1. The Stone Age

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

3. Video Clip
Watch this clip about the earliest humans and events in nature that helped guide their development.

4. 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

5. 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.

6. On each page Read pages 32-33 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.

7. 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.

8. 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)

9. Exit Ticket
Write your name and period 1 on your small paper, on the SHORT SIDE.
Write ONLY your answer:
What changes occurred from the Paleolithic to Neolithic Ages, and what do they tell us?