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The Early Humans Unit Bundle is perfect for middle school social studies classes. It includes over 120 pages of dynamic resources to use in your classroom along with 8 days of detailed lesson plans! This bundle is designed to make teaching about early human history exciting and interactive, covering the Paleolithic Age, Ice Age and Neolithic Age.
What's Included:
⭐ Interactive Notebooks
- Printable and Digital Versions (Google Drive compatible)
- Includes activities for content vocabulary Hunter-Gatherers, Agricultural Revolution, Ice Age, Stone Age Tools and more
⭐ Interactive PowerPoint Presentation
- Aligned with the Early Humans Unit
- Engages students with clickable elements to explore topics like important vocabulary words, daily life of Early Humans in the Paleolithic Age, Ice Age and Neolithic Age, significant technological advancements and more
⭐ Task Cards and Review Games
- 20 Task Cards for group trivia games, entrance or exit slips, as work for centers or early-finishers and more!
- Early Humans Bingo Game with customizable boards
⭐ Early Humans Skit
- A 10 - 15 minute skit that brings ancient history to life with a time-travel adventure through the Paleolithic, Ice Age and Neolithic eras.
⭐ Vocabulary and Assessment
- Vocabulary Activities including matching games, crossword puzzles and graphic organizers
- Final Assessment with 35 questions covering vocabulary, multiple choice, true/false and written response
⭐ Additional Resources
- A print-and-go Word Wall with content vocabulary and relevant images
- Detailed Lesson Plans for 8 days of instruction. These detailed lesson plans are filled with recommendations for relevant activities and additional websites, resources and links. These plans will save you valuable time, increase student engagement and bring history to life through a wide variety of activities that prompt students to think critically and creatively in Social Studies class.
Why Choose This Bundle?
✅ Engagement: Interactive activities and games keep students involved and excited about learning.
✅ Convenience: Print-and-go format and detailed lesson plans will save you valuable time in your classroom.
✅ Comprehensive Coverage: From informational text and interactive notebooks to skits and review games, this bundle offers a rich variety of materials to cover the Early Humans unit in depth.
Please review the preview to discover how this bundle aligns with the needs of your classroom. If you have any questions, please let me know in the Q and A section of my store!
Continue reading for more detailed information about each resource included in the bundle:
✅The Early Humans Interactive Notebook (Paper and Digital Version for Google Drive included)
The interactive notebook includes 8 different interactive activities and an answer key to help students organize the information you teach. The file also includes pictures of every page in use!
1. Cover Page
2. Two vocabulary activities
3. Hunter-Gatherers (tabs for food, roles of men and women, tools/technology, and shelter)
4. Agricultural Revolution (tabs for farming, communities, roles of men and women, and tools/technology)
5. Ice Age (tabs for climate and physical features of the Ice Age and surviving the Ice Age)
6. Tools of the Stone Age (tabs for Paleolithic Tools, Mesolithic Tools, and Neolithic Tools)
7. Venn Diagram to compare hunter-gatherers with farming communities
8. A world map with empty boxes to write about crops around the world during the Neolithic Era.
9. A blank world map. Possible use - tracing the spread of farming in the Neolithic Age.
✅Early Humans Interactive Notes
Interactive PowerPoint Notes are a great way to engage your students in content related to your curriculum. This resource is aligned with The Early Humans Unit in The Teacher's Prep store but can be used independently, as well.
When using this interactive PowerPoint (not editable), students can click on elements of the slides to reveal important information about a variety of topics related to the study of the lives of early humans. (See a comprehensive list of topics included below!)
There's also a version compatible with Google Slides included. It's not interactive, due to the way Google Slides is designed, but has all the information that your students need to complete the interactive notebooks.
Topics Included:
1. Vocabulary
2. Hunter-Gatherers (food, roles of men and women, tools/technology, and shelter)
3. Agricultural Revolution (farming, communities, roles of men and women, and tools/technology)
4. Ice Age (climate and physical features of the Ice Age and surviving the Ice Age)
5. Tools of the Stone Age (Paleolithic Tools, Mesolithic Tools, and Neolithic Tools)
6. Venn Diagram to compare hunter-gatherers with farming communities
✅The Early Humans Task Cards
Task cards are an effective resource in the classroom. These task cards can be used as part of group trivia games, entrance or exit slips, or as work for centers or early-finishers. The possibilities are truly endless!
