EXPLORING PREHISTORY ~ Carissa Noblet

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A few years ago, I was planning to pull my son out of public school to homeschool and was spending hours and hours research curriculum. My son was really into dinosaurs and asking all about evolution, prehistoric animals, how the earth began, etc. So, I decided to look for a secular Prehistory curriculum for our ﬁrst year of homeschooling. I wanted something that was comprehensive and explored the whole prehistoric timeline in an amount of detail appropriate for my then 1st grader. There are a few unit studies that are fabulous but there was not just one curriculum or resource that covered everything I wanted. What I did ﬁnd was a ton of books, movies, online resources, and hands-on activities scattered about. After hours of research and pages of resource lists, I decided to take this research and use it to create my own curriculum. We had so much fun with the “curriculum”, and it helped create some of our best homeschool memories to date.

Instead of setting up a daily outline for you, I decided to just divide the resources into Units and Lesson. Each lesson could take you anywhere from 2-5 days to complete. We completed this over the course of a year. It could take a year or less, depending on how many resources you decide to use and how many times a week you do history.

Over the course of a year or so, I gathered many resources and books. You do NOT need to purchase all the books or movies that I have listed. I have marked the required resources below. Links to resources are provided when needed!

**Important Notes: — Emily Cook’s Build Your Library: Prehistory Unit Study (PUS) was vital to the creation of this curriculum. Her unit study is a requirement for this curriculum and can be found here: Build Your Library- Prehistory Unit Study If you have older children, she also has another unit study that would be a great addition as well: Build Your Library- Darwin & Evolution Unit Study — The Usborne Encyclopedia of World History is the spine for this curriculum. Many of the online resources come from the Internet links suggested in this encyclopedia. Required Books:

The Usborne Encyclopedia of World History (UEWH) Dictionary Dinosaur Encyclopedia (some options below) Children’s Dinosaur Encyclopedia DK Eyewitness Dinosaur Encyclopedia Prehistorica Dinosaurs: The Deﬁnitive Pop-up DK Smithsonian Dinosaur!

Life Story Archaeology for Kids Maroo of the Winter Caves The Secret Cave: Discovering Lascaux Creatures Yesterday and Today

Optional Books: ~ We have and like all these books but you do not NEED them all. Pick and choose the ones that you think your children will like best. ~ ** - Highly recommended

Fossils Tell of Long Ago Archaeologists Dig for Clues Volcanoes! (easy reader) Evolution: How We and all Living Things Came to Be **Charlie and Kiwi Galapagos George **Annabelle & Aiden: The Story of Life **Grandmother Fish: A Child’s First Book of Evolution BANG! How We Came to Be **When Fish Got Feet, Sharks Got Teeth, and Bugs Began to Swarm **When Bugs Were Big, Plants Were Strange, and Tetrapods Stalked the Earth **When Dinos Dawned, Mammals Got Munched, & Pterosaurs Took Flight The Magic School Bus: In the Time of the Dinosaurs (A Nonﬁction Companion) The Magic School Bus present Dinosaurs Good Question! Why Did T. Rex Have Short Arms? and other questions about Dinosaurs **The Best Book of Early People You Wouldn’t Want to be a Mammoth Hunter The First Dog Prehistoric Art **Prehistoric Actual Size Other Required Resources:

Build Your Library- Prehistory Unit Study Worksheets, activities, or other resources from this unit study will be highlighted in grey with accompanying page numbers throughout this curriculum.

Timeline: Having a timeline poster that can be easily referenced was very helpful for my children. Here are the 2 timelines we have and we love them both! Eras of Life: Geological Time Scale Geological Time and the History of Life

Internet Access

Online Resources & Media notes: - There are no required online resources or media resources though they will be useful in your research for the Timeline and Field Guide. I do recommend that you check out the links and pick a few online resources and videos/movies for each lesson. Many can be found online or on YouTube. Others can be found on Netﬂix or Amazon. - I suggest that you look ahead at the options for “Online Resources” and “Media” for each lesson so you can decide which resources would best suit your child(ren).

