OP 1 Human Origins
Students will explain how we learn about prehistoric societies and how early humans improved their lives.
Florida Next Generation Sunshine State Standards (NGSSS) Benchmark Alignment:
Mastery:
SS.6.W.2.1: Compare the lifestyles of hunter-gatherers with those of settlers of early agricultural communities.
Introduce
SS.6.W.1.1: Use timelines to identify chronological order of historical events.
SS.6.W.1.2: Identify terms (decade, century, epoch, era, millennium, BC/BCE, AD/CE) and designations of time periods.
SS.6.W.1.3: Interpret primary and secondary sources.
SS.6.W.1.4: Describe the methods of historical inquiry and how history relates to the other social sciences.
SS.6.W.1.5: Describe the roles of historians and recognize varying historical interpretations (historiography).
SS.6.W.1.6: Describe how history transmits culture and heritage and provides models of human character.
Chapter 3: Human Origins
What makes us “human”?
1.1: Rise of Humans
1.2: Early Humans
KIM Terms:
Ch. 1.1: artifact, chronological, civilization, climate, culture, technology
Ch. 1.2: Beringia, Fertile Crescent, hunter-gatherer, migration, region