notes section provides a place to present complete
information of my thinking when I developed the lesson.. It can also be used to record feedback for how the lesson went. 5. It
makes it possible to provide students with a visual aid to help them understand complex material. For example, the time line is
difficult but possible for 6th grade students to analyze and understand. As we present more challenging material, it needs to be
presented in a format that makes it possible for students to comprehend. 6. It is possible to post the power point on line to give
access to students who are absent. 7. It is easier to include cartoons to insert some humor into the lesson to hold student interest.
What is with the posters and cartoons? Last year many of my students shut down with assignments they considered difficult
which resulted in disruptions to instruction. Low students assumed they could not do the work and began talking out. Other
students would try to rescue them which usually resulted in them directing me on how the lesson should be presented or using
put-downs such as “this is boring,” “why do we have to do this?” Hopefully, the additional material will allow me to check so
that I better understand where students are coming from and explore how to help them change their perspective toward
challenging work while encouraging them to try the work in a respectful manner.
Grading: Two Grades for week. Class work grade based on Cornell Notes Scale. Test grade based on Criterion Grading for a
Summary or Paragraph. I record a test grade for the summary based on content and a scale score grade based on the four
possible points a student can earn. This give me information on writing development when I am having conferences with students,
parents, or administration.
Name
Soc. St. P-_____ # _____
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcAwlnhRn2g
Date
Continue Cornell Notes on the same page
Hunter-Gatherers
Q: What was life like for people during the Paleolithic Age?
How can we learn
about Paleolithic
people?
What were the
accomplishments of
the Paleolithic Age?
Horrible Histories
The Paleolithic Age
Chapter 2—9 minutes 20 seconds
http://ocpsondemand.ocps.k12.fl.us/SAFARI/montage/play.php?keyindex=103253&cha
pterskeyindex=-1&keyconceptskeyindex=-1&sceneclipskeyindex=-1&location=local
Accomplishments of Paleolithic Age
Control fire
Tattoos as medical treatment
Accomplishments of Paleolithic Age
Built temporary shelters
Name
Soc. St. P-_____ # _____
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcAwlnhRn2g
Date
Continue Cornell Notes on the same page
Hunter-Gatherers
Q: How did people live during the Paleolithic Age?
How can we learn
about Paleolithic
people?
What were the
accomplishments of
the Paleolithic Age?
Horrible Histories
Paleolithic Tools
Chapter 3—9 minutes 20 seconds
http://ocpsondemand.ocps.k12.fl.us/SAFARI/montage/play.php?keyindex=103253&cha
pterskeyindex=-1&keyconceptskeyindex=-1&sceneclipskeyindex=-1&location=local
Accomplishments of Paleolithic Age
Make tools
Early tools date back over 600,000 years!
Accomplishments of Paleolithic Age
Make musical instruments
Visit Brainpop.com to learn more
User Name: walker2012
Password: brainpop
40,000 year old flute made from
hollowed out bone found in Europe
Accomplishments of Paleolithic Age
Men worked in groups to hunt
larger animals
Visit
http://ocpsondemand.ocps.k12.fl.us/SAFARI
to review the complete video.
Name
Soc. St. P-_____ # _____
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcAwlnhRn2g
Date
Continue Cornell Notes on the same page
Hunter-Gatherers
Q: How did people live during the Paleolithic Age?
How can we learn about
Paleolithic people?
What were the
accomplishments of the
Paleolithic Age?
What did
archaeologists learn
about early man
from the Lascaux
Cave?
As students enter—Walk through Lascaux Cave
with narration talking about pictures and artifacts.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9fuDjc5xOs
What did archaeologists learn about early man from the Lascaux Cave?
From studying pictures and tools of
Paleolithic man, archaeologists drew the
conclusion that early man hunted the
animals found on the cave walls.
What did archaeologists learn about early man from the Lascaux Cave?
What did archaeologists learn about early man from the Lascaux Cave?
Developed many tools for creating pictures
Used for crushing rocks, painting, and carving outlines or figures
Used horse hair to make paint brushes (could carbon date)
Developed many colors to use in art
Powdered rock was mixed with animal fat to make paint
Used different techniques for developing picture
Used stencils to create clean edges
What did archaeologists learn about early man from the Lascaux Cave?
Pictures in cave indicate that early man
closely observed animals in the area.
They had to learn how animals behaved
and how to hunt them.
Burial rites that indicate religion dates
back 300,000 years.
EXTENDED RESPONSE QUESTION-textbook page 72
PERSONAL WRITING: You are a member of a Paleolithic group of
hunter-gatherers. Write a letter to a friend describing the
hunting stories you are recording in cave paintings. Explain how
you think you stories might help other hunters improve their
skills.
FINDING FOOD—textbook page 55
“Men—not women—hunted
large animals. They often
had to search far from the
camp. Men had to learn how
large animals behaved to
hunt them. They had to
develop tracking methods.
Homework Review
In Greek, the Paleolithic means “old stone.”
Therefore the Paleolithic Age is also called the
Old Stone Age.
Vocabulary (p.54)
Nomad means “people who move from place
to place as a group to find food for
themselves.”
Homework Review
Describing (p.54)
Paleolithic people hunted buffalo, bison, wild goats, reindeer, and
other animals. These early people also gathered wild nuts, berries,
fruits, wild grains, and green plants.
Anything Else?
(p.56) Harpoons or spears with sharp points, and fish hooks
increased the number of fish caught. They also used sharp-edged
tools to cut up plants and dig roots.
Everyone worked together to find food because it was the key to
the group’s survival. Men needed to work together to kill the large
mammals.
Homework Review
One definition given in the textbook for technology is
“tools and methods to perform tasks.” Since knives
and axes are tools, they are examples of technology.
People living in cold climates made clothing from animal
skins to stay warm. For shelter, people built tents and huts
of animal skins, brush, and wood. In cold climates, some
people made shelters out of ice and snow. Where wood
was scarce, Paleolithic people used the large bones from
large mammals as the frame for their shelters.