Worksheets:

You can ﬁnd worksheets that I created at the end of this curriculum. The others are found in Build Your Library: Prehistory Unit Study or online (links are provided).

I have provided links to a variety of coloring pages. Use as many or as few as you would like. My kids enjoyed coloring these pages while I read to them. This is a great way to keep hands busy and minds focused!

A Final Note:

There are a LOT of resources listed in this curriculum. Feel free to use them all, we did! Or just pick and choose the ones that look ﬁtting for your homeschool kids!

If you have any questions, leave me a comment below and I will do my best to help you out!

Unit 1: What is Prehistory? Topics covered: Fossils / Archaeology & Paleontology / Formation of Earth / Earth Science / Pangaea

Lesson 1 - Prehistory / Fossils

Books: __ Read Usborne Encyclopedia of World History (UEWH) Pgs 12-13 __ UEWH P 14-15 __ Optional __ Fossils Tell of Long Ago

Vocabulary/Worksheet/Coloring Pages: __ Vocabulary Worksheet: Prehistory __ Prehistory Coloring Page from Satori Smiles __ Vocabulary Worksheet: Fossils __ Print and color some fossil pages here: Fossil coloring pages __ Types of Fossils WS (PUS P 53-54) __ My State Fossil WS

Hands-on Activity: __ Start a Prehistory Binder We just used a 3-ring binder and taped the coloring page from Satori Smiles to the front. We then put all our Timeline & Field Guide pages, WSs, and pictures of our projects in this one binder. The kids have really enjoyed looking back through it! __ Make a Fossil (PUS P 7)

Online Resources: __ Stories in the Amber __ Fossil Reconstruction Game Prehistory Binder __ State Fossils — look up your own state fossil here Media: __ Bill Nye: Fossils (YouTube) __ What’s a Fossil? (YouTube) __ Hadrosaur Fossils (YouTube) __ Rare Fossils of Ancient Trilobites (YouTube)

Our Dino Board Game Lesson 2 - Archaeology/Paleontology

Books: __ UEWH P 16-17 __ Optional __ Archaeologists Dig for Clues

Vocabulary/Worksheet/Coloring Pages: __ Vocabulary Worksheet: Archaeology, Paleontology __ Paleontology Booklet

Hands-on Activity: __ Make a Dino Board Game - We used the concept on this website and created our own dino board game. Over the course of the year we added cards with various questions about what we were learning. Try creating your own game, with your own rules! __ Sandbox Archaeology Dig Project

Online Resources: __ Explore Awesome Paleontology Activities

Media: __ How do paleontologists identify dinosaur teeth? (YouTube) Sandbox Archaeology Dig __ MSB: Shows & Tells (Netﬂix) __ SciGirls: Digging Archaeology S1:E4 (Amazon Prime) __ Nature: Raising the Dinosaur Giant (Netﬂix) Lesson 3 - Formation of Earth/Earth Science

Books: __ UEWH P 20-21 (Birth of Earth) __ UEWH P 22-23 (Changing World) __ UEWH P 22-23 (Volcano section) __ Optional __ Bang! How We Came to Be __ Volcanoes (Easy Reader)

Vocabulary/Worksheet/Coloring Pages: __ Vocabulary Worksheet: Big Bang Theory, Pangaea __ Layers of the Earth WS __ Label World Map with major plates (PUS P 52) __ All About Volcanoes (Coloring page) __ Test Your Volcano Knowledge

Hands-on Activity: __ Make an Edible Earth __ Make a play doh Earth Playdoh Earth Layers __ Plate Movements/Pangaea Activity __ Plate Movements/Mountains Activity (Blankets) __ Plate Tectonics/Volcanoes Activity (Graham crackers) __ Make a play doh volcano __ Sediment / Buried Dino Activity __ Backyard volcano (we made ours outside in an old sandbox) or try one of these ideas here __ Start Timeline (PUS P 37)

