1. Walk-In Write this week’s Agenda for World History.
Hand in any T-shirt orders.

2. Walk-In
Take out notebook, folder, pencil box..
At the BACK of your notebook, copy the question and answer in sentences:
Why was the transition to humans being HOMINIDS so important to human development?

3. Hominids
When humans evolved to being hominids, they had the ability to walk upright on two feet.
This allowed them to use their arms and hands for other purposes than just moving.
They developed stone tools, better abilities to hunt or find foods, and a stronger ability to protect themselves.

4. The Stone Age

5. Learning Goal for today
TSWBAT explain the meaning of the Paleolithic, Mesolithic and Neolithic Ages, and tell what developments occurred in each.

6. What is the significance of this change?

7. Activity Fold your paper in half, to make a booklet.
Write the title The Stone Age at the top of the first page.
On the next pages, write these titles:
Paleolithic Age
Mesolithic Age
Neolithic Age

8. The Stone Age (front cover)
The Stone Age is a PREHISTORIC period of time when hominids (early humans who walked upright) made and used the first stone tools.

9. On each page of your mini-book
Read pages of textbook.
Write: the dates it occurred in, and the major characteristics and accomplishments of that age.
Use the chart on page 32 to help you.
Create a picture that illustrates a major development of that age.

10. If you finish early, Get a laptop or iPad. Use Google to look up:
Paleolithic, Mesolithic and Neolithic
Tools used in each period
Draw pictures of what you find on the appropriate page.

11. Summary – Front Cover
Write these notes on your cover page, under The Stone Age.
Major developments included:
Invention of tools
Being able to master the use of fire
Development of language
Farming (raising animals and growing crops)

12. The Stone Age In Pictures
In this web quest, you will look at pictures of fossils from discoveries about the past.
After viewing the pictures, make INFERENCES (figure things out) from what you see in the photos.
Web quest is on the class web page, for today’s date.
Answer the questions in complete sentences.