A2+-+The+Ascent+of+Man

Lesson 1: - Who was Lucy?
Was lucy the Earliest of our human ancestors?

You will be assigned one of five different ancestors of homo Sapiens. Remember there were many differerent branches before. However for the one you are given, create a Wanted Poster.- Draw a picture and give a description of the villain so that anyone could recognise them. Best posters will be put here.
 * Videos above: 1.A video to show that there is evidence that mans ancestors may go back even further then the 3.5 million years previously thought. || media type="custom" key="4714953" ||
 * **Video 2:** Fat Boy Slim music video - an interesting look at the idea of evolution || media type="custom" key="4714957" ||
 * Walking with Cavemen - excellent documentary from BBC. || media type="custom" key="4714847" width="120" height="120" align="left" ||
 * Good link to BBC site || @http://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/prehistoric_life/human/human_evolution/ ||
 * Link to Site which shows the Ancestral tree of humans || @http://anthropology.si.edu/humanorigins/ha/a_tree.html ||
 * Task 1. Creating a Wanted Poster**

Task 2: We will use the posters to Create a timeline. Homework **Research Task**: We, the homo sapiens almost did not make it. Write a half side in your notes using this linkto explain a) why scientists think that the human population almost died out? b) what they think caused this drop in the numbers of the population?

Great Presentation about the so called Big Era 2 (200,000- 10,000 years ago). This was a time of great change with the migration of homo sapien out of Africa to all major continents. It also saw the development of increased technology and the use of language skills.
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Questions: What does it mean to be human? What happened to a lot of megafauna when homo sapien arrived? What do you think happened when Homo sapiens met neanderthals?
 * Watch the Slide Show**

This was one of the most important things to happen at this time. Scenario to act out: You are one of the few adult member of a small band of pre-language hominids. Recently, the weather changed in your territory and the large mammals you have been mostly living off of have disappeared. As a result, you are all hungry. You have noticed a lot of rabbits running around. They could solve the hunger problem if you and the rest of the band could decide how to get enough rabbits to feed all of your group. You have five minutes to work out with your group a scenario for getting enough rabbits. · What were the problems you had without using language? Describe as many ways as possible why language helped early homo sapiens? media type="youtube" key="LxmbjLoUnhk" height="344" width="425" The above video is of a chimpanzee bonobo (one of our closest cousins) who has learnt many words having been taught from little. Is this really full communication however.
 * The Development of Language**
 * Solve this problem firstly without using any words or pictures.
 * · Now use pictures.
 * · Now use language.

**Extension: Language or Communication**
There is a difference between Communication and Language. We can see that in the way that animals communicate with one another and with humans. Try and write down some words in the table below to show what things can and cannot be communicated between humans and pets. COMMUNICATE ||  ||   ||   || CANNOT COMMUNICATE ||  ||   ||   ||
 * || HUMAN TO PET || PET TO HUMAN || PET TO PET ||
 * THINGS THEY CAN
 * THINGS THEY

Add these to a powerpoint and label what they were used for. You will be showing them tomorrow and adding more information to it.
 * Homework:** Research Paleolithic stone age artifacts. Try and find some pictures of different tools that ancient man used.

**Artifacts and Cave Art:**
By 30,000 years ago in Europe Homo Sapiens Sapien had taken over and Homo Sapien Neothandalis had died out. In some areas of Europe large numbers of artifacts from this time and cave paintings. They tell us a lot about the lives of the Cro-Magnon

Caves of Lascaux:

Research a number of Cave painting sites and find evidence of different types of paintings. 1. Choose a particular site and say where it is and when it was discovered. 2. Choose some examples of different cave paintings and say what they are 3. Find evidence of the type of tools that were used and the paints. Is there evidence of artifacts 4. What difficulties were there for the painters. 5. What might be the significance of these paintings for early humans? 6. Page of Sources
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Some Helpful Sites that you could Use
 * Lascaux Caves - France || This is a great site with lots of information about an enormous cave full of paintings in France. I recommend you look at this site first, but back it up with a virtual tour of the site here . Its amazing. ||
 * The Cosquer Cave || This is another cave in south-west France. It has a link to a virtual tour. ||
 * Wikipedia || Of course you can use Wikipedia - howvever no cut and paste. Use the links to get you to some other pages about cave paintings. ||



Big Era 3:The rise of Farming Communities and Civilizations

The First Civilizations 1 - Mesopotamia and the Sumerians media type="youtube" key="yc8m9DHxH4E" height="344" width="425"

Assessment on Ancient Civilizations:
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