Online Resources: __ Earth’s Structure __ Pangaea Continental Drift Pictures __ Stratigraphy of Prehistoric Time __ Explore Timelines Online (or check out the timeline posters recommended on the resources list at the beginning of this curriculum) __ A Brief History of Life __ Interactive Prehistoric Timeline __ Geological Time Periods __ Tour Through Time Made a volcano Media: __ Earth: The Making of a Planet __ Plate Tectonics: Break of Pangaea Video __ Volcanoes 101 Video

Unit 2: The Beginning of Life Topics Covered: Evolution / Early Life / Precambrian / Cambrian

Lesson 1 - Evolution

Books: __ UEWH P 18-19 __ Optional __ Charlie & Kiwi __ Galapagos George __ Grandmother Fish __ Annabelle & Aiden: The Story of Life __ Evolution: How We and All Living Things Came to Be

Vocabulary/Worksheet/Coloring Pages: __ Vocabulary Worksheet: Evolution

Hands-on Activity: __ Spiral Timeline __ Teaching Natural Selection

Online Resources: __ Here’s How a Darwin Explains Evolution to Kids Media: __ What is Evolution? __ The Evolution of Life on Earth __ How Evolution Works __ Planet Dinosaur Ep 6 (evolution) __ What is Evolution? __ The Genius of Charles Darwin __ HHMI Evolution: Constant Change and Common Threads __ HHMI The Origin of Species

Lesson 2 - Early Life/Precambrian

Books: __ UEWH P 24 __ Life Story 1-11 __ UEWH P 25

Vocabulary/Worksheet/Coloring Pages: __ Vocabulary Worksheet: Cells __ Field Guide to the Prehistoric World: Precambrian (PUS P 51-52)

Hands-on Activity: __ Kimberella craft __ Add to Timeline: Precambrian (PUS P 38)

Online Resources: __ Geological Time Periods: Ediacaran

Media: __ Primordial Life __ Earth’s Rarest and Ancient Fossils

Lesson 3 - Cambrian

Books: Kimberella Craft __ UEWH P 26-27 __ Life Story 13-14 Vocabulary/Worksheet/Coloring Pages: __ Fossil coloring pages __ Field Guide to the Prehistoric World: Cambrian (PUS P 51-52) __ Trilobite Coloring Page

Hands-on Activity: __ Clay Cambrian Creatures __ Add to Timeline: Cambrian (PUS P 39) __ Paper Trilobite Craft __ Trilobite Cookies

Online Resources: __ Geological Time Periods: Cambrian __ Cambrian Game Clay Cambrian Creatures Media: __ Meet the Cambrian Critters __ Anomalocaris __ What Caused the Cambrian Explosion

Unit 3: From Shells & Seas to Life on Land Topics Covered: Ordovician / Silurian / Devonian / 1st Plants & Amphibians / Life moves to land

Lesson 1 - Ordovician/Silurian

Books: __ UEWH P 28-33 __ Life Story P 15-16 (Ordovician) __ Life Story P 17-18 (Silurian) __ Optional __ When Fish Got Feet… P 8-19

Vocabulary/Worksheet/Coloring Pages: __ Vocabulary Worksheet: Arthropod, Vertebrate, Invertebrate __ Field Guide to the Prehistoric World: Ordovician (PUS P 51-52) __ Field Guide to the Prehistoric World: Silurian (PUS P 51-52)

Hands-on Activity: __ Take a Nature Walk to Find the 1st Plants (mosses/lichens etc.) __ Add to Timeline: Ordovician (PUS P 40) __ Cooksonia Craft __ Add to Timeline: Silurian (PUS P 41)

Online Resources: __ What is an arthropod? __ Geological Time Periods: Ordovician __ Sea Monsters: Giant Orthocone __ Geological Time Periods: Silurian __ Sea Monsters: Sea Scorpion __ Fossils from the Cambrian, Ordovician, and Silurian

Media: __ Feather Stars and Sea Lilies __ One of the First Creature to Walk on Land __ Giant Ammonite

