Bell WorkUse the timeline on 24-25 to answer the

following questions

1. About when did the first modern humans appear in Africa?

2. When did the Ice Ages end?3. About how many years passed

between the end of the Ice Ages and Catal Huyuk’s growth into a large town?

4. Why does the time line have breaks in it?

Chapter 2: The Stone Ages and Early Cultures

Prehistory Hominid Ancestor Tool Paleolithic

Era Society Hunter-

Gatherers

Migrate Ice Ages Land

bridge Mesolithic

Era

Neolithic Era

Domestication

Agriculture Megaliths

How do movies, comic strips, television programs, video

games, or other media.

Prehistory

Writing was not invented until about 5,000 years ago. Thus, historians call the time before there was writing prehistory.

Archaeologists(Important Discovers about

prehistory) Mary and Louis

Leakey 1959 Bones in East

Africa Date back 1.5

million years old

Donald Johanson

1974 Bones in East

Africa (Ethiopia) Date back 3

million years old Lucy

Lucy’s Skeleton

Woman Small Walked on 2 legs Hominid

Early Hominids and Stone Age Tools

Australopithecus

Homo Habilis Homo Erectus Homo Sapien

What is a tool?

The Stone Ages

The Stone Ages are divided into 3 periods based on the kinds of tools used at the time.

Stone Ages

Paleolithic (Old Stone Age) Mesolithic (Middle Stone Age) Neolithic (New Stone Age)

HominidsAustralopithecus

Homo Habilis

Homo Erectus

Homo Sapien

Flow Chart Example 1

Hominids

Australopithecus1

Homo Sapien4

Homo Erectus3

Homo Habilis2

Flow Chart Example 2

Australopithecus

Homo Habilis

Homo Erectus

Homo Sapien

Flow Chart Example 3

AssignmentCreate a Flow Chart

Use an entire page Name of the Hominid Nickname Location of the hominid List type of tools they used (made out

of) How did they create them Explain what the tools were used for Draw an example of the tool used

P. 32

Paleolithic PeriodHunter Gatherer Society

Page 32 Activities:

Identify the various activities going on in the picture.

Hardships What hardships did early hunter-

gatherers face, suggested by the picture? Chores:

What is the difference between the men’s chores and women’s chores, shared chores?

Bell WorkWrite the Sentences

1. Read “Linking to Today” on page 33. Why weren't the Stone Age people’s tools as primitive as we might think?

2. T or F. Historians use the term prehistory to refer to the time before there was writing.

3. T or F. Scientists think the first tools were developed to use as weapons.

4. T or F. An important development of homo erectus was the ability to control fire.

5. Look at the cave painting on page 34. What do you think was the purpose of cave paintings?

Stone AgeLanguage, Art, Religion

Language-most important* Grunting, Gestures,

Expressions Hunting easier Form relationships Resolve Issues (distribute

food) Art-Cave Paintings

Expressive Hunt? Religious?

Religion-little knowledge Graves with food

How did Stone Age people communicate?

What is one possible reason for the development of language?

Communicating Without Words Activity

Groups of 2 or 3 1 “speaker” two “guessers”

A piece of paper and pencil No verbal speaking

Gestures, appropriate grunts (no, yes), facial expressions, signing, or drawings

You may not skip a card Record your successes on the sheet of

paper

The Icemanpage 35

Why do you think the Iceman was in the Alps?

Did you Know

The Iceman may have been hungry when he died. Scientists determined

from studying a portion of the Iceman’s intestine that he had not eaten within

eight hours of his death.

Exit Ticket

1. Who found the bones of Lucy?2. Why do we need historians and

archaeologists to study prehistory?3. What is a hunter-gatherer?4. What is the most important

development of early Stone Age Culture?

5. List the tools that go with the following (in order): Australopithecus, homo habilis, homo erectus, homo sapien.