Transcript Oct06 - PaleolithicAge - John Bowne High School

Thursday – October 6, 2011
Mr. Lombardi
Aim: How did the Paleolithic Age
contribute to the advancement of
Human culture?
Do Now: Read the Paleo Diet
handout. Do you think this is a good
diet? Why or why not?
*DO NOT WRITE ON THE DO NOW
HANDOUT!*
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Copy the following words/definitions into your notebook:
1. Homo Sapiens – The primate species to which
modern humans belong.
2. Fossil – A remain or trace of an organism of a
past age, such as a skeleton or leaf imprint,
preserved in the earth's crust.
3. Nomads – A group of people who have no fixed
home and move according to the seasons from
place to place in search of food, water, and
grazing land.
4. Migration – The movement of people from one
place to another (immigrating and
emmigrating).
What words/phrases/images come to
mind when you hear “Paleolithic Age”?
Paleolithic Age Cartoons
with a partner…
• Analyze and interpret each cartoon.
– Write the meaning of each cartoon on separate
paper.
• Answer the questions (on separate paper)
1. Is is true that “Geico is so easy a caveman can
do it”? Why or why not?
2. How about for a Homo Sapien? Explain.
Summary
• How did the Paleolithic Age contribute to
the advancement of Human culture?
What we know about the Paleolithic Age.
Time period
Shelter
Food
Social Organization
Technology
Art
Religion
1. Which example best represents a
primary source?
(1) a 20th-century novel about events leading up
to the French Revolution
(2) film footage taken during the liberation of
Nazi concentration camps
(3) an interview with an expert on the fall of the
Roman Empire
(4) a lecture on the impact of the African slave
trade on South America