Lesson 2 - Devonian

Books: __ UEWH P 34-35 __ Life Story P 19-20 __ Optional __ When Fish Got Feet… P 20-39

Vocabulary/Worksheet/Coloring Pages: __ Vocabulary Worksheet: Amphibian __ Field Guide to the Prehistoric World: Devonian (PUS P 51-52) Hands-on Activity: __ Clay salamanders __ Add to Timeline: Devonian (PUS P 42)

Online Resources: __ Geological Time Periods: Devonian __ Sea Monsters: Dunkleosteus, Stethacanthus __ Great Transitions Interactive __ Anatomy of the Coelacanth Clay salamander Media: __ How is a Dunkleosteus Diﬀerent from a Shark __ This Crawling Prehistoric Fish Had Some of the First Limbs __ Fins to Feet - tetrapod evolution __ Ancestral Evolution - Ichthyostega to Varanops __ Animated Life: The Living Fossil Fish __ Dinoﬁsh __ HHMI: Your Inner Fish __ HHMI: Great Transitions (The Origin of Tetrapods)

Unit 4: Big Bugs & Ready Reptiles Topics Covered: Carboniferous, Permian, Pangaea moves, Earliest reptiles, Reptiles take over, Largest extinction

Lesson 1 - Carboniferous

Books: __ UEWH P 36-39 __ Life Story P 21-22 __ Optional __ When Bugs Were Big… P 8-27 Vocabulary/Worksheet/Coloring Pages: __ Vocabulary Worksheet: Insect, Reptile __ Field Guide to the Prehistoric World: Carboniferous (PUS P 51-52)

Hands-on Activity: __ Add to Timeline: Carboniferous (PUS P 44)

Online Resources: __ Geological Time Periods: Carboniferous __ The First Reptiles __ The Carboniferous Period

Media: __ Meganeura - Giant Dragonﬂy

Lesson 2 - Permian/Mass Extinction

Books: __ UEWH P 40-41 __ Life Story P 23-24 __ Dinosaur Encyclopedias (many of them have a section on early reptiles from the Permian) __ Optional __When Bugs Were Big… P 28-41

Vocabulary/Worksheet/Coloring Pages: __ Amphibian/Reptile WS __ Field Guide to the Prehistoric World: Permian (PUS P 51-52) __ Reptile & Amphibian Crossword on education.com

Hands-on Activity: __ Add to Timeline: Permian (PUS P 45) __ Talk about the largest extinction and demonstrate what 90% looks like __ Zoo ﬁeld trip to see amphibians, reptiles, and arthropods Online Resources: __ Geological Time Periods: Permian __ The Permian Period __ Dimetrodon __ Pangaea Continental Drift Pictures __ Mass Extinctions

Media: __ Nearly Complete Dimetrodon Found! __ Gorgonopsian - Ancient Predator __ HHMI Mass Extinction: Life at the Brink

Unit 5: The Age of Dinosaurs Topics Covered: The Age of the Dinosaurs, Triassic, Jurassic, Cretaceous, Small mammals, Pterosaurs, Marine Reptiles, Early birds, Flowering plants

Lesson 1 - Triassic (1st dinosaurs, small mammals, 1st pterosaurs)

Books: __ UEWH P 42-45, 48-49, 60 (“Reptile ancestors” section) __ Life Story 25-26 __ Dinosaur Encyclopedia and Books (see book list for some suggestions) __ UEWH P 52-53 (marine reptiles) __ UEWH P 54-55 (pterosaurs) __ Optional __When Dinos Dawned…

Vocabulary/Worksheet/Coloring Pages: __ Vocabulary Worksheets: Dinosaur, Carnivore, Therapod __ Dino Coloring Pages __ Field Guide to the Prehistoric World: Triassic (PUS P 51-52) Hands-on Activity: __ Add to Timeline: Triassic Seas (PUS P 46) __ Raise your own Triops __ Add to Timeline: Triassic Land (PUS P 46) __ Make a Dino Egg Kit

