Created by Ms. Oren’s 6 th grade SS class

 A time before there was writing

 The study of the past

 The study of the past of what people left behind.

 The knowledge, beliefs, customs, and values of a group of people

 A community of people who share a common culture

 The remains or imprint of something ancient

 Anything made by people in the past

 A digging out of artifacts

 Finding somebody’s age through the breakdown of carbon

 A person that has witnessed an event

 Someone who has retold or written an event that they did not witness.

 Reciting your history in front of people in speech  Passing down a story from generation to generation

 A relative who lived in the past

 An early ancestor of humans

People who hunt animals and gather berries and fruit

 To move to a new place.

 A strip of land connecting two continents.

 To train animals to be useful to man

 The raising of crops and animals for human use (farming)

 The use of skills and tools to meet practical needs

 the exchange of goods between people

 having an extra supply of goods

 training to do a particular job

 a culture that developed systems of specialization, religion, and government

 Achievements  Government  Economy  Laws  Jobs  Education  Recording system/records  Religion  Social Classes A GEL JERRS