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The Beginning of Civilizations

Criterios de evaluación

- Entrega en tiempo y forma.

- La correcta presentación, expresión y ortografía.

- Respuestas completas y con adecuada elaboración, respetando las consignas.

- Utilización correcta del vocabulario.

- Análisis de documentos (textos, fotografías, gráficos, audiovisuales…)

Subjects: Reading History – I.E. KET

Skills: Reading comprehension - Writing

Contents: Human Origins - The Beginning of Civilizations - Tenses

The Beginning of Civilizations

1- Let’s start taking a look at some fossils. Click on the link below and see!

http://humanorigins.si.edu/research/fossil-forensics-interactive

a. Read the write T (True) or F (False). Correct the False ones.

Archaeology is the study of the ancient and recent human past through material remains.
Archaeologists might study the million-year-old fossils of our earliest human ancestors in Africa. Or
they might study 20th-century buildings in present-day New York City. Archaeology analyses the
physical remains of the past in pursuit of a broad and comprehensive understanding of human
culture. ARCHAEOLOGISTS STUDY MUSIC. T F

https://www.saa.org/about-archaeology/what-is-archaeology (Source)

Early Humans

Did early man live at the same time as dinosaurs? No! Dinosaurs died out about 65 million years
ago. The first hominids (human-like primates) did not appear until 3.6 million years ago. This is not
to say that early man had it easy. They did have to face sabre-toothed tigers, cave lions, and
woolly mammoths! (But not dinosaurs!) Early man did not develop agriculture or a written
language. They were hunters and gatherers. Scientists have found fossils and artefacts, which
reveal traces of their life. EARLY MAN LIVED AT THE SAME TIME AS DINOSAURS. T F
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https://ask.mrdonn.org/earlyhumans/ (Source)

The Life and Times of Early Man

Very early humans probably ate mostly plants, fruit, nuts and roots that they found.  Any meat
they got was by scavenging after other animals. Early humans did not have strong claws to help
them him fight. They could not outrun saber-toothed tigers or cave lions. Early humans had to get
smart to survive. They had to use reason and invention.

EARLY HUMANS BOUGHT THEIR FOOD AT THE SUPERMARKET. T F

https://earlyhumans.mrdonn.org/ (Source)

In your study of early man there are going to be many new terms and words for you to learn.  Here
are four very important vocabulary words to start you out.

 Hominids is a kind of slang term among scientists.  It means mankind and anything that
looks and acts like mankind.

 Fossils are remains of living things (plants, animals, people) that have been turned into
stone or have left an impression in the stone.  Anything that man has made is not a fossil.

 Artefacts are remains of things that were made, not remains of living things.

 Hunter/gatherer refers to how a group of people get their food.  They find it growing wild
or hunt and fish for it.  They do not grow any food.

HOMINIDS MEAN MONKEYKIND. T F

ARTEFACTS ARE REMAINS OF LIVING THINGS T F

https://earlyhumans.mrdonn.org/introduction.html (Source)

READ THE INFORMATION GIVEN AND WATCH THE FOLLOWING VIDEO TO COMPLETE THE TEXT
(Habiliten los subtítulos, si bien están en inglés, van a poder seguir el video con mayor facilidad y
podrán encontrar las definiciones para completar la actividad)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAQAAJo1fI0 (VIDEO)
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b. Watch the video and complete the text below with the words provided.

The History of Civilization for Kids: How Civilization Began

A long ______________ ago, people lived very differently than they do today. People lived in small
________________ , hunting ______________________ for meat and gathering ______________
like vegetables and fruits. We call these people ______________________________.

Since they lived before written history began, we call them __________________________.

___________________________ are scientists who study humans by looking at what people left
behind. Most of what we know about Prehistoric people was learned by Archaeologists.

At some point, the Hunter-Gatherers learned to ________________ their own _______________

and domesticated ___________________ , like cows, pigs, etc. This is called _________________.

People were able to store more food than they needed, but in order to farm people needed to
stay in one ___________________. Staying in one place with extra food, people started to build
___________________. More and more people were able to live __________________ and some
people began to be able to do different kinds of ___________________. So they could _________
the things they produced.

As technology improved, inventions like wheels and irrigation allowed people to grow even more
food, so villages became ______________ and ________________.

ARCHAEOLOGISTS - ANIMALS (X2) - TRADE – WILD FOOD – TIME – WORKS – CITIES –

AGRICULTURE – PLACE – GROUPS – HUNTER-GATHERERS – FOOD (X2) – GROW – PREHISTORIC –
TOGETHER - VILLAGES
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c. WRITING TASK

Write an email to your friend and tell him/her about what you are learning in Reading History,
what you like and what you do not like about the subject. Ask him/her to help you with your
homework. (See the example below).

Hi Chris,

How are you? Since we are not going to school, I am studying a lot at home. Right now I´m
learning about Medieval Literature. I don´t like the historical context that much, but I really love
the story we are reading, it is entitled “King Arthur And The Knights Of The Round Table”. I will
send it to you. Could you help me with my Maths homework, please?

Write me soon

Sabri