Online Resources: __ Explore the Dino Directory Timeline __ Geological Time Period: Triassic __ Sea Monsters: Coelurosaur, Nothosaur, Cymbospondylus, Tanystropheus __ Interactive Sea Monsters: Triassic __ Meet the Dinosaurs __ Discovery Kids Dinosaur Game __ Dino Diets Game __ Pangaea Continental Drift Pictures

Media: __ Walking with Dinosaurs Ep 1 __ Get to Know a Dinosaur! __ Prehistoric Planet Ep 3 & 4 __ How were Pterosaurs Adapted for Flight? __ Why Did Pterosaurs Have Crests? __ Pterosaurs: Flight in the Age of Dinosaurs __ Planet Dinosaur Ep 2 __ National Geographic: Sea Monsters (Amazon) __ Walking with Dinosaurs Special: Sea Monsters Ep 2 (Amazon)

Lesson 2 - Jurassic (sauropods, 1st true mammals, 1st birds)

Books: __ UEWH P 44-51, 60-61 (dinosaurs and mammals) __ Life Story P 27-28 __ Dinosaur Encyclopedias & Books __ UEWH P 52-53 (marine reptiles) __ UEWH P 54-57 (pterosaurs & birds)

Vocabulary/Worksheet/Coloring Pages: __ Vocabulary Worksheets: Herbivore, Sauropod __ Dino Coloring Pages __ Dino Reading WS 1 __ Field Guide to the Prehistoric World: Jurassic (PUS P 51-52) __ Carnivore or Herbivore WS (PUS P 56) __ Prehistoric Birds Coloring Pages

Hands-on Activity: __ Add to Timeline: Jurassic Seas (PUS P 47) __ Add to Timeline: Jurassic Land/Air (PUS P 47) __ Jurassic Creatures Art (use clay, playdoh, paint, or other craft supplies to create your favorite Jurassic creature)

Online Resources: __ Explore the Dino Directory Timeline __ Geological Time Period: Jurassic __ Discovery Kids Dinosaur Game __ Meet the Dinosaurs __ Sea Monsters: Leedsichthys, Liopleurodon, Metriorhynchus __ Interactive Sea Monsters: Jurassic __ Plesiosaur ‘sea monster’ bones put back together __ Archaeopteryx __ Pangaea Continental Drift Pictures

Media: __ Secrets of the Stegosaurus Skeleton __ Walking with Dinosaurs Ep 2 __ Big teeth for a tiny dinosaur __ Walking with Dinosaurs Ep 3 __ Planet Dinosaur Ep 4 __ Walking with Dinosaurs (the Movie) __ HHMI Great Transitions (The Origin of Birds) __ Jurassic Island __ Giant Prehistoric Crocodile Discovered in Tunisia __ The Ballad of Big Al (Amazon) __ National Geographic: Sea Monsters (Amazon) __ Walking with Dinosaurs Special: Sea Monsters Ep 3 (Amazon) Lesson 3 - Cretaceous (dinosaur dominate, modern fish, 1st flowering plants, massive extinction)

Books: __ UEWH P 44-51, 60-62 (dinosaurs and mammals) __ Life Story P 29-32 __ Dinosaur Encyclopedias & Books __ UEWH P 52-53 (marine reptiles) __ UEWH P 54-57 (pterosaurs & birds) __ Optional __ Magic School Bus: Time of the Dinosaurs __ Companion - Magic School Bus Present Dinosaurs __ Good Question! Why Did T.Rex Have Short Arms? and other questions about… Dinosaurs

Vocabulary/Worksheet/Coloring Pages: __ Vocabulary Worksheet: Ornithopod __ Dino Coloring Pages __ Dino Reading WS 2 __ Field Guide to the Prehistoric World: Cretaceous (PUS P 51-52)

