Chapter 1 - The First Humans

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19 questions

Note from the author:

Created by Mr. Bergh of San Bernardino City Unified School District at Shandin Hills Middle School.
The following resources were utlilized in the creation of this Formative for educational/classroom use: 
“Unit 1: The First Humans: PreHistory-3500 BCE.” Essay. In EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO ACE WORLD HISTORY IN ONE BIG FATE NOTEBOOK, 1–15. Workman Publishing Co., Inc., 2016.
“What Does It Mean to Be Human?” The Smithsonian’s Human Origins Program, July 21, 2022. https://humanorigins.si.edu/.

Instructions

Learning Intention:
I will learn about hominids and how hominids developed into people today.
Success Criteria:
I can describe the hunter-gatherer societies, including the development of tools and the use of fire.
I can describe how humans adapted to a variety of environments.

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	Homo Habilis	Homo Erectus
Means "Upright Man"
Means "Able Man"
First Hominid to use tools
First Hominid to use fire
Probably first Hominid to leave Africa

	Homo Habilis	Homo Erectus
Means "Upright Man"
Means "Able Man"
First Hominid to use tools
First Hominid to use fire
Probably first Hominid to leave Africa

Chapter 1 - The First Humans

Chapter 1 - The First Humans

Draw or upload an artifact you might leave behind for archeologists of the future to find.

What artifact did you leave behind for archeologists to find? Why?
Type in at least 2 sentences.

What stood out to you the most when you looked at the image above?

Match each description to a hominid.

What continent are Homo Habilis found?

Upload a photo of a Homo Saipen Saipen you found in the wild!
(Selfies or photos from Google.)

Draw or upload an artifact you might leave behind for archeologists of the future to find.

What artifact did you leave behind for archeologists to find? Why?
Type in at least 2 sentences.

What stood out to you the most when you looked at the image above?

What continents are Homo Erectus found?

What continents are Homo Sapiens found?

What continents are Homo Sapiens Sapiens found?

Monkeys and apes live mostly in trees.
Hominids walk upright and have opposable thumbs.
Why would Lucy (Australopithecus) walk on two legs if she didn't use tools?

Match each description to a hominid.

What continent are Homo Habilis found?

Upload a photo of a Homo Saipen Saipen you found in the wild!
(Selfies or photos from Google.)

What continent did the original humans start out from before migrating?

What continent was the farthest humans migrated to?

It takes roughly 20 hours for someone to fly by plane from South America to Europe. How long did it take humans to migrate around the world by walking and small boats?

Complete the statement.
Different parts of the world have different plants and animals.
Therefore different people in different parts of the world...

How did people get from Asia to North America?

What continents are Homo Erectus found?

What continents are Homo Sapiens found?

What continents are Homo Sapiens Sapiens found?

Monkeys and apes live mostly in trees.
Hominids walk upright and have opposable thumbs.
Why would Lucy (Australopithecus) walk on two legs if she didn't use tools?

What continent did the original humans start out from before migrating?

What continent was the farthest humans migrated to?

It takes roughly 20 hours for someone to fly by plane from South America to Europe. How long did it take humans to migrate around the world by walking and small boats?

Complete the statement.
Different parts of the world have different plants and animals.
Therefore different people in different parts of the world...

How did people get from Asia to North America?

Chapter 1 - The First Humans

Chapter 1 - The First Humans

Draw or upload an artifact you might leave behind for archeologists of the future to find.

What artifact did you leave behind for archeologists to find? Why? Type in at least 2 sentences.

What stood out to you the most when you looked at the image above?

Match each description to a hominid.

What continent are Homo Habilis found?

Upload a photo of a Homo Saipen Saipen you found in the wild! (Selfies or photos from Google.)

Draw or upload an artifact you might leave behind for archeologists of the future to find.

What artifact did you leave behind for archeologists to find? Why? Type in at least 2 sentences.

What stood out to you the most when you looked at the image above?

What continents are Homo Erectus found?

What continents are Homo Sapiens found?

What continents are Homo Sapiens Sapiens found?

Monkeys and apes live mostly in trees.Hominids walk upright and have opposable thumbs.Why would Lucy (Australopithecus) walk on two legs if she didn't use tools?

Match each description to a hominid.

What continent are Homo Habilis found?

Upload a photo of a Homo Saipen Saipen you found in the wild! (Selfies or photos from Google.)

What continent did the original humans start out from before migrating?

What continent was the farthest humans migrated to?

It takes roughly 20 hours for someone to fly by plane from South America to Europe. How long did it take humans to migrate around the world by walking and small boats?

Complete the statement. Different parts of the world have different plants and animals. Therefore different people in different parts of the world...

How did people get from Asia to North America?

What continents are Homo Erectus found?

What continents are Homo Sapiens found?

What continents are Homo Sapiens Sapiens found?

Monkeys and apes live mostly in trees.Hominids walk upright and have opposable thumbs.Why would Lucy (Australopithecus) walk on two legs if she didn't use tools?

What continent did the original humans start out from before migrating?

What continent was the farthest humans migrated to?

It takes roughly 20 hours for someone to fly by plane from South America to Europe. How long did it take humans to migrate around the world by walking and small boats?

Complete the statement. Different parts of the world have different plants and animals. Therefore different people in different parts of the world...

How did people get from Asia to North America?

What artifact did you leave behind for archeologists to find? Why?
Type in at least 2 sentences.

Upload a photo of a Homo Saipen Saipen you found in the wild!
(Selfies or photos from Google.)

What artifact did you leave behind for archeologists to find? Why?
Type in at least 2 sentences.

Monkeys and apes live mostly in trees.
Hominids walk upright and have opposable thumbs.
Why would Lucy (Australopithecus) walk on two legs if she didn't use tools?

Upload a photo of a Homo Saipen Saipen you found in the wild!
(Selfies or photos from Google.)

Complete the statement.
Different parts of the world have different plants and animals.
Therefore different people in different parts of the world...

Monkeys and apes live mostly in trees.
Hominids walk upright and have opposable thumbs.
Why would Lucy (Australopithecus) walk on two legs if she didn't use tools?

Complete the statement.
Different parts of the world have different plants and animals.
Therefore different people in different parts of the world...