2TTO HIS - SKILLS practise tasks

• History
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 2

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1. The Age of Hunters and Farmers

1.1 The first humans

1.1

skill 6: Recognising the influence of the past.

In this exercise you will practise skill 6:
Recognising the influence of the past.
Look at the map. Why is it now hard to believe that modern
man migrated through the middle of Africa to the rest of the
world? Tip: use an Atlas if you do not know the answer.

In this exercise you will practise skill 6:
Recognising the influence of the past.
What do you think is the most important part of the development of our species?
You can choose from: walking upright, getting a bigger brain, being able to start
fires, creating art, using tools or thinking of alternative ideas. First write down
your answer, then compare it to the answer your neighbour has.
Discuss who is right and why.

1. The Age of Hunters and Farmers

1.3 Early Farmers

1.3

skill 3: change and continuity.

skill 8. Drawing conclusions from studying sources 

In this exercise you will practise skill 3: change and continuity.

For each statement, choose the correct answer.
A. prehistoric people have lived as hunter-gatherers for thousands of years
This is an example of:

1. change
2. continuity

In this exercise you will practise skill 3: change and continuity.

For each statement, choose the correct answer.
B. There have been several ice ages in the past.

This is an example of:

1. change
2. continuity

In this exercise you will practise skill 3: change and continuity.

For each statement, choose the correct answer.
C. hunter-gatherers became farmers during prehistory.

This is an example of:

1. change
2. continuity

In this exercise you will practise skill 3: change and continuity.

For each statement, choose the correct answer.
D. For the last 10,000 years, there were no ice ages.

This is an example of:

1. change
2. continuity

Farmers

Hunter-Gatherers

moving from place to place

finding grain, fruit and vegetables

hunting animals and fishing

small groups

only few possessions that can be carried

In this exercise you will practise skill 3: change and continuity.

Farming was a big change in the way prehistoric man lived. So what changed exactly?

Drag each change  to the correct place in the table.

large groups

pottery

domesticating animals

growing your own crops

living in one place

(= settling)

In this exercise you will practise skill 3: change and continuity.

The change from hunting to farming was something that happened slowly. Give two examples to support this statement.

Video Ötzi

skill 8. Drawing conclusions from studying sources 

Ötzi, the Ice Mummy

Work in pairs, use two screens

Screen 1: watch the video

Screen 2: do the drag & drop task

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Open the picture (below here)

The letters of the conclusions correspond with the letters of the green hotspots below.

Drag the hotspots to the correct conclusions column (left).

3 conclusions:

2 conclusions:

2 conclusions:

he helped with the harvest

A

to expel evil spirits or pain

B

he lived south of the alps

C

Ötzi’s people knew how to make copper

D

he defended himself against an attack

E

he has been fighting at least four different people just before he died

F

he did this to keep his feet warm

G

he has eaten meat from a deer and bread

H

He died in spring

I

he took out the arrow himself

J

He did not herd sheep / goats

K

Ötzi used these weapons to hunt wild animals

L

he ate grain

M

he has been ill two months prior to his death

N

he was fired upon with a bow and arrow

O

Ötzi’s people were farmers

P

he was an important man in his village

Q

these were used as a medicin

R

1. The Age of Hunters and Farmers

1.4 Time Matters

1.4

skill 6: Recognising the influence of the past.

skill 1:  Organizing history 

In this exercise you will practise skill 6:
Recognising the influence of the past.
Give an example to support this statement: “The way we count time is influenced by the past.”

Here you study skill 1: Organizing history

Study the timeline below closely. The center is the year 1 AD. Drag the dates to the correct centuries. Three dates remain.

256 AD

317 BC

317

67 AD

289 BC

410 

44 BC 

183 BC

410 AD

192 AD

446 BC

10 BC

120 BC

120 AD

322 BC

16 BC

156 BC

60

70

80

26

74

2nd AD

1st AD

1st BC

2nd BC

3rd BC

4th BC

AGE 1: The Time of Hunters and Farmers

1.5 The first civilisations

1.5

Skill 7: Comparing historical situations

In this exercise you will practise Skill 7: Comparing historical situations.

In chapter 1 you learned about hunters and farmers. Write down three differences between the lives of hunter-gatherers and farmers

In this exercise you will practise Skill 7: Comparing historical situations.

Give two similarities between the civilisations of Sumer and Egypt. What did they have in common?

Here you practise skill 2: 

causes and effects

Here you practise skill 2: 

causes and effects

leadership is needed

 market places

arise

Fertile 

Crescent

social 

differences

barter 

trade

writing system

villages grow into cities

rise of 

agriculture

rules and laws needed

specialisation and craftsmen

agricultural surplus

population growth

AGE 1. The Time of Hunters and Farmers

1.6 Inventing Writing

1.6

Skill 6: Recognising the influence of the past. 

In this exercise you will practise Skill 6: Recognising the influence of the past.

Explain why the discovery of writing still influences the present.