1. Topic: PRE-HISTORY & EARLY MAN Essential Questions:
How do we know about our past?
Do Now:
How do you think scientist know about what happened in the past?
Objectives:
Analyze primary versus secondary sources
Identify the key factors of measuring historical dates and timelines

2. I. How do we know about the past?
Artifacts - objects left behind by people from the past
Archeologist - study the past
By Archeologist

3. I. How do we know about the past? (continued)
Primary sources – writing or object directly from the source (1st hand info)
Secondary sources – interprets information from other documents (2nd hand info)

4. Examples of Primary Sources
ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS Diaries, speeches, manu- scripts, letters, interviews, news film footage, auto- biographies, official records 
CREATIVE WORKS: Poetry, drama, novels, music, art 
RELICS OR ARTIFACTS: Pottery, furniture, clothing, buildings
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5. Examples of Secondary Sources
textbooks
newspapers
magazines
biography
Encyclopedia
Google!
Copy 3 examples

6. II. Timeline 1000 B.C. 500 B.C. 500 A.D. 1000 A.D. SEE HANDOUT 
NUMBERS GOING DOWN
NUMBERS GOING UP
1000 B.C.
500 B.C.
500 A.D.
1000 A.D.
SEE HANDOUT 

7. Apply: Which comes 1st?
1211 AD, 1030 BC
1523 BC, 39 AD
100 BC, 890 AD

8. Topic: PRE-HISTORY & EARLY MAN
Essential Question:
What were people like during the Paleolithic Era (Old Stone Age)?
Do Now:
What is meant by pre-history?

9. In the beginning, there was darkness…..

10. I. What is Pre-History? pre = means “before”
history = the record of past events and times

11. II. Migration of early man
Early man migrated from Africa to North America by walking over the - Bering Land Bridge
Bering land bridge

12. III. Paleolithic Era (Old Stone Age)
Time = traced back to 2 million BC
Where = Africa
How do we know? = found a Stone Age skeleton (Lucy)

13. LUCY
In 1974, a skeleton was found in Africa. The bones were those of a female, about 20 years old or so when she died. Scientists named her Lucy. About 3 million years ago, when Lucy was alive, she was about 4 feet tall and weighed about 50 pounds. Scientists suspect that she fell into a lake or river and drowned.

14. This time period was known as the Paleolithic Age
IV. What we learned from Lucy
Characteristics
Nomadic (wandering)
Small groups (20-30)
Few things (travelled light)
Everyone did the same thing
This time period was known as the Paleolithic Age
or the Old Stone Age.

15. CREATE THIS ORGANIZER IN YOUR NOTES
Food Supply:
Housing/Shelter:
PALEOLITHIC LIFE
CREATE THIS ORGANIZER IN YOUR NOTES
Tools:
Social Group: