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Do Now. Imagine you lived 30,000 years ago during the Stone Age. How or what would you use as resources to survive? List them under these headings:. “Brain Pop”. http:// www.brainpop.com/science/ecologyandbehavior/humanevolution/preview.weml. Chapter 2 Section 1. The First People.

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  1. Do Now Imagine you lived 30,000 years ago during the Stone Age. How or what would you use as resources to survive? List them under these headings:

  2. “Brain Pop” http://www.brainpop.com/science/ecologyandbehavior/humanevolution/preview.weml

  3. Chapter 2 Section 1 The First People Big Idea: Prehistoric people learned to adapt to their environment, to make simple tools, use fire, & use a simple language

  4. Early Hominids • Historians rely on archaeologists to study Prehistory- • 1959 Mary Leakey: 1st discovered early hominidsin Africa. • 1974 Donald Johanson • “Lucy” • One of earliest ancestors

  5. Early Hominid Sites “Lucy”

  6. Hominids & Early Humans • Paleolithic Era-Old Stone Age lasted until 10,000 years ago • 1.5 million years ago • Homo erectus “upright man” • Controlled fire & cooked food • Simple stone tools • 200,000 years ago • Homo sapiens “wise man” • Created fire • Developed Language • Variety of tools

  7. Hunter-gatherers (Nomadic) • Early humans formed small societies. • Men-Hunted • Women-Gathered • Relied on environment for survival • Language & Art- way to express themselves • Believed religion developed during stone age

  8. Do Now Please open to page 33 in your textbook, read “Linking to Today” and answer the question that follows. How and why did early humans express themselves? Why do you think hunting in groups was safer than hunting alone?

  9. Review What was the name of the era where people used Stones as tools? Nomad? Paleolithic characteristics?

  10. Homework Page 34 #1-4

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