JHolmes 2014
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Today’s Target
W31
Week of: March 31-April 4
Word of Week: Paleolithic and Neolithic
Monday
Target: I can explain why a stable
Paleolithic and
Neolithic Era
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Prove it!
food supply was an important step
for early people and a step toward
civilization.
HISTORY/B/3
HW: Finish History
Alive 3.2-3.4
Tuesday
Paleolithic and
Neolithic Era
HW: Finish History
Alive 3.5-3.7
Making Connections
Over Spring Break
Target: I can identify the connection
between early settlements and the
development of new jobs for people.
HISTORY/B/3
Wednesday
The First Farmers:
From Nomads to
Farmers- Natufians
Target: I can identify the most
important technological
advancement that occurred for the
first time in the New Stone age or the
Neolithic era.
HW: History Alive
Walk Through Time
Complete
HISTORY/B/3
Thursday
Target: I can explain why early
humans settled in the region of
modern day Jordan and Iraq known
as the “Fertile Crescent”
The First Farmers:
From Nomads to
Farmers- Natufians
HW: Making
Connections
Friday
Early River Valley
Settlements
Advantages and
Disadvantages
HW: Illustrations
Prove it!
Prove it!
Prove it!
HISTORY/B/3
Target: I can identify why early
civilizations chose to settle near rivers
and the positive and negative
impacts of this choice.
HISTORY/B/3
Prove it!
W.O.W- Words of the Week
We are studying the Paleolithic events of people and
Paleolithic: (noun) a
period in time known as the
Old Stone Age where
people hunted and
gathered food and were
nomads.
Image of what Paleolithic
means to you:
civilizations from around the world in social studies class.
Your sentence of Paleolithic
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Neolithic: (noun) a period
of time known as the New
Stone Age, this is when
people settled down and
domesticated plants and
animals (agriculture)
Illustration of what
People who lived in the Neolithic era were settled in one
place where they grew their own food and had animals as a
source of food supply. This was the start of civilization.
Write you own sentence below using Neolithic:
Neolithic means to you.
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