Bell Work Use the timeline on 24-25 to answer the following questions About when did the first modern humans appear in Africa? When did the Ice Ages end? About how many years passed between the end of the Ice Ages and Catal Huyuk’s growth into a large town? Why does the time line have breaks in it?

Chapter 2: The Stone Ages and Early Cultures Prehistory Hominid Ancestor Tool Paleolithic Era Society Hunter-Gatherers Migrate Ice Ages Land bridge Mesolithic Era Neolithic Era Domestication Agriculture Megaliths

How do movies, comic strips, television programs, video games, or other media.

Prehistory Writing was not invented until about 5,000 years ago. Thus, historians call the time before there was writing prehistory.

Archaeologists (Important Discovers about prehistory) Mary and Louis Leakey 1959 Bones in East Africa Date back 1.5 million years old Donald Johanson 1974 Bones in East Africa (Ethiopia) Date back 3 million years old Lucy

Lucy’s Skeleton Woman Small Walked on 2 legs Australopithecus

Early Hominids and Stone Age Tools Australopithecus Homo Habilis Homo Erectus Homo Sapien

The Stone Ages The Stone Ages are divided into 3 periods based on the kinds of tools used at the time. What is a tool? Paleolithic (Old Stone Age) Mesolithic (Middle Stone Age) Neolithic (New Stone Age)

Assignment Create a Flow Chart Use an entire page Name of the Hominid Nickname Location of the hominid List type of tools they used (made out of) How did they create them Explain what the tools were used for Draw an example of the tool used

Flow Chart Example

Paleolithic Period Hunter Gatherer Society Page 32 Activities: Identify the various activities going on in the picture. Hardships What hardships did early hunter-gatherers face, suggested by the picture? Chores: What is the difference between the men’s chores and women’s chores, shared chores?

Stone Age Language, Art, Religion Language-most important Art-Cave Paintings Religion-little knowledge How did Stone Age people communicate?

Communicating Without Words Activity