This document provides materials for teaching students about human evolution and prehistory. It includes activities for students such as watching a video on human evolution, comparing primate and human skeletons, categorizing differences between Homo erectus and Neanderthals, researching prehistoric tools, creating a timeline of humanization, and making a replica of prehistoric art. The document gives detailed instructions for completing these activities and a rubric for students to self-assess their understanding, recall, and participation.

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PREHISTORY: HUMAN EVOLUTION
Social Sciences
Maria Sindreu Fernández. Escola Garbí – Pere Vergés

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PREHISTORY: HUMAN EVOLUTION
Material elaborat durant la realització de la formació adreçada als docents que
implementen el pilotatge del GEP (Grup d’Experimentació per al Plurilingüisme)
durant el curs 2013-2014, realitzada amb el/la formador/a del Oxford University
Press
SG de Llengua i Plurilingüisme
Servei de Llengües Estrangeres
Abril, 2014
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v Watch a short video about Human Evolution.
v Recall specific information from the video. Be sure to watch, listen
and remember!
v Think about the differences and similarities between primate
skeleton and human skeleton.
v Categorize differences and similarities between Homo Erectus and
Neanderthal.
v Find information about prehistoric tools.
v Draw a timeline of the process of humanization.
v Create a replica of a real painting or object of prehistoric art.
v Share your work with your classmates.
v Assess and evaluate your progress, participation, recalling, and
understanding of the concepts of human prehistory.
Ten tips for learning success

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DIRECTIONS: Click on the link below. Watch the YouTube video about the
beginning of the human.
http://youtu.be/Mm-IxK1GrYE
Recalling
After to watch the video you can find the correct answers:
a) Human and chimp have a common ancestor that lived
a. 6.5 million years ago
b. 2 million years ago
c. 10 million years ago
b) The knowledge of the exact relationships between this ancestors is:
a. Very clear.
b. Incomplete.
c. Very incomplete.
c) The first human species fossil was found in:
a. America
b. Africa and Europe
c. Africa
d) The settle of homo erectus it was in
a. Only in Africa
b. Asia and Europe
c. Africa and Asia.
Activities
VIDEO: “Human Prehistory. Prologue”

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Understanding
Work in groups of 2 or 3 and create a list of differences between these two
skeletons:
a. Compare the two skeletons and explains what is going biped and quadruped
walking.
b. Which changes in the pelvis and the spine of humans caused bipedalism?
c. What differences do you find between the arms and hands? And between
the skulls?
Applying
Based on the ideas you have created and the ideas you have heard in your
group conversations, categorize the differences and similarities between
Homo Erectus and Neanderthal.
Answer the following questions:
1. What characteristics distinguish humans from other primates?
2. Where to go the different routes of human expansion from Africa to the other
continents?
3. What is the main difference between Homo Erectus and Neanderthal?
4. What would happen if we didn't evolve so much?
5. How would that change society today?
Compare your answers with the answers of another group or other groups.

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Answer the following questions:
1. How did the first hominids come?
2. What characteristics distinguish humans from other primates?
3. How do you call the process that gave way from primates to humans?
1. Find information about prehistoric tools. What's a biface?
Look at the drawings that illustrate the process of developing a biface and describes
it.
2. Draws a timeline of the process of humanization. Include five technological
advances in humanization.
You can use your ipad and "Timeline Eons FREE" app or “Dipity” program in your
computer.
Revision
Extension

