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The Early Humans Unit Bundle is perfect for middle school social studies classes. It includes over 120 pages of resources to use in your classroom along with 8 days of detailed lesson plans! In this unit, students will learn about the characteristics of life during prehistoric times for early humans including the Paleolithic Age, Ice Age and Neolithic Age. Students will go on a virtual field trip, design a cave art drawing, take notes in an interactive notebook, read informational text, perform a class skit, play a fun review game and more!
Resources include a paper (printable) interactive notebook, a digital interactive notebook for Google Drive, an interactive PowerPoint full of informational text for students to use to complete the interactive notebooks, a Early Humans review game, and Early Humans Skit, 20 task cards, vocabulary activities, a word wall and a final assessment! This bundle is a comprehensive way to learn about the important events of the Stone Age.
I know how busy your teaching days are throughout the school year. The Early Humans Complete Unit Bundle includes a file with 8 days of detailed lesson plans already completed for you. This bundle is designed to save you valuable time, increase student engagement and bring history to life through a wide variety of activities that prompt students to think critically and creatively in their Social Studies class.
The Early Humans Interactive Notebook (Paper and Digital Version for Google Drive included)
Interactive notebooks are an effective tool in the classroom. Not only can they assist students in keeping their work organized, but they are also an easy-to-access resource for reference throughout the year.
The Early Humans Interactive Notebook is intended as a resource for late-elementary into middle school ages.
It includes 8 different interactive activities and an answer key to help students organize the information you teach! It does not include any types of informational text for students.
The file also includes pictures of every page in use!
1. Cover Page
2. Two vocabulary activities
3. Hunter-Gatherers (tabs for food, roles of men and women, tools/technology, and shelter)
4. Agricultural Revolution (tabs for farming, communities, roles of men and women, and tools/technology)
5. Ice Age (tabs for climate and physical features of the Ice Age and surviving the Ice Age)
6. Tools of the Stone Age (tabs for Paleolithic Tools, Mesolithic Tools, and Neolithic Tools)
7. Venn Diagram to compare hunter-gatherers with farming communities
8. A world map with empty boxes to write about crops around the world during the Neolithic Era.
9. A blank world map. Possible use - tracing the spread of farming in the Neolithic Age.
Early Humans Interactive Notes
Interactive PowerPoint Notes are a great way to engage your students in content related to your curriculum. This resource is aligned with The Early Humans Unit in The Teacher's Prep store but can be used independently, as well. It's a great option for classrooms utilizing technology or off-campus remote distance learning.
When using this interactive PowerPoint, students can click on elements of the slides to reveal important information about a variety of topics related to the study of the lives of early humans. (See a comprehensive list of topics included below!)
There's also a version compatible with Google Slides included! It's not interactive, due to the way Google Slides is designed, but has all the information that your students need to complete the interactive notebooks.
>>The Early Humans Interactive Notebook
>>The Early Humans Digital Interactive Notebook for Google Drive
The Early Humans Interactive PowerPoint is intended as a resource for late-elementary and middle school ages. It is not editable.
The file was created using PowerPoint 2013. The animations may not play properly on older versions.
Topics Included:
1. Vocabulary
2. Hunter-Gatherers (food, roles of men and women, tools/technology, and shelter)
3. Agricultural Revolution (farming, communities, roles of men and women, and tools/technology)
4. Ice Age (climate and physical features of the Ice Age and surviving the Ice Age)
5. Tools of the Stone Age (Paleolithic Tools, Mesolithic Tools, and Neolithic Tools)
6. Venn Diagram to compare hunter-gatherers with farming communities
The Early Humans Task Cards
Task cards are an effective resource in the classroom. These task cards can be used as part of group trivia games, entrance or exit slips, or as work for centers or early-finishers. The possibilities are truly endless!
Included in this resource:
1. A Note for the Teacher
2. 20 different task cards
3. Teacher answer key for every question
4. Blank cards for the teacher to write additional questions
The Early Humans Bingo Game
The resource includes over 40 questions covering 25 key terms. Some of the key terms have more than one question to give teachers different options based on their instructional needs. Also included is a bingo board that can be customized by each student. No student will have the same board!
Early Humans Reader's Theater
Ancient History can come alive in your classroom with the Early Humans Reader's Theater! This 10-15 minute skit will get students moving and acting in a time traveling adventure to the Paleolithic Era, Ice Age and Neolithic Era.
Included in this resource:
1. 6 page script for 8 students (estimated time: 10-15 minutes)
2. 5 discussion prompts
Early Humans Vocabulary Activities
The Early Humans Vocabulary Activities is a fantastic resource for middle school students to enhance their understanding of content vocabulary for the Early Humans Unit. This resource includes four activities - a matching game, crossword puzzle, matching one-page activity and a graphic organizer to define words and write a corresponding sentence for each term - a perfect resource for student binders!
Inside this resource you will find:
1. Matching Tiles (cut out the pieces and match the word with the definition)
2. Matching Activity
3. Crossword Puzzle
4. Definitions and Sentences Graphic Organizer
What words are included in the word wall?
- Stone Age
- Paleolithic
- nomads
- hunter-gatherers
- cave art
- technology
- Ice Age
- land bridge
- Neolithic Age
- domesticate
- systematic agriculture
- specialization
Word Wall and Early Humans Test
The Early Humans Word Wall consists of 12 terms to add to your classroom wall while teaching the unit to your students.
What words are included in the word wall?
- Stone Age
- Paleolithic
- nomads
- hunter-gatherers
- cave art
- technology
- Ice Age
- land bridge
- Neolithic Age
- domesticate
- systematic agriculture
- specialization
The Early Humans Test consists of 35 questions:
-Vocabulary
-Multiple Choice
-True/False
-Fill in the Blank
-Map Identification
-Written Response
(An answer key is included, too!)
Please take a peek at the preview to see if this resource fits the needs of your classroom. If you have any questions, please let me know in the Q and A section of my store!
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