Today, students examined one of the aspects of early human culture, cave painting. During our discussion, students looked at the various symbols humans painted, and the interpretations that historians have purposed for their meanings. This weekend, students will be creating their own cave paintings that depict 25 events in a typical day in their lives. Students should also have turned in their Ancient Ancestor Brochure today. Just a reminder, there is school on Monday (we do NOT have Columbus Day off).
Today, we began our examination of our early human ancestors. Students worked with a series of primary source documents (news articles) that dealt with a variety of our early human ancestors. Specifically, students used the articles to gather characteristics about Ardipithecus ramidus, Australopithecus, Homo habilis, Home erectus, Neanderthals, and Homo sapiens. Students will be examining the fossil remains of these groups in class tomorrow, and will then use their findings to develop an Ancient Ancestors Brochure. There was no homework given tonight.
Today, students were introduced to the social science discipline of Archaeology. We discussed some of the background information they already had about archaeology, and then watched a short video clip of Bill Nye explaining archaeology (get well soon Bill!!!!). Tonight, students need to complete a short archaeology quiz that we will discuss at the beginning of class tomorrow. Also, the Curse of King Tut's Tomb Essay is due tomorrow.
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Mr. Cain6th Grade Social Studies Teacher - Team Adventurers Archives
October 2013
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