Ötzi, the ice mummy - TASK -

• History
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 1

Otzi, the Ice Mummy

Your task:

1. Watch the "histoclips" video (link next slide)
2. do the questions (slide 5, 6, 7)

(you may work together, look up difficult words yourself)
3. stick the handout in your notebook (page 12)
4. fill in the green box

Not finished = homework

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Here you see 18 conclusions (inferences) that scientists could make from the remains of Ötzi.

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

Which of the following statements from the film is supported by evidence or fact?

1. A hostile tribe attacked Ötzi’s village
2. He sent away his wife and children to the safe side of the Alps
3. Ötzi fled from his village when he realised the fight was lost
4. Ötzi could breath little oxygen 3000m high in the mountains

The people in Ötzi’s village did NOT live from:

Barter trade

Keeping domesticated animals

Doing specialised jobs

Farming food

Hunting wild animals for food and hides

Gathering food

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