Module 2

Content Standard: The learners demonstrate on understanding of human origins and the
capacity for culture, the role of culture in human adaptation and the processes of cultural and
socio political evolution.
Performance Standard: The learners analyze the key features of interrelationships of
biological, cultural and sociopolitical process in human evolution that can still be used and
developed.

Week 1
Lesson 1
Biological and cultural evolution
I. Objectives:
1. To define the evolution of human since time immemorial.
2. To describe the biological and cultural evolution from Homo habilis (or earlier) to
Homo sapiens sapiens in the fossil record.
3. To arrange or to make timeline about evolution of man and give its characteristics.

II. Motivation

Watch video clip about human evolution.

Guide Questions:
- Based on the video clip how did you described the evolution of man?
- What are the stages of human evolution?
- Is it good to know and study the evolution of man?

III. Discussion
Group into 5 and make a timeline about evolution of man and its characteristics.
Based on the handouts given.
Guide questions:
- How does evolution of man differ from one another?
- Describe its characteristics.

Rubric for Assessing a Timeline

4 3 2 1
Entry Choice Great care taken Selections meet May include Does not
in selection of assignment required number include required
timeline entries; criteria; few of entries; some number of
either most inaccuracies inaccuracies entries.
significan events
or those that
show historical
pattern or those
that show cause-
effect
relationship
selected
Scale & Scale consistent Scale accurate; Scale roughly No apparent
Sequence and accurate; increments drawn; scale;
increments marked; entries increments fairly increments not
marked; all in sequence and accurately marked; many
entries in marked; some entries out of
sequence and entries out of sequence.
placed with care. sequence
Mechanics One or two May have more Some errors in Many errors in
mistakes than a couple spelling and spelling and
mistakes dates dates
Visual Visually striking; Clear and Legible Illegible and
Presentation very effective in uncluttered messy
communicating
historical
information

IV. Application
Answer the following:
Suggested answers

a i 8 million years ago for 1 1

mark
ii Neanderthal & Erectus both for 1
1 mark

b  more recent species show increasing Any 4 4

brain size for 1
 variation in individuals/ some individuals mark
have larger brains each
 Larger brains/ Better adapted/ more
intelligent more likely to survive
 Able to pass on advantageous
characteristics
 offspring inherit larger brains
 development of new species over time
 extinction of smaller brain size/less
adapted species
 advantages may be language/tool
making
 example of exception (Neanderthal or
chimpanzee )

c  all information we do have fits theory Any 2 2

 gaps may be filled later for 1
 not all species died in conditions for mark
fossil formation each
 no contradictory evidence
 good evidence for evolution of non-
human species