Due Date: 8/23/19 Name: Prehistory Unit Lesson One: Paleolithic Age and the Ice Ages

Essential Question: How do people adapt to their environment? Introduction 1. Below is a human skull from an early human from c. 3 million – 2 million BCE. Create a funny caption if this early human were to see what life was like in 2019. Watch Videos 2. Watch the videos from 4.4 Million Years Ago to 40,000 years ago and fill in each section of what was unfolding in the story of human evolution.

Read Pages 2 & 3 3. Using the map, explain where what we will be studying within this lesson will be occurring.

4. Using the timeline, explain when and what will be occurring.

Read Pages 4 and 5 5. Examine the primary sources below. What are two pieces of information we can learn from each?

4.4 Million Years Ago 3.7 Million Years Ago 2.4 Million Years Ago 1.8 Million Years Ago

55,000 Years Ago 50,000 Years Ago 43,000 Years Ago 40,000 Years Ago

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6. What do we mean when we say, “the Paleolithic Age”?

7. How did people survive during the Paleolithic Age?

Read Pages 6 & 7 8. How did both men and women find food?

9. What kinds of tools and weapons did Paleolithic people make? How did they use them?

10. What kinds of shelters did Paleolithic people build or use, and why did they differ among groups?

Read Pages 8 & 9 11. How did use of fire change the lives of Paleolithic people?

12. In what ways did Paleolithic people communicate and express themselves?

13. What are two questions that an archaeologist might ask to learn more about the people who created this cave painting? 1. 2.

Read Pages 10 and 11 14. How did the geography of this region change when the most recent Ice Age ended?

15. After people arrived in North America, what is a likely reason they moved south rather than staying near the land bridge?

16. How did the Paleolithic people alter the way they lived to survive the last Ice Age?

Watch Human Prehistory Videos 101 17. What was happening 200,000 years ago?

18. What was happening between 100,000 and 20,000 years ago?

19. What was happening between 20,000 and 10,000 years ago?

Lesson Activity Using the image below, create a foldable. Title the foldable, “Early Humans.” Next, Label the inner left panel, “Paleolithic Age”. Include pictures and a few notes that summarizes your learning about this time period and answers the essential question, “How do people adapt to their environment.” Leave the second panel blank for our next lesson on the Neolithic Age.

Lesson Summary Use the following chart to communicate your learning to your teacher. On the left include any “Aha!” moments and on the right, any questions that came up throughout your learning.

Things that I understand Things that I have questions about