Bellringer
• What is culture? What is the culture
of Parkview High School?
Agenda
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Textbook Scavenger Hunt
The Paleolithic Era
Hunter-gatherer life
Summarizing Text
Objectives
Students will be able to…
1. List the major characteristics of
early humans during the Paleolithic
Era.
2. Evaluate the effectiveness of the
hunter-gatherer lifestyle.
Skills Objectives
Students will be able to…
S2. Take effective notes from textbook
readings.
S3. Interpret information presented in
charts and graphs.
S4. Create efficient summaries of
written texts.
Objective #1
Early Humans
Early Humans
• Start our story at the dawn of the
Paleolithic Era, about 2.5 million
years ago
–the Old Stone Age
–Humans created the first tools
made out of stone
Better than Monkeys
• Early humans developed
1. Simple stone tools
2. Control of fire
3. Oral language
• All keys to cooperating in hunts,
which bring food and resources
Wise Man
• Smarter, larger-brained humans known
as homo sapiens (Latin for “wise man”)
–Developed technology
• Clothing
• Shelter
• Art
• Homo sapiens are modern humans
Out of Africa
• Homo sapiens arose in Africa about
200,000 years ago
• Migration to all continents (except
Antarctica) beginning around
100,000 years ago
Out of Africa
Why? Why did ancient
humans leave Africa?
Objective #
Hunter-gatherer Life
People Profiles
Source of Food
• Hunting
–Main source, whatever they could
catch, kill, and cook!
• Gathering
–Wild fruits, vegetables, nuts,
grains, etc.
• Get it? Hunter-gatherers!
Size of Groups
• Small groups
–Clans: 60-100 people, one or a few
extended families
• Why?
Permanent Settlements
• No! They were nomads
• Why move?
–Follow herds
–No food left
–Seasons change
• Too cold or hot
• No water left
Location Factors
• Mainly, Paleolithic (and prehistoric)
people followed their food
–Animals migrate, so did the people
• Overpopulation (of people)
• Overconsumption (of resources in
one spot)
Getting Along
• Cooperation was necessary for survival
• Knew everyone in their clan – all
relatives
• No private property – no where to put it
• No fighting other groups – no one
around
• Finding food…just not that hard
Charts and Graphs
G REEK
N AME
ROMAN R ESPONSIBILITIES
N AME
Aphrodite
Ares
Artemis
Athena
Demeter
Hera
Venus
Mars
Diana
Minerva
Ceres
Juno
Hermes
Hades
Poseidon
Zeus
goddess of beauty and love
god of war
goddess of hunting and childbirth
goddess of war, wisdom, and crafts
goddess of the harvest
protector of women; wife of
Zeus/Jupiter
Mercury messenger of the gods
Pluto
god of the Underworld
Neptune god of the sea
Jupiter
king of the gods
Summarizing Text
Some Terms
• Summarize
• Paraphrase
• Plagiarize
Some Tips
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Use structure and organization
Include major details
Leave out unimportant information
Show connections between ideas
DON’T COPY THE TEXT!!!
Some Practice
• Read the excerpt from page 12 of
your textbook and write a VERY short
summary
Bad Sample
• For a long time people used to
wander like nomads. Cro-Magnons
hunted and gathered. Then they
made technology and hunted better.
Good Sample
• Over time, humans became more
effective at finding food. At first,
nomads moved often to find more
food to hunt or gather. Later, CroMagnons invented tools and then
technology (like knives and needles)
to improve their lives.
Some More Practice
• Read the article about cannibalism
and write a short summary
Ending Class
• All the summarizing practice goes
under Tools in your binder
• Homework: Guided Reading notes
for Chapter 1.2!