Early People

People of the Stone Age
- Paleolithic Era- fancy adult language for this time period
- Tanzania, Africa
- 70,000 years ago

Stone Tools
-sharp edged stones
- 12,000 years ago
- technology is a tool

Caves
- Africa, France, Spain
- Border cave and Blombos
- art on walls of everyday life

Beauty
- beads
- sea shells
- caring deeply about life because they buried their dead

Learning About the Past/ Big Ideas

Today we have two presentations!!!
Please be respectful of our presenters today.


Learning About the Past

Here is an outline of what we are covering. Please read pages 14-15 for this presentations information.

1. sources- anything that provides information
2. oral history- stories that are told not written down
3. artifacts- objects made by people
4. primary sources- I stories- first hand accounts of historical events
5. secondary sources- text books- 3rd person stories
6. archaeologist- a job that finds artifacts
7. excavate- to dig up


Big Ideas About The Stone Age

Here is an outline for what we are covering. Please read pages 28-29 for this presentations information.

Early People:

People ans Technology:

The Agriculture Revolution:

Cue Card Creation- Role Play presentation- Creative Time

Today we are making our cue cards for our Stone Age Presentation. They have to say at least 5 sentences about their topic. They can copy exactly out of the textbook if they are having trouble coming up with ideas on their own.


After we make our cue cards we will Role Play a fake presentation. Practice, Practice Practice those 8ways to give a good presentation.

Creative time working on poster.

One day left to work in class. Presentations start Monday.

last 4 ways to give a wonderful presentation- vocab pre-test

Movement- walk around the stage! Please don't stand still. It isn't natural for humans to be statues.

Nonwords- "like, ummmm...., uhhh" it shows the audience that you did not practice.

Speaking pace/volume- not to fast, not to slow....speak as clear as you can

Pauses- no longer than 5 seconds. think about dramatic pauses to gain the audiences attention.


See me for a Vocab pre-test. 20 questions. multiple choice

4 out of the 8 ways to give a good presentation

How to give a Good Presentation

Energy- Most of us prefer to watch a presentaion where the speaker is clearly making an effort to connect with the audience. Energy comes out a vocal variety, gestures, and facial expressions helping you show passion and gain positive listener response. Energy is also a great mask effectively covering up nervousness and other distractions.

Eye Contact- maintain eye contact with indivudual audience members long enough to complete you thought (3-5 seconds), rather than shiting your gaze from side to side.

Hand Gestures- use natural movements of your arms, hands and body to emphasize your mainpoints. Aviod actions such as crossing arms or putting your hands on your hips.

Facial Expressions- Use smiles, frowns, and other varied expressions to keep your audience engaged. Take tips from stage actors: the bigger the audience the bigger your expressions.


3 creative days left to put together your poster presentation!

Presentation Dates:
Monday -Sept 13- Big Ideas/ Learning About the Past
Tuesday- Sept 14- Lesson 1 page 30- 35
Wednesday- Sept 15- Lesson 2 page 39-41
Thursday- Sept 16- Lesson 3- page 45-49
Friday- Sept 17 Lascaux Cave/ technology group/ research in computer lab

What is a Current Event?

A current event is a newspaper article presentation. You can use the paper that I provide in class, the internet, or TV! You need 4 current event mini-presentations before the semester ends in DECEMBER.  I will not assign a specific day for your presentations. Just let me know when you have found an article you like and  I will fit you into our schedule.



Please tell us about:
Who the article is about
What the article is about
Where it takes place and point to it on the map
When it took place
Why you choose it
How does it make you feel
Open the discussion to the class about solutions or connections

We got our first group presentations about the STONE AGE!