Hands-on Activity: __ Add to Timeline: Cretaceous Seas (PUS P 48) __ Add to Timeline: Cretaceous Land/Air (PUS P 48) __ Paint your favorite Cretaceous Dinosaur __ Science Center Field Trip to see Dinosaurs and Prehistory exhibits T. REX! Online Resources: __ Explore the Dino Directory Timeline __ Geological Time Period: Cretaceous __ Meet the Dinosaurs __ Sea Monsters: Archelon, Halisaurus, Elasmosaurus, Giant Mosasaur, Hesperornis, Xiphactinus __ Interactive Sea Monsters: Cretaceous __ Winners & Losers Game __ Pangaea Continental Drift Pictures

Media: __ Walking with Dinosaurs Ep 5 __ Planet Dinosaur Ep 5 __ Planet Dinosaur Ep 1 __ Planet Dinosaur Ep 3 __ Prehistoric Planet Ep 2 __ Walking with Dinosaurs Ep 4 __ How did feathers evolve? __ Magic School Bus: The Busasaurus S2E5 __ Meet the Titanosaur __ National Geographic: Sea Monsters (Amazon) __ Dinosaur 13 (Amazon)

Lesson 4 - Mass Extinction / Time of the Dinosaurs Era Project

Books: __ UEWH P 58-59 (Death of the Dinosaurs)

Vocabulary/Worksheet/Coloring Pages: __ Vocabulary Worksheet: Extinct, Meteorite

Hands-on Activity: __ Add to Timeline: Dinosaur Extinction (optional) __ Talk about why/how dinosaurs became extinct & research the varying theories __ Start your Time of the Dinosaurs Era Project (PUS P 12) __ Research (use previous resources and online resources listed below if needed) __ Take a few days or so to work on your project __ Present your project to family/friends! __ **Don’t forget to take pictures of your project. You can add these to your Prehistory Binder**

Online Resources:

__ Explore the Dino Directory Timeline __ Geological Time Periods __ Pangaea Continental Drift Pictures __ Mass Extinctions Dinosaur Project: Media: Cretaceous Era __ If an Asteroid Didn’t Kill All The Dinosaurs, What Did? __ What killed the dinosaurs? __ Walking with Dinosaurs Ep 6 __ HHMI: The Day the Mesozoic Died __ Prehistoric Planet Ep 1

Unit 6: Tertiary Topics Covered: Tertiary, Mammals rule, Evolution of horses and elephants, Early hominids, Tool makers, Before Fire

Lesson 1 - Tertiary: Mammals (non-hominids), Horses & elephants

Books: __ Life Story P 33-40 __ UEWH P 60-63 (mammals) __ UEWH P 64-69 (rise of mammals) __ UEWH P 70-75 (horses, elephants, and other mammals)

Vocabulary/Worksheet/Coloring Pages: __ Prehistoric Mammal Coloring Pages __ Vocabulary Worksheets: mammal, marsupial, placental __ Vocabulary Worksheets: Predator, Prey, Scavengers __ Mammal vs Reptile WS (PUS P 57) __ Field Guide to the Prehistoric World: Tertiary (non-hominids) (PUS P 51-52) __ Evolution of the Horse WS (PUS P 58)

Hands-on Activity: __ Add to Timeline: Tertiary Sea (PUS P 49) __ Add to Timeline: Tertiary Land (PUS P 49) __ Zoo trip to see horses and elephants

Online Resources:

__ Sea Monsters: Arsinoitherium, Basilosaurus, Megalodon, Odobenocetops __ Geological Time Periods: Tertiary Media: __ Walking with Prehistoric Beasts Ep 2 __ Walking with Prehistoric Beasts Ep 1 __ Why Warm Blood is Better Than Cold __ Walking with Prehistoric Beasts Ep 3 __ Walking with Dinosaurs Special: Sea Monsters Ep 2 (Amazon)

Lesson 2 - Tertiary: Early primates, Hominids, Australopithecines, Tool makers, Before fire

Books: __ UEWH P 78-79 (apes and monkeys) __ UEWH P 80-81 (apes, Australopithecus) __ UEWH P 82-83 (Homo habilis, tool makers) __ Archaeology for Kids: Ch 2 __ Optional __ The Best Book of Early People P 4-7

