AIM: I will successfully plot 9 fossil sites on a world map using longitude and latitude to demonstrate the migration patterns of hominids.
Standard: 7.1.4 Articulate the theoretical basis for modern human evolution that led to migration out of Africa, first to Europe and Asia, and later to the Americas and Australia.
Do Now:
1) Vocabulary word: A very, very long time
2) Vocabulary word: Latin for “Wise man.”
3) Vocabulary word: To get used to a new environment by changing your behavior or tools.
4) First advisory word: To cause someone to do something or to start something.
Lesson Steps: Once we finished the Do Now we moved onto a quick review of the Cause and Effect reading of yesterday. We highlighted the important points of the structure and behaviors of hunter-gatherer society.
We then got into our Mapping Hominids project in which students used a world map (you can print one from National Geographic's Xpedition site: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/atlas/) and plotted information relevant to the the migration of hominids. See today's handout to understand the required elements that were mapped today.
Once students completed their plotting exercise, I reminded them that we would use this map for class discussion tomorrow and to finish the land-bridge section for homework. We will use this tomorrow to review how hominids evolved and also where they migrated.
Homework: Complete Homework section of the Mapping Hominid section (front side)
Handout: Today we only used page one of this handout, we will go over page two tomorrow for work that is due on Tuesday.
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