PEOPLE OF THE STONE AGE
Neil Murphy
Cleveland Municipal SchoolsName____________________________________________ Period/Mod__________
Chapter 1-People of the Stone Age
Chapter Objectives-Upon completion of this chapter, the students will be able to complete the following:
1. Summarize how early people interacted to meet basic human needs.
2. Observe how increased numbers of people and the search for food led to migration.
3. Analyze how the interactions among people led to the development of separate cultures.
4. Evaluate the changes in the food supply of the early people.
5. Analyze positive and negative effects of food collection and food production.
6. Identify the plants and animals that some early societies domesticated.
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Students must choose at least one assignment in each section. This chapter sheet must be turned
in on Monday September 30,2002. Chapter test will be on Tuesday October 1, 2002
Section 1-"C" level assignments-Maximum of 65 points-Oral assessments-All work must be
completed and placed in folder.
_____Listen to lecture and take notes each day-5points per day 1 2 3 4 5 6
(lecture topics include: basic human needs, migration, division of labor, food supplies,
positive and negative effects of food supplies, domestication)
Hunters and Gatherers (pgs. 39-43) L.O. 1, 2, 6
_____Vocabulary Flashcards-10 pts.
_____Spoke diagram of lesson-10 pts.
_____Explain illustration on page 41-5 points
_____Create a Sensory figure of a hunter/gatherer-10 pts.
_____Read lesson and answer review questions-10 pts.
Early Farmers (pgs. 44-47) L.O. 1, 2, 6
_____Illustrated dictionary entries-10 pts.
_____Reading flash cards-10 pts.
_____Listen to chapter on tape/answer checkmark questions-10 pts.
_____Create a Sensory figure of an early farmer-10 pts.
_____Explain illustration on page 45-5 pts.
Section 2-"B"level assignments-Maximum 15 points-Students may only complete one of the
following. These must be turned into the teacher. Students choose the method of answering.
_____1. Analyze why migration of people developed.
_____2. Differentiate between food collection and food production.
_____3. Show the causes and effects of the changes from food collection to food production.
Section 3-"A"level assignments-Maximum 20 points-Independent research in Media Center.
Choose one of the following questions to research.
_____1. Relate how early people adapted to the changes in food supply with how people of
today adapt to meet their basic human needs.
_____2. Critique how controlling a food supply might help a leader keep order in society.
Point Scale-40-55=D 56-70=C 71-85=B 86+=A
Self-assessment-How well do you feel you accomplished the chapter objectives?
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PARENT/GUARDIAN SIGNATURE_______________________________________________
TEACHERS WILL NOT SIGN OFF ON MORE THATN TWO ASSIGNMENTS PER DAY. DO NOT LOSE THIS SHEET-IT WILL COST YOU TIME AND POINTS! WORK SLOW AND STEADY. ANY ASSIGNMENT CAN BE DONE FOR HOMEWORK BUT MUST BE ASSESSED BY THE TEACHER.