Being a Social Scientist & Lascaux Cave Painting Date: 9.21.12 A 9.24.12 B How do social scientists use artifacts to learn about a society or civilization? Being a Social Scientist & Lascaux Cave Painting Class Work: Warm Up – Check HW- Lat/Long WS Define Archeology, Anthropology, Artifacts and how they study Culture Social Scientist WS in groups Present findings about artifacts Artifact Analysis – Lascaux Cave Painting Lascaux Cave Painting reading-read in pairs WIO Go over HW Warm Up: What do you think a social scientist is? Would it be something you would like to do? WIO: COPY THE BOLD ONLY!! Culture is a shared practice, belief, attitude, or behavior of a group. We learn a culture from friends, family, media, government, and religious institutions. What objects might best represent parts of your culture? List at least 5. HW: The Lascaux Cave Painting is an estimated 17,000 years old and tells us much about the society that created it. Now, imagine people in the future have discovered a “cave painting” about our society. What would people discover about us? Write a paragraph to answer the question. Pick one or two items and explain how and what they show about our culture. Could be something personal or something that is of a larger group. Page 13 Page 14

Understanding BC, BCE, AD, and CE Date: 9.25.12 A 9.26.12 B Why/How do historians use a common dating system to recognize the beginning phases of human species? Understanding BC, BCE, AD, and CE Class Work: Warm Up: Make an educated guess. What do BC, AD, BCE, and CE stand for? Put the following dates in order of when they happened. A. Declaration of Independence – 1776 A.D. B. Columbus comes to the New World – 1492 A.D. C. Adena culture begins in Ohio - 800 B.C. D. Roman Republic is established – 509 B.C. Warm Up – Check HW-Culture Paragraph-Share in pairs. Notes- What is this BCE, CE, BC, and AD? Timeline Activity WIO Discovery Video Clip Go over HW HW: Read over Hominid Chart (put on page 19). Using the Hominid Chart, put the various hominids in chronologic order, on a timeline, according to when they came into being on page 19 in NB PROGRESS REPORT SIGNATURE WIO: Answer in complete sentences: What did you think of the timeline activity? Did it help you understand the differences between BC, BCE, AD and CE better? Explain. Page 15 Page 16

Warm Up – Check HW- Hominid Timeline Watch “Caveman Catastrophe” Date: 9.28.12 A 9.28.12 B What are the significant characteristics about various types of hominids? Caveman Catastrophe Class Work: Warm Up: Use your hominid chart to answer the following questions. Which hominid do the following statements describe? I walk on two feet, am about 5 feet tall, and I was the first hominid to make fires. I am from Europe and central to southwestern Asia, and I was the first early human to have a language. Warm Up – Check HW- Hominid Timeline Watch “Caveman Catastrophe” Pair/Share video questions WIO WIO: 3-2-1 about hominids 3 – Write 3 things you have learned about hominids 2- Write 2 facts you thought were really interesting (these need to be different than the 3 things you learned) 1- Write 1 question you still have about early humans. HW: Create a symbol/visual to represent each of the hominids on the Hominid Chart. This can be on the sheet or on page 19. Late Progress Reports Page 17 Page 18

Warm Up: View “Prehistoric” song from youtube.com Date: 10.1.12 A 10.2.12 B What are the significant characteristics about various types of hominids? Early Man Notes Class Work: Warm Up: View “Prehistoric” song from youtube.com Warm Up – Check HW-Signatures, Imagination Map, Cultural Paragraph “Early Man Notes” Group work to design a 21st Century tool HW - WIO http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vD4CQ5ppm_A Write down at least 2 facts about prehistoric man from viewing the song HW: Complete WIO and brainstorm ideas to share with your group about your 21st century tool. WIO: Draw a symbol for each of the hominids on the chart using one of the characteristics about each of them. Page19 Page20

“Prehistoric Man Contest” Paleolithic/Neolithic Notes Compare and contrast the significant characteristics of the Paleolithic and Neolithic Ages. How do the early hominids fit into these ages? Date: 10.3.12 A 10.4.12 B “Prehistoric Man Contest” and Paleolithic/Neolithic Notes Class Work: Warm Up: Copy the underlined words ONLY!! Answer in complete sentences. Go back in your notes to assist in your response and support your answer with at least 3 reasons. Why do you think Neanderthals died out and Cro-Magnon survived? Warm Up – Pair/Share, Check HW – WIO Share 21st century tools Explain HW Review Paleolithic/Neolithic chart Highlight, underline important info Read intro paragraph for “Prehistoric Man Contest” (PMC) Review group work rules/expectations Complete “PMC” in groups Review answers WIO – “Horrible Histories – Stone Age” song http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Sn911TNR4M EXIT SLIP – collect as walking out the door WIO: Watch “Horrible Histories-Stone Age Song” Copy the underlined ONLY!! Not the website!  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Sn911TNR4M After viewing the Youtube music video clip, List 3 facts about early man, the Neolithic Age, or the Paleolithic Age that you heard in the clip and that we also discussed in class on 10/1 &10/2 and/or 10/3 & 10/4. HW: Answer review questions about early hominids. Questions taped in notebook and on WIKI. Page21 Page22