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Plan
and
Create
a
painting
or
object
of
Prehistoric
Art.
Instructions:
§ You will be in groups of 2 or 3 to plan and create a replica of a real painting or
object of prehistoric art.
§ If you choose an object you can do a dolmen, chromlec, venus or other ritual
object of prehistory.
§ You will need the information you and the other members of your group
collected from your investigation.
§ Watch these videos about prehistoric art:
http://youtu.be/e4JiJdG4UOE
http://youtu.be/oCU_SgsgvNU
§ Use the informations you gathered: fotos, articles, videos, and/or images to
discuss the qualities of each member's about prehistoric art as a group.
§ Decide together wich object or paint would like to use as a model to try and
reproduce in this project.
§ Plan out the design of an object or painting and its surrounding on paper before
creating it.
Be
sure
and
think
of
the
following
to
ensure
a
quality
project:
§ What steps will you need to take to build an object or doing a painting. (Be
specific).
§ Designate responsabilities for design and for construction or creation.
§ How can you create the object or painting?
§ What kind of material you will need to be used to best recreate the object or
painting you have chosen?
§ If you create an object: How will you use the glue, bluetack, plastilina to ensure
a well-connected, sturdy structure?
§ If you create a painting: What kind of structure If you create a painting: What
kind of structure you will use for paint in it? What kind of paints you will use to
make them as believable as possible?
Project: collaborative problem solving

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Be
sure
and
do
the
following:
§ Take photos, videos and/or recordings of the entire process of the project from
the groups first meeting to the planning, collecting and constructing your
project.
§ Compare the final version of your object or painting to the original. Make any
modifications necessary in order to achieve maximum realism.
§ Show your creation to other groups.
§ Share the steps and procedures you and your group implemented in order to
make your object or painting replica.
§ Give positive feedback to others and their creations.
§ Add the bibliography and references you used for your project:
§ Add the websites you surfed to get information.
§ Add photos/recordings of the creation process (like a “making off…”
presentations.
§ Anything else special you needed or used.
§

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Recalling
information
You can easily
remember and
discuss the
information in the
video and concepts
about Human
Prehistory.
You can
remember and
discuss most of
the information
in the videos and
the concepts
about Human
Prehistory.
You can
remember and
talk about some
of the
information in
the video and
the concepts
about Human
Prehistory.
You can
remember and
talk very little
about the
information in
the video and
the concepts
about Human
Prehistory.
Understanding
information
You can
understand very
well the differences
between the
skeleton of a
primate and a
human.
You can fairly
well understand
some differences
between the
skeleton of a
primate and a
human.
You can
understand
somewhat some
differences
between the
skeleton of a
primate and a
human.
You find it
difficult to
understand
some differences
between the
skeleton of a
primate and a
human.
Revising
information
You can
understand very
well the similarities
and differences
between Homo
Erectus and
Neanderthal.
You can fairly
well understand
some similarities
and differences
between Homo
Erectus and
Neanderthal.
You can
understand
somewhat some
similarities and
differences
between Homo
Erectus and
Neanderthal.
You find it
difficult to
understand
some similarities
and differences
between Homo
Erectus and
Neanderthal.
Group work You participated in
all the aspects of
the unit your group.
You have worked
extremely well and
solved issues with
group members.
You participated
in most of the
aspects of the
unit with your
group. You have
worked very well
and solved most
of the issues
with group
members.
You participated
in some of the
aspects of the
unit with your
group. You have
worked well and
solved some
issues with
group members.
You barely
participated in
the unit with your
group. You have
worked little and
solved none of
the issues with
group members.
Create a replica
of a real
painting or
object of
prehistoric art
Project.
You participated in
all the aspects of
the creation a
replica of a real
painting or object of
prehistoric art.
You participated
n most of the
aspects of the
creation of the
creation a replica
of a real painting
or object of
prehistoric art.
You participated
in some of the
aspects of the
creation of the
creation a replica
of a real painting
or object of
prehistoric art.
You barely
participated in
the aspects of
the creation a
replica of a real
painting or object
of prehistoric art.
Assessment

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In this unit you have…
v I watched a short video about Human Evolution.
v I can recall specific information from the video.
v I thought about the differences between primate skeleton and human
skeleton.
v I categorized differences and similarities between Homo Erectus and
Neanderthal.
v I found information about prehistoric tools.
v I drawed a timeline of the process of humanization.
v I found information about prehistoric art.
v I created a replica of a real painting or object of prehistoric art.
v I shared my replica and the process of this creation by my classmates.
v I assessed and evaluated my progress, participation, recalling, and
understanding of the concepts of Human Prehistory and the Human
evolution, their tools and art.
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