Vocabulary/Worksheet/Coloring Pages: __ Vocabulary Worksheet: primate __ Vocabulary Worksheet: Hominid, Australopithecus __ Vocabulary Worksheet: Homo habilis __ Field Guide to the Prehistoric World: Tertiary (hominids) (PUS P 51-52) __ Human evolution coloring page Stone Tools Hands-on Activity: __ Archaeology for kids P 27 (stone tools) __ Add to Timeline: Tertiary (hominids) (PUS P 49)

Online Resources: __ Building Bodies Game __ Early Humans __ BBC Cavemen facts: Australopithecus, Homo habilis __ Hominin tools __ Stone Age Toolkit Media: __ Nova: 1st Primates __ Walking with Cavemen Ep 1 __ Walking with Cavemen Ep 2 __ Becoming Human __ Walking with Prehistoric Beasts Ep 4 __ HHMI Great Transitions (The Origin of Humans)

Unit 7: Quaternary Topics Covered: Quaternary, Neanderthals, After Fire, Ice Age, Mammoth & Man, Cave men

Lesson 1 - Animals of the Ice Age

Books: __ UEWH P 74-77 __ Life Story P 41-42

Vocabulary/Worksheet/Coloring Pages: __ Vocabulary Worksheet: Ice age __ Animals of the Ice Age WS (PUS P 60) __ Field Guide to the Prehistoric World: Quaternary (ice age mammals) (PUS P 51-52) __ Mammoth vs Mastodon WS

Hands-on Activity: __ Add to Timeline: Quaternary (ice age mammals) (PUS P 50)

Online Resources: __ Mammoth or Mastodon Media: __ Mammoths and Mastodons __ Walking with Prehistoric Beasts Ep 6 __ Walking with Prehistoric Beasts Ep 5 __ Frozen World: The Story of the Ice Age

Lesson 2 - Homo erectus, Fire, 1st Explorers

Books: __ Maroo of the Winter Caves (start reading… we read about 2 chapters per day) __ Life Story P 43-44 __ UEWH P 84-87 (Homo erectus, ﬁre, 1st explorers) __ Archaeology for Kids: Ch 3 __ Optional __ The Best Book of Early People P 8-9

Vocabulary/Worksheet/Coloring Pages: __ Vocabulary Worksheet: Homo erectus __ Mapwork: Spread of Homo erectus (PUS P 59)

Hands-on Activity: __ Archaeology for Kids P 30 - Ice Archaeology

Online Resources:

__ BBC Cavemen facts: Homo erectus

Media: __ Walking with Cavemen Ep 3

Lesson 3 - Neanderthals, Homo sapiens, Mammoth & Man

Books: __ Maroo of the Winter Caves continue… __ UEWH P 88-91 (Neanderthals & mammoth, family groups) __ UEWH P 92-95 (Homo sapiens sapiens, modern people) __ UEWH P 96-97 (expert hunters) __ UEWH P 98-101 (prehistoric art, from hunting to farming) __ Life Story P 45-69 __ Optional __You Wouldn’t Want to be a Mammoth Hunter __ The First Dog __ Prehistoric Art __ The Best Book of Early People P 10-23

Vocabulary/Worksheet/Coloring Pages: __ Vocabulary Worksheet: Neanderthal __ Vocabulary Worksheet: Homo sapiens, ﬂint, microlith __ Mapwork: Spread of Modern Man (PUS P 61) __ Field Guide to the Prehistoric World: Quaternary (PUS P 51-52) __ How Man Used Mammoth __ Compare/Contrast Early vs Modern Humans

Hands-on Activity: __ Add to Timeline: Quaternary (PUS P 50) __ Mixing Paints/Cave painting/Natural Dyes: We experimented with using various fruits and spices to make our own paints. The kids then ﬁnger painted with their paints like cavemen. __ Make a coracle (PUS P 28) Paint like a Caveman __ Cook like a caveman: have a campout and try to start your own ﬁre and cook your food like a caveman would!

