Standard V Subject-SST

Lesson -1 The Stone Age -a Wandering Life (Page no- 11,12)

In this lesson we are going to learn about the old and the middle stone ages.
How the hunter gatherers made tools out of stones. They made tools by hitting
one stone with the other until it had a sharp edge. Slowly the tools became
sharper and better. They made tools like needles from the bones or of the
antlers of deer. They used tools for hunting, fishing, cutting meat, cleaning
animal skins, digging and sewing. This period was also called as the Stone Age
because many stone tools have been found in this period. It had three phases
depending on the types of tool they used.
1. Paleolithic Age or Old Stone Age- Stone tools, bone and wooden tools were
used
2. Mesolithic Age or Middle Age- Small sharp tools that could be fitted onto
wooden arrows or spears were used.
3. Neolithic Age or New Stone Age- Fine and polished stone tools were used.
Bone and wooden tools were also used in this period.
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Hard words -
ancient- very old
sharp edge- having a fine area of surface
chipped off stones- small pieces of some hard material (stone)
antlers- the branched horns on the head of an adult deer
Textual Exercises (pg- 16,17)
Complete the following sentences.

1. Two things that human beings learnt from homininis were-

i. Use stone tools
ii. Learnt to live well with the environment

2. The earliest people are called hunter-gatherers because-

i. They lived by hunting wild animals.
ii. They lived by searching and gathering foods such as fruits, nuts, vegetables
and honey.
3. Some animals that the hunter-gatherers hunted were-
i. Different types of deer
ii. Small animals like wild pigs.

4. Some foods that the hunter-gatherers gathered were

i. Fruits and roots
ii. Berries and seeds.

5. The period when early human beings lived is called the Stone Age because-
i. They mostly used tools made of stone
ii. Many tools, made of stones were found in this period.

(Parallel teachers- Padma, Bishwanath Sir, Pampa)