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.
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