Unit 1: Human Origins
We recommend that teachers new to Investigating History review the Curriculum Guidebook before preparing to teach their first unit.
Cluster 2: The Evolution of Homo Sapiens in the Paleolithic Era (Lessons 4-12)
How did human bodies and activities change in the Paleolithic Era?
How did human bodies and activities change in the Paleolithic Era?
Lesson 4: Humankind’s Family Tree
Lesson 5: Our Neanderthal Relatives
Lesson 6: Tools and Toolmakers
Lesson 7: Changes in Bodies and Brains Over Time
Lesson 8: Using Fire and Using Language
Lesson 9: The First Migration: What Happened? How Do We Know?
Lesson 10: Turning Points in the Late Paleolithic: The Beginning of Art
Lesson 11: Paleolithic Rock Art and Cave Painting
Lesson 12: The Paleolithic Lifestyle
Cluster 3: The Neolithic Era and its Environmental Impact (Lessons 13-25)
What were the effects of domestication and metallurgy on people, human communities, and the environment?
What were the effects of domestication and metallurgy on people, human communities, and the environment?
Lesson 13: The Neolithic Era: The Domestication of Plants and Animals
Lesson 14: The Invention of Metallurgy
Lesson 15: The Origins of Agriculture around the World
Lesson 16: How Agriculture Brought “Revolutionary” Changes
Lesson 17: Living the Neolithic Lifestyle
Lesson 18: Inquiry Cycle: Did Farmers or Foragers Have a Better Life? (Part I)
Lesson 19: Inquiry Cycle: Did Farmers or Foragers Have a Better Life? (Part II)
Lesson 20: Inquiry Cycle: Did Farmers or Foragers Have a Better Life? (Part III - Writing an Argument)
Lesson 21: Learning from the Past to Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals
Lessons 22 and 23: Summative Assessment: Turning Points in Early Human History
Lesson 24: Looking Ahead to Complex Societies (Part I)
Lesson 25: Looking Ahead to Complex Societies (Part II)
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