Included in this resource:
1. A Note for the Teacher
2. 20 different task cards
3. Teacher answer key for every question
4. Blank cards for the teacher to write additional questions
✅The Early Humans Bingo Game
The resource includes over 40 questions covering 25 key terms. Some of the key terms have more than one question to give teachers different options based on their instructional needs. Also included is a bingo board that can be customized by each student. No student will have the same board!
✅Early Humans Reader's Theater Skit
Ancient History can come alive in your classroom with the Early Humans Reader's Theater! This 10-15 minute skit will get students moving and acting in a time traveling adventure to the Paleolithic Era, Ice Age and Neolithic Era.
Included in this resource:
1. 6 page script for 8 students (estimated time: 10-15 minutes)
2. 5 discussion prompts
✅Early Humans Vocabulary Activities
The Early Humans Vocabulary Activities is a fantastic resource for middle school students to enhance their understanding of content vocabulary for the Early Humans Unit. This resource includes four activities - a matching game, crossword puzzle, matching one-page activity and a graphic organizer to define words and write a corresponding sentence for each term - a perfect resource for student binders!
Inside this resource you will find:
1. Matching Tiles (cut out the pieces and match the word with the definition)
2. Matching Activity
3. Crossword Puzzle
4. Definitions and Sentences Graphic Organizer
What words are included in the word wall?
- Stone Age
- Paleolithic
- nomads
- hunter-gatherers
- cave art
- technology
- Ice Age
- land bridge
- Neolithic Age
- domesticate
- systematic agriculture
- specialization
✅Word Wall and Early Humans Test
The Early Humans Word Wall consists of 12 terms to add to your classroom wall while teaching the unit to your students.
What words are included in the word wall?
- Stone Age
- Paleolithic
- nomads
- hunter-gatherers
- cave art
- technology
- Ice Age
- land bridge
- Neolithic Age
- domesticate
- systematic agriculture
- specialization
✅The Early Humans Test consists of 35 questions:
-Vocabulary
-Multiple Choice
-True/False
-Fill in the Blank
-Map Identification
-Written Response
(An answer key is included, too!)
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Description
The Early Humans Unit Bundle is perfect for middle school social studies classes. It includes over 120 pages of dynamic resources to use in your classroom along with 8 days of detailed lesson plans! This bundle is designed to make teaching about early human history exciting and interactive, covering the Paleolithic Age, Ice Age and Neolithic Age.
What's Included:
⭐ Interactive Notebooks
- Printable and Digital Versions (Google Drive compatible)
- Includes activities for content vocabulary Hunter-Gatherers, Agricultural Revolution, Ice Age, Stone Age Tools and more
⭐ Interactive PowerPoint Presentation
- Aligned with the Early Humans Unit
- Engages students with clickable elements to explore topics like important vocabulary words, daily life of Early Humans in the Paleolithic Age, Ice Age and Neolithic Age, significant technological advancements and more
⭐ Task Cards and Review Games
- 20 Task Cards for group trivia games, entrance or exit slips, as work for centers or early-finishers and more!
- Early Humans Bingo Game with customizable boards
⭐ Early Humans Skit
- A 10 - 15 minute skit that brings ancient history to life with a time-travel adventure through the Paleolithic, Ice Age and Neolithic eras.
⭐ Vocabulary and Assessment
- Vocabulary Activities including matching games, crossword puzzles and graphic organizers
- Final Assessment with 35 questions covering vocabulary, multiple choice, true/false and written response
⭐ Additional Resources
- A print-and-go Word Wall with content vocabulary and relevant images
- Detailed Lesson Plans for 8 days of instruction. These detailed lesson plans are filled with recommendations for relevant activities and additional websites, resources and links. These plans will save you valuable time, increase student engagement and bring history to life through a wide variety of activities that prompt students to think critically and creatively in Social Studies class.
Why Choose This Bundle?
✅ Engagement: Interactive activities and games keep students involved and excited about learning.
✅ Convenience: Print-and-go format and detailed lesson plans will save you valuable time in your classroom.
✅ Comprehensive Coverage: From informational text and interactive notebooks to skits and review games, this bundle offers a rich variety of materials to cover the Early Humans unit in depth.
Please review the preview to discover how this bundle aligns with the needs of your classroom. If you have any questions, please let me know in the Q and A section of my store!