Online Resources:

__ BBC Cavemen Facts: Neanderthals __ BBC Cavemen Facts: Homo sapiens __ Cave Challenge Game __ Dig & Deduce Game

Media: __ Walking with Cavemen Ep 4 __ Becoming Human Ep 1 __ Becoming Human Ep 2 __ Becoming Human Ep 3 __ Coracle Video (PUS P 28) __ Nova: Decoding Neanderthals S9E2 Unit 8: Then & Now Topics covered: Modern animals from Prehistoric times, Archaeology

Books: __ Maroo of the Winter Caves (continue if not ﬁnished) __ Creatures Yesterday & Today __ The Secret Cave __ Archaeology for Kids Ch 1 __ Optional __ Prehistoric Actual Size

Vocabulary/Worksheet/Coloring Pages: __ Vocabulary Worksheet: excavation, preservation __ Complete Field Guide with an animal that lived in prehistoric times and is still living now (PUS P 51-52)

Hands-on Activity: __ Add to Timeline: add an extra timeline page with some of the modern animals from prehistoric times (optional) __ Archaeology for Kids P 7: Survey Game __ Archaeology for Kids P 12: Dafting Coins __ Discuss ﬁnal project. Check out PUS P 29 for some ideas. Another idea (what my son did) is to set up a timeline, picking 1 or 2 creatures from each time period to paint, build with clay, etc. Here is a pic of what he did.

Final Project: Prehistory Timeline Online Resources:

__ Echidnas __ Crocodiles __ Modern Animals from Dino Time

Media: __ Echidnas __ Rare Footage of Baby Platypuses Hatching __ Coelacanth Video __ Lascaux Tour __ Cave of Forgotten Dreams (Netﬂix) __ How We Unearthed the Spinosaurus __ Dinosaurs: The Hunt for Life (Netﬂix) __ Where are the Baby Dinosaurs?

Unit 9: Final Project

Get started on your FINAL Project. You can check out the ideas listed in the Build Your Library: Prehistory Unit Study OR what we did (see unit 8 pic) OR maybe your child will come up with their own idea!

Use the next week or so to plan, research, and work on their ﬁnal project.

Plan a project presentation day. Invite family and friends and let your child show oﬀ their ﬁnal project along with their Prehistory Binder and other activities from the past year!

Exploring Prehistory: Vocabulary Worksheet

Prehistory ______- ______

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Fossils ______- ______

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Archaeology ______- ______

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Paleontology ______- ______

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Big Bang Theory ______- ______

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Pangaea ______- ______

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Evolution ______- ______

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Cells ______- ______

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Arthropod ______- ______

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Vertebrate ______- ______

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Invertebrate ______- ______

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Amphibian ______- ______

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Insect ______- ______

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Reptile ______- ______

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Carnivore ______- ______

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Therapod ______- ______

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Herbivore ______- ______

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Sauropod ______- ______

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Ornithopod ______- ______

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Extinct ______- ______

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Mammal ______- ______

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Placental ______- ______

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Predator ______- ______

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Prey ______- ______

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Scavenger ______- ______

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Hominid ______- ______

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Australopithecus ______- ______

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Homo habilis ______- ______

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Ice Age ______- ______

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Homo erectus ______- ______

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Neanderthal ______- ______

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Flint ______- ______

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Microlith ______- ______

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Excavation ______- ______

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Preservation ______- ______

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______My State Fossil

I live in the State of: ______

The name of my state fossil is: ______Compare & Contrast

AMPHIBIANS REPTILES Similarities

Differences Compare & Contrast

MAMMOTH MASTODON Similarities

Differences Triops Observations

Day 1:

What I did today: ______

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How many eggs? ______How many triops? ______

What do you think will happen over the next few days? ______

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What I did today: ______

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How many eggs? ______How many triops? ______

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How many eggs? ______How many triops? ______

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How many eggs? ______How many triops? ______

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How many eggs? ______How many triops? ______

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How many eggs? ______How many triops? ______

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EARLY MAN MODERN MAN Similarities

Differences Prehistoric Creatures Still Alive Today