Transcript Tunnel - kennelly

Week 2
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World History
Day 1
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List the themes of World History?
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What and When is your HW due?
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What 3 items must you have in class every
day?
Time
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When events occurred
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Chronology helps us make sense of events
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BC/ BCE- Before Christ or Before the
common Era
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AD/CE- Anno Domini or Common Era
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Decade- 10 years
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Century- 100 years
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Millennium- 1,000 years
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Age/Era- Time period with out specific start
or end but has shared characteristics
Place
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What an area is like in physical (landforms,
soil, climate, resources) and human terms
(culture)
Location
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Absolute- a places point of latitude (N/S of
Equator) and longitude (E/W of prime
meridian
Relative location – a places point in relation
to other areas
Human/Environment Interaction
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Humans have changed/ been changed by
their environment
Region
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Any area that has common characteristics
ie: physical, cultural (religion and language),
organizational
Movement
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Transfer of people, goods and, ideas
In groups
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Open books to page xxxii-xxxiiv
Answer the following in complete sentences
4-5 sentences per answer
What is time and how is it measured?
Describe Milwaukee according to the 5
themes of Geography and
Homework time
Day 2
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Where can all assignments and class info
be found?
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List the 5 themes of geography?
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What is meant by CE/BCE?
Human Origins in Africa
Defining Prehistory
• Time before the invention of writing, in 3,000
BCE
Scientific Clues
• Archaeologists study bones and artifacts—
human-made objects
• Anthropologists study culture—a group’s way
of life
• Paleontologists study fossils—plant or animal
remains preserved in rock
Stone Age
Two Phases
Paleolithic Age (Old Stone
Age) lasted from about 2.5
million to 8000 B.C.
Neolithic Age (New Stone Age)
lasted from 8000 to 3000 B.C.
Paleolithic Age had cold
temperatures and large glaciers
(Ice Age)
Use of tools, fire, and language
develops during the Stone Age
LUCY -Hominid 3.5
million years
•Australopithecines
4 million to 1 million B.C.
• found in S. and E. Africa
• first human like creature to walk upright
Homo habilis
• 2.5 million to
1.5 million B.C.
• found in East Africa
• brain size 700 cm3
• first to make stone tools
Homo erectus
• 1.6 million to 30,000 B.C.
• found in Africa, Asia, and Europe
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Technology, fire, migration
Neanderthal
• 200,000 to 30,000 B.C.
• found in Europe and
Southwest Asia
Ritu alistic Burial
Cro-Magnon
• 40,000 to 8000 B.C.
• found in Europe
• fully modern humans created art
Time line Groups
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In groups of 4
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Create a time line of the development of
Homo sapiens
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Include dates, a description (3 sentences)
and the following words with a definition of
how their relevance to the time line
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Artifact, hominid, Paleolithic Age, Neolithic
Age, Lucy, and the Leaky Family
Day 3
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How were Neanderthals and Cro-Magnons
different from earlier groups of peoples?
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What is technology?
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Provide an example and explain how a
group of early people used it to their
advantage?
Humans try to control nature
Tools Needed to Survive
Paleolithic (Old Stone Age) humans were
nomads—moved in search of food
Hunted animals, collected plant foods—were
hunter-gatherers
Cro-Magnons had more than 100 specialized tools;
bone needles to sew
Neolithic Revolution—agricultural revolution,
began about 10,000 years ago
Nomadic women scattered seeds, then discovered
crops growing
Shift from food-gathering to food-production great
breakthrough
Causes of the Agricultural Revolution
Rising temperatures probably a key reason
Longer growing seasons, drier land for wild grasses
Constant supply of food led to population growth,
animal domestication, and villages
Civilization
Advanced Cities
Cities with larger populations rise, become centers
of trade
UR- 30,000 people 3,000 BCE
Specialized Workers
Labor becomes specialized—specific skills of
workers developed
Artisans make goods that show skill and artistic
ability
Complex Institutions
Civilization
Institutions
(governments, religion,
the economy) are
established
Governments establish
laws, maintain order
Temples are centers for
religion, government,
and trade
Record Keeping
Professional record
keepers, scribes, record
taxes and laws
Scribes invent
cuneiform, a system of
writing about 3000 B.C.
People begin to write
about city events
Improved
Technology
New tools and
techniques make
work easier
The Bronze Age
starts in Sumer
around 3000 B.C.
People replace
copper and stone
with bronze to
make tools,
weapons
Group
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Use the 5 characteristics to prove Sumer
was a civilization and that you live in a
civilization.
Homework