Continue reading for more detailed information about each resource included in the bundle:
✅The Early Humans Interactive Notebook (Paper and Digital Version for Google Drive included)
The interactive notebook includes 8 different interactive activities and an answer key to help students organize the information you teach. The file also includes pictures of every page in use!
1. Cover Page
2. Two vocabulary activities
3. Hunter-Gatherers (tabs for food, roles of men and women, tools/technology, and shelter)
4. Agricultural Revolution (tabs for farming, communities, roles of men and women, and tools/technology)
5. Ice Age (tabs for climate and physical features of the Ice Age and surviving the Ice Age)
6. Tools of the Stone Age (tabs for Paleolithic Tools, Mesolithic Tools, and Neolithic Tools)
7. Venn Diagram to compare hunter-gatherers with farming communities
8. A world map with empty boxes to write about crops around the world during the Neolithic Era.
9. A blank world map. Possible use - tracing the spread of farming in the Neolithic Age.
✅Early Humans Interactive Notes
Interactive PowerPoint Notes are a great way to engage your students in content related to your curriculum. This resource is aligned with The Early Humans Unit in The Teacher's Prep store but can be used independently, as well.
When using this interactive PowerPoint (not editable), students can click on elements of the slides to reveal important information about a variety of topics related to the study of the lives of early humans. (See a comprehensive list of topics included below!)
There's also a version compatible with Google Slides included. It's not interactive, due to the way Google Slides is designed, but has all the information that your students need to complete the interactive notebooks.
Topics Included:
1. Vocabulary
2. Hunter-Gatherers (food, roles of men and women, tools/technology, and shelter)
3. Agricultural Revolution (farming, communities, roles of men and women, and tools/technology)
4. Ice Age (climate and physical features of the Ice Age and surviving the Ice Age)
5. Tools of the Stone Age (Paleolithic Tools, Mesolithic Tools, and Neolithic Tools)
6. Venn Diagram to compare hunter-gatherers with farming communities
✅The Early Humans Task Cards
Task cards are an effective resource in the classroom. These task cards can be used as part of group trivia games, entrance or exit slips, or as work for centers or early-finishers. The possibilities are truly endless!
Included in this resource:
1. A Note for the Teacher
2. 20 different task cards
3. Teacher answer key for every question
4. Blank cards for the teacher to write additional questions
✅The Early Humans Bingo Game
The resource includes over 40 questions covering 25 key terms. Some of the key terms have more than one question to give teachers different options based on their instructional needs. Also included is a bingo board that can be customized by each student. No student will have the same board!
✅Early Humans Reader's Theater Skit
Ancient History can come alive in your classroom with the Early Humans Reader's Theater! This 10-15 minute skit will get students moving and acting in a time traveling adventure to the Paleolithic Era, Ice Age and Neolithic Era.
Included in this resource:
1. 6 page script for 8 students (estimated time: 10-15 minutes)
2. 5 discussion prompts
✅Early Humans Vocabulary Activities
The Early Humans Vocabulary Activities is a fantastic resource for middle school students to enhance their understanding of content vocabulary for the Early Humans Unit. This resource includes four activities - a matching game, crossword puzzle, matching one-page activity and a graphic organizer to define words and write a corresponding sentence for each term - a perfect resource for student binders!
Inside this resource you will find:
1. Matching Tiles (cut out the pieces and match the word with the definition)
2. Matching Activity
3. Crossword Puzzle
4. Definitions and Sentences Graphic Organizer
What words are included in the word wall?
- Stone Age
- Paleolithic
- nomads
- hunter-gatherers
- cave art
- technology
- Ice Age
- land bridge
- Neolithic Age
- domesticate
- systematic agriculture
- specialization
✅Word Wall and Early Humans Test
The Early Humans Word Wall consists of 12 terms to add to your classroom wall while teaching the unit to your students.
What words are included in the word wall?
- Stone Age
- Paleolithic
- nomads
- hunter-gatherers
- cave art
- technology
- Ice Age
- land bridge
- Neolithic Age
- domesticate
- systematic agriculture
- specialization
✅The Early Humans Test consists of 35 questions:
-Vocabulary
-Multiple Choice
-True/False
-Fill in the Blank
-Map Identification
-Written Response
(An answer key is included, too!)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Happy Teaching!
Let's Connect!
The Teacher's Prep on Facebook
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