Do Now Copy the HW for tonight: WHIL due Friday (we start it in class today) Open the textbook to page 12- under KEY TERMS. Copy the definitions for hominid and Stone Age onto your vocabulary worksheet. *Who owes me homework? Quiz?

Vocab Hominid: a modern human or a member of an earlier group that may have ancestors or relatives of modern humans Stone Age: a period of time during which hominids made lasting tools and weapons mainly from stone; earliest know period of prehistoric culture

WHIL: What Have I Learned 1. What have I learned about this week? Be specific and discuss 4+ topics. 2. How did I learn about these things? Use the top of page 1 for help.

Activity for Today and Tomorrow Work in partners. 1. Google “DK find out stone age” and click the SECOND link that says “Stone Age For Kids.”   2. For each topic below, click on the website link. Read about each topic from the Old Stone Age and in the space below, write down important ideas and details about each. You should also draw a small picture to show what you learned. NB check today

Review Tool Makers made tools from stone, bones, and wood Humans needed knowledge and skills to make tools These humans had bigger brains and skilled hands They made sharp tools to cut up animals to eat Fire Makers learned how to use and control fire could cook food, keep warm, scare away animals, use for light

Review Cave Dwellings Big Game Hunting Built their own shelters Moved around as they followed food Lived in the entrance of caves, or in temporary shelters made of branches, leaves, and animal skins Big Game Hunting Hunted animals for food, such as mammoths Worked in groups to hunt sick, young, or lone animals Took skills, teamwork, and weapons

Review Stone Age Food Stone Age Clothes They did not grow their own food, they went out and found it Hunted and fished for food Gathered plants, eggs, honey Traveled from place to place looking for the best hunting spots Stone Age Clothes Humans used animal skins to keep warm Used plants to make body paint Make jewelery from bones

Review Stone Age Beliefs Gathering Humans developed beliefs to explain the world around them Believed in animal spirits Built tombs Made up stories to explain the weather and seasons Offered gifts and performed ceremonies to keep their gods happy Gathering women gathered nuts, leafs, roots, and fruits they could find materials to make tools and weapons, like bone, stone, and wood

Whole-class discussion How did hominids survive during this time? What important skills did hominids of the Old Stone Age use to find food?