1. Warm-up Questions
On which continent were Australopithecus remains found?
What are items that are modified to accomplish a task called?
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2. The Stone Ages The First People Ancient Civilizations
Mr. Hollingsworth’s World History
Tuesday – August 21, 2018

3. Today’s Learning Targets
I will be able to use the academic vocabulary of this region and time appropriately.
I will identify the physical and cultural features of this region on a map.
I will evaluate the conclusions of anthropologists on the discovery of early hominids.
I will identify early Paleolithic tools.
PreAP – I will describe how humans’ ways of living changed as they interacted and adapted.

4. Warm-up Questions
On which continent was Australopithecus remains found?
Africa (East Africa)
What are items that are modified to accomplish a task called?
tools
On which continent were Australopithecus remains found? What are items that are modified to accomplish a task called? 

5. Reading Check Questions
What can ancient bones tell us about human ancestors?
About human development and early human physical appearances
How was Homo erectus different from Homo habilis?
Homo erectus walked completely upright. Homo habilis did not.

6. Reading Check Questions
How did tools improve during the Old Stone Age?
People learned to use flint to make tools and to attach wooden handles to the tools.

7. Reading Check Questions
What was one possible reason for the development of language?
It made it easier to hunt as a group, distribute food, and establish relationships.

8. Split-Page Notes Scientists Study Remains
Writing invented about 5,000 years ago.
Archaeologists and anthropologists provide information about the time before writing.
Mary & Louis Leakey discover hominid bones 1.5 m years old of an Australopithecus.

9. Split-Page Notes Scientists Study Remains
Writing invented c. 5,000 yrs. ago.
Arch. & anth. provide info. for time prehistory.
Leakeys disc. hominid (Australopithecus) bones 1.5 m yrs. old.

10. Split-Page Notes
Donald Johanson discovers 3 m yr. old Lucy (hominid). Lucy walked on 2 legs.
White discovers 4.4 m yr old hominid remains.

11. Scientists Study Remains
___ was invented about 5,000 years ago. ___ discovered bones in 1959 in East ___.
Writing / Leakey / Africa
These bones were the remains of an ___ of early humans. It was a ___.
ancestor / hominid

12. Scientists Study Remains
In ___, Johanson found more bones that he called ___. He could tell she ___ on two legs.
1974 / Lucy / walked
In ___, White found bones as old as ___ ___ years.
1994 / 4.4 million

13. Hominids and Early Humans
In 1960, ___ found ___ remains he called ___ ___, or “handy man.”
Leakey / hominid / Homo habilis
1.5 million years ago ___ ___ (upright man) appeared in Africa.
Homo erectus

14. Hominids and Early Humans
The first humans are called ___ ___ (___ ___).
Homo sapiens / “wise man”

15. Stone Age Tools
The time of the first humans is called the ___ ___. It is further divided into three periods: ___, ___, and ___ Eras.
Stone Age / Paleolithic / Mesolithic / Neolithic

16. PreAP Biography
We are now going over the biography requirements for this unit. Refer to “People to Know – Biography” handout.

17. Key Terms Review The time before a written language…
Prehistory
Early ancestor of humans
hominid

18. Key Terms Review When people first used stone tools…
Paleolithic Era
A community of people who share a common culture…
society

19. Key Terms Review
People who hunt animals and gather wild plants, seeds, fruits, and nuts to survive…
Hunter-gatherers
to divide among a group of people…
distribute

20. Key Terms Review A relative who lived in the past…
ancestor
An object that has been modified to help a person accomplish a task…
tool

21. Chunking Map Items 7 Indian Ocean Atlantic Ocean 5 Red Sea 8
Mediterranean Sea
Nile River
Congo River
Zambezi River
Lake Victoria
Lake Tanganyika
Lake Malawi
Serengeti Plain
Ethiopian Highlands
Madagascar 5 8 4 2 13 6 10 3 1 12 11 9

22. Today’s Learning Targets
I can use the academic vocabulary of this region and time appropriately.
I can identify the physical and cultural features of this region on a map.
I can evaluate the conclusions of anthropologists on the discovery of early hominids.
I can identify early Paleolithic tools.
PreAP – I can describe how humans’ ways of living changed as they interacted and adapted.