Unit 1 Review

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Unit 1 Review

• Scales on a map stand for different distances
  depending on what is shown.
• A tundra is a very cold area where few trees grow
  productively. An example of a tundra is the
  region known as Alaska.
• A location is Baton Rouge, LA.
• On a map, latitude measures distances north and
  south of the equator.
• Culture is the beliefs, customs, and the art of a
  group of people.
• Be able to identify all continents on a world
  map.

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6th Grade World History Unit 2 Hunters,
Gatherers, Farmers

• Lesson 1 The First People
• Lesson 2 Early Human Migration
• Lesson 3 Beginnings of Agriculture
• Lesson 4 Humans and the Environment

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Lesson 1 The First People

• Objectives

• AGENDA

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Video

• The Stone Age
• Download on BlackBoard

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Unit Project

• Unit ProjectActivity 1  Creating a Timeline of
  Early Human Cultures, Inventions, and Progression
  from Nomadic to Agricultural Societies (GLEs 4,
  15)
• Create a timeline of the period

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specifics
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The major cultural features of each period in the
Stone Age
Paleolithic hunting and food gathering, use of
fire, making clothing, acquisition of language
and religion, invention of tools Mesolithic
domestication of dog and goat, invention of
pottery and sickle Neolithic agriculture,
settled villages, inventions (plow, loom, wheel,
calendar), rules of inheritance, belief in many
deities
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The First People

• The Big Idea
• Prehistoric people learned to adapt to their
  environment, to make simple tools, to use fire,
  and to use language.
• Main Ideas
• Scientists study the remains of early humans to
  learn about prehistory.
• Hominids and early humans first appeared in East
  Africa millions of years ago.
• Stone Age tools grew more complex as time
  passed.
• Hunter-gatherer societies developed language,
  art, and religion.

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Main Idea 1Scientists study the remains of
early humans to learn about prehistory.

• To study prehistory, the time before writing,
  historians rely on the work of archaeologists and
  anthropologists.
• Key Hominid Finds
• Mary and Louis Leakey found bones of early
  ancestors of humans, called hominids, in East
  Africa.
• Lucy was found by Donald Johanson. Tests showed
  that she lived more than 3 million years ago and
  walked on two legs.
• Tim White found even older remains from as long
  as 4.4 million years ago.

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Main Idea 2Hominids and early humans first
appeared in East Africa millions of years ago.

• Groups of hominids appeared about 3 million years
  ago.
• A group of hominids called Homo erectus, or
  upright man, appeared in Africa about 1.5 million
  years ago.
• Many scientists think that modern humans appeared
  about 200,000 years ago in Africa.

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Hominids and Early Humans
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Main Idea 3Stone Age tools grew more complex
as time passed.

• The first humans and their ancestors lived during
  the Stone Age.
• The first part of the Stone Age is called the
  Paleolithic Era, during which people used stone
  tools.
• A tool is a handheld object that has been
  modified to help a person accomplish a task.

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1. A and C 2. B and D 3. A
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First Tools

• Earliest tools found in East Africa
• About 2.6 million years old
• Each stone was hit with another to create a sharp
  edge.
• One unsharpened side could be used as a handle.
• Scientists think these first tools were used
  mostly to cut and grind food.

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Later Tools

• Improved tools were made out of flint.
• People learned how to attach wooden handles to
  tools.
• Because they no longer had to stand next to the
  animals they were hunting, people were able to
  kill larger animals from a distance.

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Main Idea 4Hunter-gatherer societies developed
language, art, and religion.

• Early humans formed societies.
• They were hunter-gatherers.
• The most important development of early Stone Age
  culture was language.

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Hunter-gatherer Societies

• A society is a community of people who share a
  common culture.
• Small groups
• Lived in caves
• Hunter-gatherers hunted animals and gathered
  plants and seeds to survive
• Developed cultures with language, religion, and
  art
• Allowed more relationships to form
• Easier to hunt
• Allowed food distribution

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Activity 2 Characteristics of Hunters and
Gatherers (GLEs 22, 23)

• Speculate why hunting and gathering societies
  were nomadic
• Predict where animals and plants would be
  abundant
• Investigate key topics
• Present research findings about hunters and
  gatherers

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Activity 3 Comparing Ancient Art and Its
Perspective to Art throughout History

• Determine how signs and representations helped
  archaeologists
• Create a painting or drawing of what is important
  in todays society

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specifics
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Activity 4 Primary and Secondary Sources in
History (GLE 19)
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Closure How did we meet our daily objectives?