Discovering PreHistory

Objectives

Students will be able to understand how Archeologists are able to find out about Prehistoric beings through artifacts and fossils.

Be able to use inferencing to come to their own conclusions.

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History7th Grade

This lesson contains 13 slides, with interactive quizzes, text slides and 1 video.

Lesson duration is: 15 min

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Objectives

Students will be able to understand how Archeologists are able to find out about Prehistoric beings through artifacts and fossils.

Be able to use inferencing to come to their own conclusions.

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Discovering Prehistory

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Writing Exercise

Complete the Bellringer that is on Google classroom

timer

10:00

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Homosapiens

Homosapiens roughly translates to wise man
They are the most modern human (we are homosapiens)
First showed up about 200,000 years ago

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Fossils

Are the remains of living things from millions of years ago
Are things like bones and teeth
Fossils can tell us many things about the past
Lets look at some fossils

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Slide 7 - Open question

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Artifacts

A man made object like a tool
These objects are the best clues to understanding ancient people
lets look at some artifacts

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Archeologist

Archeologists have an important Job in history:
They search for, find and then interpret, fossils, and artifacts
Archeologists can tell how old something is based on how deep it is buried

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Africa

Africa is one of the most important places on earth when it comes to understanding early man
Read about Africa on page 13 of your textbook.

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The Great Rift Valley

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