1. Human Origins in Africa
Chapter 1: Sec. 1

2. Students will:
• Describe key scientific findings about human origins. • List human achievements during the Stone Age. • Trace emergence of modern humans. • State discoveries about early humans.

3. Skills Objectives Geography Categorizing Environment Interaction
Forming and Supporting Opinions
Synthesizing
Making Inferences
Drawing Conclusions
Recognizing Effects
Comparing

4. Focus and Motivate
❑ Interact with History ❑ Discuss MAIN IDEA: Fossil evidence shows that the earliest humans originated in Africa and spread across the globe. ❑ Discuss WHY IT MATTERS NOW : The study of early human remains and artifacts helps in understanding our place in human history.

5. Vocabulary and Homework
Define the following Terms and Names
ARTIFACT
CULTURE
HOMINID
PALEOLITHIC AGE
NEOLITHIC AGE
TECHNOLOGY
HOMO SAPIENS
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QUESTIONS 3, 4 ,and 5

6. Early Human Migration

7. Scientists Search for Human Origins
What were the earliest Humans like?
Scientists use a variety of ways to research and learn more about how, when and where early humans developed.
Archaeologists are specially trained scientists who work like detectives to uncover the story of prehistoric people.

8. Since prehistoric human did not have written language
It is necessary to learn from existing evidence left behind such as bones and artifacts.
Artifacts are human made objects such as tools and
jewelry …. These items might hint at how people lived,
worked, dressed, and perhaps if they had a belief system

9. Components of Culture Common Practices What people eat, wear, jewelry,
What sports or games they play
Tools and Technology
Social Customs
Work

10. What is Culture? Shared Understandings Language Symbols Religion
Values
Arts, music
Political beliefs

11. Social Organization Family Class and caste structure
Relationships between individuals and community
Government
Economic systems
View of authority

12. You How Culture is Learned Media Family Friends Religion Government
School

13. Early Hominids
1970’s in East Africa footprints found resembling those of humans
Found by Dr. Mary Leakey these
prints belong to a hominid
now know as australopithecines

15. The Discovery of Lucy
1974 Ethiopia Africa The oldest human remains found A female hominid Lucy was only 1.1 m (3 ft. 7 in) tall, weighed 29 kg (64 lbs.) and looked somewhat like a Common Chimpanzee

16. Human Evolution

17. Old Stone Age (Paleolithic Age)
2.5 million to 8000 BCE
Invention of tools, mastery of Fire, development of Language

18. Paleolithic Hunter / Gatherer

19. Chapter 1 Sec. 2 Humans try to Control Nature
Objectives: Students will
• List technological and artistic achievements of the Paleolithic Age.
• Describe the Neolithic Revolution.
• Explain the growth of villages.

20. Skills Outlining Analyzing Primary Sources Making Inferences
Skill builder: Map
Summarizing

21. FOCUS AND MOTIVATE
Discuss MAIN IDEA: The development of agriculture caused an increase in population and the growth of a settled way of life. Discuss WHY IT MATTERS NOW: New methods for obtaining food and the development of technology laid the foundations for modern civilizations.

22. Vocabulary and Homework
Nomad
Hunter-gatherer
Neolithic revolution
Slash and burn farming
Domestication
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Questions 3, 4, and 5

23. Paleolithic Humans ( Old Stone Age)

24. Neolithic Human (New Stone Age)

25. Eskimos in Alaska ca. 1910

26. Birth of Agriculture Slash and Burn Farming

27. Neolithic Revolution
Making of tools

28. ATLATL

29. Domestication of Animals
Wolf
Dog

30. Religion: Stonehenge England

31. Inukshuk Greenland & Canada

32. Chapter 1 Sec. 3 Civilization Ur
Objectives
Students will
• Explain how villages grew into cities.
• List the characteristics of civilization.
• Describe how the city of Ur exemplifies
early civilizations

33. Skills Summarizing Drawing Conclusions Making Inferences
Analyzing Causes
Recognizing Effects

34. FOCUS AND MOTIVATE
Discuss MAIN IDEA: Prosperous farming villages, food surpluses, and new technology led to the rise of civilizations.
Discuss WHY IT MATTERS NOW: Contemporary civilizations share the same characteristics typical of ancient civilizations.

35. Vocabulary and Homework
Civilization
Specialization
Artisan Questions Page 23
Institution Numbers 1, 3, 4, and 5
Scribe
Cuneiform
Bronze Age
Barter
Ziggurat

36. Civilization Case Study “Ur”
How Civilization Develops
1. Advanced Cities
2. Specialized Workers
3. Complex Institutions 4. Record Keeping
5. Advanced Technology

37. Advanced Cities
Village or City is not determined by its size of population but rather its design.
City center to foster trade and markets
Centers for religious observance
Site for retail and trade shops

38. Specialized Workers Persons that do a particular job or task artisan
Merchants Government officials
Soldiers Metal workers
Priests
Scribes
Farmers
Weavers

39. Complex Institutions Formal System of Government
Priests with official political and religious authority; Religious ceremony
Education to train those in a specific job such as scribes Need to learn established written language cuneiform

40. Improved Technology Potters Wheel
Metal work---Bronze ( 88% copper 12% tin )

41. City of Ur

42. Quiz Hints
How did the surplus of food help develop specialization of work?
Why does a city such as Ur need a formal Government?
Why did record keeping become important in Ur?