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**Daily lessons- Prehistoric Man**

Objectives: Better understand the evolution of ours species. View the film on Prehistoric Man. Steps: 1. View the National Geographic film about our development and ancestors. 2. Take up questions regarding the film. 3. Remind about assignment due Monday. It can be submitted online by going to http://myfiles.ocdsb.ca Go to I:\Cant\handin\bsummers\HCW3M\Prehistory to submit. Resources: Prehistoric man: [|1.8NatGeoVideo.doc]
 * Friday, February 6th **

Objectives: Use computer and research skills to prepare a study grid on the different species of Homo spp Steps: 1. Login and copy the Excel spreadsheet to your H-drive. Fill in with short form information and images take n from the web. Do not forget to site your sources. This will be due next Monday Resources: Rubric for this assignment: [|1.2EvalPre-manSpec.doc]
 * Thursday, February 5th **

Objectives: Understand why many of our ancestors died out. Look for reasons that our species survived. Bring Darwin's theory of evolution to the primate world and see if it fits. Steps: 1. Discuss the above questions on the disappearance of our ancestors and whether our species has evolved like others. 2. Remind students to have their login and password for tomorrow. 3. Review the major species and their contribution to our development. Go over tomorrow's assignment in the lab. Students will produce an Excel spreadsheet that outlines key data and images for each of the major species preceding Homo sapiens sapiens. Finish reading the chapter on Prehistoric Man and answer questions 2 and 3 on page 44. Resources: Evolution of the species: [|1.1EvolutionSpecies.doc] Computer assignment: [|1.6PrehistChart.xls]
 * Wednesday, February 4th **

Objectives: Verify comprehension regarding geological dating. Comprehend that man`s development changes significantly over millions of years. Relate our development to the evolution of species of Charles Darvwin. Steps: 1. Take up questions from yesterday. 2. Read pages 27-33 together. Answer questions 4 and 7 on page 34. Also consider for reflection. Why did some of our ancestoral species die out? What could have caused it? 3. Check that you have the login and user id for your account. We will need them on Thursday when we go to the lab. Resources: Our family tree... so to speak: [|1.3FossilHomid.bmp]
 * Tuesday, February 3rd **

Objectives: We will first need to understand the time scale for the earth, as well as how we date our earliest ancestors. Students will learn that there is a very strong scientific basis for the understanding of prehistoric man Steps: 1. Read pp. 18- 24 in Ancient Civilisations. 2. Draw a timeline that shows the age of the earth and how little time we have been here. 3. Read the hand out on chronology and answer the questions. You will need a calculator to do a little math, related to half-lives of radioactive elements. Complete the above work for tomorrow. We will take up the questions. Resources: Prehistoric Man- Intro: [|1.0PrehistIntro.doc]
 * Monday, February 2nd **