For Fun and Review!

Paleo Power!!

(with lots of vocabulary words)

Prehistory Unit Test - 9/26

Study for Prehistory Unit Test!  9/26/19

Use these to study:  (** denotes special review materials) 
Textbook Ch. 1 Sections 1 & 2 only
One Note/Prehistory/Materials:
     **Prehistory Time Chart
     **Compare Paleo/Neo
     **Teacher's Prehistory Notes
     **Worksheets Ch. 1:1 Q. & R. and Ch. 1:2 Q. & R
     Large Print Prehistory Outline
     Bones worksheet

     Lucy worksheet
     Catal Huyuk Geo. Questions

One Note/Prehistory/Vocabulary
     **Voc. Review worksheet

One Note/Prehistory/Articles
     Origins of Agriculture (3 articles)
     **Paleo Article and Ans. Paleo Questions
     Windows and Mary Leakey Articles
Paper Copies:
     **Stone Age Timeline Review

     Video questions (Ape Man and Ice Man)
     Cave research questions: Spelunking!
Seesaw Activity: **Classify by Species

Paleo Art Summary

Prehistory 5 Paragraph Essay

3 Rules of Anc. History Class
Parts/labels of a Timeline and How to read a timeline

Think about these:

What factors led to the Neolithic Era?

Why were cities important to the development of the first civilizations?

- Ask questions in class and come to tutorial for extra review or with anything you don't feel confident that you know well.

Creating Paleo Art

Experiential Archaeology:

Creating Our Own Paleo Art
(All pictures can be downloaded from 8th Grade Announcements Page)

What can we learn from trying to replicate the experience of these artists?

1) How difficult is this process?

2) How long does it take? And what were they NOT doing when they were making this art?

3) What techniques work and which do not?

4) What materials work best?

5) How and where did they obtain their materials?

6) What bonding agents kept the paint on the rocks in Mrs. N.'s garden for 15 years?

7) Contemplating theories for why this was done

    

Paleolithic Cave Art!

SPELUNKING!

A Virtual Tour of 

Lascaux, Altamira, and Chavet Caves
With hard hats and passports we traveled to France and Spain where we ventured into these dark and dangerous caves to examine our first form of communication from ancient man!

Movie Suggestion: A unique visit to the Chauvet cave we have been studying!

Official Movie Trailer

WCS Eighth Grade is Inclusive

CLASSROOM

CLIMATE:

Celebrating our Differences

Never, ever apologize for:

-      Who you are

-      Where you come from

-      What you believe

-      How you look

-      Or how you learn

And you will be accepted and honored for the unique individual that you are.