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- 4th - 6th
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Students demonstrate understanding of prehistoric animals by creating models of them. They create prehistoric creatures by constructing a three-dimensional model. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 7th
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Students participate in a vocabulary exercise at a website dedicated to Prehistoric Native Americans. Full Review »
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- Kindergarten - 2nd
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Kindergarten students use their scientific thinking skills to discover the prehistoric world of dinosaurs. They explore the prehistoric environment through Literature on dinosaurs, create puppets and fossils, and do the dinosaur dance. Full Review »
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- 3rd
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Students research prehistoric life using educational software. They design a prehistoric life while showing the use of appropriate scale and names for the prehistoric life. They follow an internet link to participate in a virtual field trip to watch a dinosaur egg hatch. Full Review »
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- 4th
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Students role play situations representing different eras of prehistoric people. They create the role play scenes and design a mural depicting scenes from each prehistoric group. Full Review »
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- Kindergarten - 5th
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Students research the sources of prehistoric cave paintings and engage in an activity of creating their own cave art. The lesson focuses on the design, composition style of the art, and importance of cultural contributions cave painting had in early history. Full Review »
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- Kindergarten - 4th
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Students read to find information about Ohio's prehistoric Indians. They explain the bartering system. Students discuss ways that labor, broken into tasks can increase productivity. They illustrate basic elements of village life of prehistoric Indians of Ohio. Full Review »
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- 2nd
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Students work in groups to measure three measurements onto butcher paper. They then figure out which prehistoric animal they measured. Students research five facts about their prehistoric animal. Full Review »
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- 8th
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Students begin their examination of the prehistoric period in Illinois. As a class, they discuss the role of archaeology in history and how it helps learn more about native peoples. After examining each period, they develop their own conclusions about how people lived during the time period. Full Review »
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- 5th - 8th
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Students explore primates and prehistoric man. They discuss early illustrations and portrayals of prehistoric man and how he lived. After the discussion, they use periodical indexes and resources to locate an article, read the article, and write a paragraph to debate what is fact and what is theory. Full Review »