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SURVIVAL  DURING PRE- HISTORY: A Study of Prehistoric Man  and  the  Struggle  to  Survive

The formula is simple:

L = TBC

LEARNING                    =

THINKING and Background    Info.                                     

BUILDING Knowledge & Concepts               +

COMMUNICATING What   Has Been Learned

Part 1. Thinking and Background Information:

1.   IDENTIFY PROBLEMS

Stone Age?  No Metal? Gathering? Hunting? Farming? Village Life? City Life? 

2. BACKGROUND:

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EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITY

Fin.

COMMENTS

1.

 What did PreHistoric (people, places, events) Look Like? GB    

2.

 The STONE AG  lecture  + p. 14-16 Notes  in Notebook

3.

Vocabulary #        -

4.

Quiz on Stone Age and Vocabulary #    -  

5.

Paleolithic Man   Lecture and HyperStudio Stack

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Neolithic Man   Lecture and HyperStudio Stack

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CONTEST:  Stone Age

    

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Quiz:  Hyperstudio Quiz  on Neolithic Man and Paleolithic Man

    

9.

Farming:  Lecture = p.16-18  Notes in Notebook

    

10.

Vocabulary #        -

    

11.

Quiz on Farming

    

12.

Towns and Villages. Lecture + p. 19-23

    

13.

Vocabulary #        -

    

14.

TEST on topics 1-13

    

 

Part 2. Building Knowledge and Concepts:

1.    THE STUDENTS BECOME EXPERTS: ( note:  Students who  score lower  than 70% on Test will  repeat some  or  all  of Part 1 activities and will re-take the test.  Only after earning a score above 70% will any student participate in Part 2 and Part 3 of the Unit.)

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EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITY

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COMMENTS

15.

Otzi revisited

 

16.

Lost on the Moon: Decision Making _ Role Playing study of the nature of SURVIVAL

    

17.

Cave Painting ----- video and Internet Research. Poster quiz.

    

18.

THE  TALKING PLACE:  Survival Discussion Question

    

 

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Part 3. Communicating What Has Been Learned:

1.    THE EXPERTS CERTIFY THEIR KNOWLEDGE AND SOLUTIONS TO PROBLEMS:

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EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITY

Fin.

COMMENTS

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FINAL  TEST:  Archeologists Find LIVE Prehistoric People who agree to  be interviewed and who explain problems and solutions connected with survival in prehistoric times. Blue Screen Interviews.

 

20.

Group - Self Evaluation------  reflective thinking about coop learning

 

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 Special Directions for the Blue Screen Activity:

1.    Use your notes from Unit 2.

2.    Choose one of the many survival problems:

3.     Write and present a skit in which you completely explain your ³survival problem and your solution.

 

 TEST  SCORECARD:(Presentation SCORE)____ (History Concept-Content SCORE) _______

 

YOUR NAME:_________________________

 

YOUR GROUP:_______________ 

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