Mrs. Rida
2015-2016
Peopling of the Earth
MIGRATION
• What are some animals that migrate?
• Why do they migrate?
In this section we will be
exploring the concept of
human migration
What is MIGRATION
When humans and
animals move from one
place to another
permanently.
Where in the world did humans migrate?
Causes of Human Migration
Wars
• Why do humans move?
• What would cause a group of people to leave
their home and move to a new area?
weather
Jobs
Food
Overpopulation
What is a biome?
• A natural community that has a
certain climate and has certain
plants and animals that live and
adapt to the area.
How are biomes determined?
CLIMATE
We group them according to latitudes.
High Latitude include tundra, and alpine forest.
Mid-Latitude biomes include grasslands and
deciduous forests
low latitude biomes include tropical rainforest,
savanna, and desert.
How do we adapt?
•HUMANS
adapt
everywhere!
• We adapt to
Biologically to their homes
Climate
Land
culture
Group Poster
Features
Features of your biome
Illustration
Survival Skills
What are some skills
needed for humans
to survive in this
biome?
Where in the world is it?
What regions of the world
will you find your biome?
Is it low, mid or high
latitude.
Tropical Rain Forest
Features:
• Dense Forests
• Mosses, ferns, evergreen trees
• Hot and humid; moist
• Daily rain
• Lots of bird variety
• Reptiles, crocodiles, snakes,
lizards
• Fish in nearby waters
• Insects
Desert
Features:
• Shrubs and cactus plants
• Little to no rainfall
• Springs and seasonal
streams
• Sheep, snakes, lizards, owls,
eagles, insects, and other
birds
• Camels, tigers, bears.
Tundra
Features:
• Rocky ground, no soil
• Permanently frozen
• Little Rain
• Winter: Cold and dark
• Summer: Top frozen soil
• Reindeer, wolves, foxes, rabbits,
oxen
Savanna
Features:
• Rainfall not a lot
• Grassland, widely spaced trees
• Dry season with frequent fires
• Kangaroos, lizards, snakes, hyenas, lions and panthers
• Beetles, termites, mice
Group Poster
Features
Features of your biome
Illustration
Survival Skills
What are some skills
needed for humans
to survive in this
biome?
Where in the world is it?
What regions of the world
will you find your biome?
Is it low, mid or high
latitude.
Biomes WCID
1. Where in the world would a person go when they are
escaping the harsh winter weather?
a. High latitude b. Mid Latitude
c. Low Latitude
2. The tropical rainforest is known for being a hot, humid and a
moist biome. It can be found in which of these latitude zones?
a. High latitude
b. Mid Latitude
c. Low Latitude
3. These biomes of the world experience the four seasons.
a. High latitude b. Mid Latitude
c. Low Latitude
4. In this biome people grow root vegetables because its so cold
and their soil is permanently frozen.
a. Rainforest b. Tundra
c. Desert
5. Kangaroos, zebras and lizards are very common in this
biome which can be found In the low latitude zones.
a. Savanna
b. Rainforest
c. Desert
Biomes WCID
1. Where in the world would a person go when they are
escaping the harsh winter weather?
a. High latitude b. Mid Latitude
c. Low Latitude
2. The tropical rainforest is known for being a hot, humid and a
moist biome. It can be found in which of these latitude zones?
a. High latitude
b. Mid Latitude
c. Low Latitude
3. These biomes of the world experience the four seasons.
a. High latitude b. Mid Latitude
c. Low Latitude
4. In this biome people grow root vegetables because its so cold
and their soil is permanently frozen.
a. Rainforest b. Tundra
c. Desert
5. Kangaroos, zebras and lizards are very common in this
biome which can be found In the low latitude zones.
a. Savanna
b. Rainforest
c. Desert
BREAK
• What behaviors and ways of
living might early humans have
brought with them when they
began to migrate out of Africa?
How do
people plan
together?
• Around the same time that humans started
migrating, Language had to have been
developed.
• It was a
development.
(Key) factor in the human
Origins of
language
part 1
Calls & Gestures
• Read the article
quietly
Talking without Words
• Box and
Summarize
Symbolic Thought
Ancient Images
Early Writing
• Create and
design a flow
chart—any
shape and flow
you want
Send me a Message!
Ponder over this!
“Language was our secret
weapon, and as soon as we
got language we became a
really dangerous people”
Mark Pagel
Student handout: Origins of Language
Part 2
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Read the paragraphs
Study the map
Complete the summarization exercise
Make sure you use the words in the WORD
BANK
Student handout: Origins of Language
Part 3
• Read the paragraphs
• Think about this:
• Not all primates developed language. Based
on what you just read, what do you think was
different about these primate groups that did
not develop language?
Advantages of kinship on language
• Both language and social networks based on
family, allowed hominids to share more ideas,
tools and resources.
• With this, one group could help another group
to solve a problem.
• This way they spread their learning and thinking
over larger areas.
• As people migrated, they took these ideas with
them and solved them when they encountered
new problems.
EXTRA WORK
Student handout: Phonetic Clues Hint
Language is Africa-Born
• Read about when and where language was
developed
• What is the most important information and
how can you capture the main idea in fewer
words that the author used?
Look at the underlined sentences and
summarize the article in your OWN words.