Early Communities & Technology - WebQuest
Lesson Objectives:
1) I will be able to examine ancient communities to determine how they used technology to make their lives easier by reading from different sources with a partner.
2) I will be able to summarize the information I find from difference sources using complete sentences.
Instructions:
For every source you read from there will be an essential question for you to answer. You will answer this essential question by first reading the source for understanding and second reading the source for specific details on how people lived in ancient communities.
1) I will be able to examine ancient communities to determine how they used technology to make their lives easier by reading from different sources with a partner.
2) I will be able to summarize the information I find from difference sources using complete sentences.
Instructions:
For every source you read from there will be an essential question for you to answer. You will answer this essential question by first reading the source for understanding and second reading the source for specific details on how people lived in ancient communities.
STORIES FROM THE STONE AGE
Task:
Task:
- Partner 1: Read key vocabulary to your partner
- Partner 2: Read essential question to your partner
- Click on the source button below to take you to YouTube. Next you will watch a video about how early communities developed. Notice how they talk to archeologists about the artifacts found in the video.
- Stop the video once you are finished with part one. It will try to play part two but don't watch it, just close the tab.
- Review the essential question with your partner and summarize what facts you learned from the source to answer the question. Your response should be one full paragraph with complete sentences.
Key Vocabulary:
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Essential Question:
What factors made the fertile crescent an ideal place to build a village or community? |
AGRICULTURAL REVOLUTION
Task:
- Partner 1: Read key vocabulary to your partner
- Partner 2: Read essential question to your partner
- Click on the source button below to take you to a new website. Take turns reading out loud the information on the page. Read the pages "Agricultural Revolution," click next at the bottom to read "Villages Develop," click next one last time to read "Technologies Advance." DO NOT CLICK ON ANY ADVERTISEMENTS.
- Review the essential question with your partner and summarize what facts you learned from the source to answer the question. Your response should be one full paragraph with complete sentences.
Key Vocabulary:
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Essential Question:
How did farming and new technologies make life easier than hunting and gathering? |
FIRE
Task:
Task:
- Partner 1: Read key vocabulary to your partner
- Partner 2: Read essential question to your partner
- Click on the source button below to take you to a new website. Take turns reading out loud the information on the page. DO NOT CLICK ON ANY ADVERTISEMENTS.
- Review the essential question with your partner and summarize what facts you learned from the source to answer the question. Your response should be one full paragraph with complete sentences.
Key Vocabulary
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Essential Question:
What were the effects of fire on daily living for early humans? |
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Lesson Objectives:
1) I will be able to examine ancient communities to determine how they used technology to make their lives easier by reading from different sources with a partner. 2) I will be able to summarize the information I find from difference sources using complete sentences. |
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EXTRA ACTIVITY
Explore the daily life of individuals in early communities by learning the different tools they used to make fire, bread, and yarn. This is an interactive activity! Feel free to explore this simulation in whatever order you choose. the quiz is not mandatory however if you wish to test your knowledge go a head and complete the challenge.
Explore the daily life of individuals in early communities by learning the different tools they used to make fire, bread, and yarn. This is an interactive activity! Feel free to explore this simulation in whatever order you choose. the quiz is not mandatory however if you wish to test your knowledge go a head and complete the challenge.