Unit 1: Prehistoric Man and the Beginning of Civilizations

Learning Targets:

1. Describe how we know about (pre)history

2. Explain what history is

3. Illustrate how agriculture created civilization

4. Correlate how this connects to OUR civilization

Essential Questions:

1. How did nomadic peoples develop into civilizations?

2. What is History and how is it studied?

Resources and Assignments:

• PPT: Early Man and River Civilizations
• Early Man
  • Early Man Cornell Notes Example
  • Neanderthal Video Questions
  • Early Man Presentations
    • Early Man Presentations
    • Examples
      • Australophithecus
      • Homo Habilis
      • Homo Erectus
      • Homo Sapiens
      • Homo Sapiens Sapiens
• River Civilizations
  • River Civilizations in Asia WS
  • Lost Civilizations Video
  • River Civilization Projects
    • River Civilization Project
    • River Civilization Project Rubric
    • Examples
      • Lydians
      • Phoenicians
      • Persians
      • Sumerians
      • Hebrews
      • Babylonians
      • Assyrians
  • Aryan and Chinese Civilization Reading - Textbook
  • Crash Course History: Indus Valley Civilization Video