At the beginning of the year we explored the major discoverers and discoveries of early humans. The base of our study came from:

Mr. Donn's Early Humans website.

 

Notes

 Early Humans TEST STUDY GUIDE

Neaderthal website

Notesheet---Introduction

Notesheet---Australopithecus/Southern Ape 

     *Lucy BBC Notes

Notesheet----Homo Habilis

Notesheet----Homo Erectus

Human Migration Sheet

 

Play Jeopardy to help you too!

Early Humans Australopithecine-----Homo Erectus

My Jeopardy Template

Vocabulary

My Jeopardy Template

Neanderthal & Early Farming

My Jeopardy Template

 

We used Museum Box to show what we had been learning. 

The slideshow below can help you use Museum Box.

 

*****Museum Box Requirements*****

 

Museum Box Gradesheet.xls

 

 

 

Vocabulary	Copyright free images:   (You still need to cite each picture.)
Important vocabulary: prehistory archaeologist fossil paleoanthropologist artifact hominid hunter/gatherer band evolve bipedalism	Creative Commons Free Images Image Ide@s morgueFile (do not need to cite) Photobucket pics4learning Wikimedia Commons Photos8 (do not need to cite) Image Quest (ask for login and password--citations found below each picture)   To help you cite your sources: Easy Bib citation machine MLA citation packet   To help you create a custom map: Scribble Maps

Leakey Family

 

 

Tuesday, November 23:

Who was the Piltdown Man? Look through your video notes to show us what you know about this discovery. When was he discovered? Who discovered him? Why was this such an amazing and important discovery?

 

 

 

 

Monday & Wednesday October 18 & 20:

We will focus our attention on archaeologists who are well known for their work. You will pick one of these archaeologists to do some research on. Then you will create a "rock" star trading card about the archaeologist you chose and you will place that on this wiki.

Here's the list of famous archaeologist

 

Don't forget to look at the rubric to make sure you are on the right track and take good notes too! (note sheet)

Big Huge Labs--to make your trading card.

 

Resources you will use to find information:

World Book Online

 

Sirs Discoverer

 

http://archaeology.mrdonn.org/archaeologists.html

 

http://encyclopedia.kids.net.au/page/li/List_of_famous_archaeologists

 

http://www.digonsite.com/drdig/general/3.html

 

http://www.greatarchaeology.com/archaeologist_view.php

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thursday, October 14:

We are going to learning about prehistoric and ancient people this year. It is important to understand how we know so much about these people. The work of archaeologists and other scientists have allowed us to be transported to other world, but what exactly do they do? We will find out today

 

Vocabulary Words to know: Check them out in more detail in the SS-pedia and add more information as you come across it.

prehistory

archaeology

evidence

artifacts

fossils

paleoanthropologists

anthropologists

excavate

midden

 

Read the information on these websites and take 2-column notes to show what you learned----and to review later

Archaeology Notes Worksheet.doc

 

http://www.nps.gov/archeology/public/kids/kidsFive.htm

http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/archaeology/whatsadig.htm

http://www.southalabama.edu/archaeology/dig-deeper-into-archaeology.html