How do social scientists use artifacts to
learn about a society or civilization?
Warm Up: What do you think a social scientist
is? Would it be something you would like to do?
WIO: COPY THE BOLD ONLY!!
Culture is a shared practice, belief, attitude,
or behavior of a group.
We learn a culture from friends, family,
media, government, and religious
institutions.
What objects might best represent parts of
your culture? List at least 5.
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Date:
9.21.12 A
9.24.12 B
Being a Social Scientist & Lascaux
Cave Painting
Class Work:
•Warm Up – Check HW- Lat/Long WS
•Define Archeology, Anthropology, Artifacts
and how they study Culture
•Social Scientist WS in groups
•Present findings about artifacts
•Artifact Analysis – Lascaux Cave Painting
•Lascaux Cave Painting reading-read in pairs
•WIO
•Go over HW
HW: The Lascaux Cave Painting is an estimated
17,000 years old and tells us much about the
society that created it. Now, imagine people in
the future have discovered a “cave painting”
about our society. What would people discover
about us?
Write a paragraph to answer the question. Pick
one or two items and explain how and what they
show about our culture. Could be something
personal or something that is of a larger group.
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Why/How do historians use a common
dating system to recognize the
beginning phases of human species?
Warm Up:
Make an educated guess. What do BC, AD, BCE, and
CE stand for?
Put the following dates in order of when they
happened.
A. Declaration of Independence – 1776 A.D.
B. Columbus comes to the New World – 1492 A.D.
C. Adena culture begins in Ohio - 800 B.C.
D. Roman Republic is established – 509 B.C.
WIO:
Answer in complete sentences:
What did you think of the timeline activity?
Did it help you understand the differences
between BC, BCE, AD and CE better?
Explain.
Understanding BC, BCE, AD, and CE
Date:
9.25.12 A
9.26.12 B
Class Work:
•Warm Up – Check HW-Culture ParagraphShare in pairs.
•Notes- What is this BCE, CE, BC, and AD?
•Timeline Activity
•WIO
•Discovery Video Clip
•Go over HW
HW:
Read over Hominid Chart (put on page
19).
Using the Hominid Chart, put the various
hominids in chronologic order, on a
timeline, according to when they came
into being on page 19 in NB
PROGRESS REPORT SIGNATURE
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What are the significant characteristics
about various types of hominids?
Warm Up: Use your hominid chart to answer the
following questions.
Which hominid do the following statements describe?
1. I walk on two feet, am about 5 feet tall, and I was
the first hominid to make fires.
2. I am from Europe and central to southwestern
Asia, and I was the first early human to have a
language.
WIO: 3-2-1 about hominids
3 – Write 3 things you have learned about
hominids
2- Write 2 facts you thought were really
interesting (these need to be different than
the 3 things you learned)
1- Write 1 question you still have about
early humans.
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Caveman Catastrophe
Date:
9.28.12 A
9.28.12 B
Class Work:
•Warm Up – Check HW- Hominid Timeline
•Watch “Caveman Catastrophe”
•Pair/Share video questions
•WIO
HW:
Create a symbol/visual to represent each of
the hominids on the Hominid Chart. This can
be on the sheet or on page 19.
Late Progress Reports
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What are the significant characteristics
about various types of hominids?
Warm Up: View “Prehistoric” song from
youtube.com
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vD4CQ5ppm_
A
Write down at least 2 facts about prehistoric man
from viewing the song
WIO: Draw a symbol for each of the
hominids on the chart using one of the
characteristics about each of them.
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Early Man Notes
Date:
10.1.12 A
10.2.12 B
Class Work:
•Warm Up – Check HW-Signatures,
Imagination Map, Cultural Paragraph
•“Early Man Notes”
•Group work to design a 21st Century tool
•HW - WIO
HW: Complete WIO and brainstorm ideas to
share with your group about your 21st
century tool.
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How did advancements, culture, and
geographic needs of early hominids define
ages of development?
Warm Up: Copy the underlined words ONLY!!
Answer in complete sentences. Go back in your
notes to assist in your response and support
your answer with at least 3 reasons.
Why do you think Neanderthals died out and
Cro-Magnon survived?
WIO: Watch “Horrible Histories-Stone Age
Song” Copy the underlined ONLY!! Not the
website! 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Sn911T
NR4M
After viewing the Youtube music video clip,
List 3 facts about early man, the Neolithic Age, or
the Paleolithic Age that you heard in the clip and
that we also discussed in class on 10/1 &10/2
and/or 10/3 & 10/4.
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Paleolithic VS. Neolithic
Date:
10.3.12 A
10.4.12 B
Class Work:
•Warm Up – Pair/Share, Check HW – WIO
•Review expectations for group work
•Final touches to 21st century tool in groups
•Share 21st century tools
•Review Paleolithic/Neolithic chart
•Highlight, underline important info
•WIO – “Horrible Histories – Stone Age” song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Sn911TNR4
M EXIT SLIP – collect as walking out the door
•Explain HW
HW: Answer review questions about early
hominids. Questions taped in notebook and
on WIKI.
**Study for quiz and NB check next class!!**
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What do I know about the lives of
Early Man?
Warm Up: Copy the underlined words only!
Pick the word that does not belong in the group
1. Neolithic: animal skin tents mud brick
Farming Metal tools
2. Cro Magnons: fire
1st to make stone tools
cave paintings
developed language
Prehistoric Man Contest
Date:
10.5.12 A
10.8.12 B
Class Work:
•Warm Up
•Early Man Quiz
•Prehistoric Man Contest- Answer on page 25
•Notebook Check
•WIO
WIO: How can I improve my notebook
organization? List 3 ways.
What Early Man topics did you struggle with
on the quiz?
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HW: Complete Study Guide
Test on Unit 1 will be next Thursday/Friday!
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How can I be successful on the Unit
Test?
Warm Up: Complete WIO assignment on page
24.
How can I improve my notebook organization?
List 3 ways.
What Early Man topics did you struggle with on
the quiz?
WIO: What grade do I want to achieve on
this test?
How will I study/prepare in order to reach
this goal?
Early Man Study Guide
Date:
10.9.12 A
10.10.12 B
Class Work:
•Warm Up
•Check HW- Odds on Study Guide
•Review Quiz and Notebook Check
•Finish Prehistoric Man Contest
•Pair-Work- complete evens on Study Guide
•Review Study Guide Answers
•WIO
HW:
Quiz Corrections due Thursday/Friday
Notebook Check corrections due Mon/Tues
Any missing work-due NEXT CLASS
Study for Test
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