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Making Prehistory

Students create mock fossil records based on current scientific theories about prehistory. By learning about what fossil records teach us about different prehistoric time periods, students gain a greater understanding of theories of prehistory in general.

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Grades:: 6th - 12th

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Cave Art: Discovering Prehistoric Humans through Pictures

Students explore how people in earlier times used art as a way to record stories and communicate ideas. By studying paintings from the Cave of Lascaux and other caves in France, students discover that pictures are more than pretty colors.

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Grades:: Kindergarten - 2nd

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Archaeology and Prehistoric Mississippi

Students define following terms: artifacts, ceramics, lithics, ecofacts, features, context, excavation and prehistory. They describe characteristics of four prehistoric periods, then explain why archaeology is necessary in study of prehistoric periods.

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Grades:: 7th - 12th

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Cave Art: Discovering Prehistoric Humans through Pictures

Students explore how people in earlier times used art as a way to record stories and communicate ideas by studying paintings from the Cave of Lascaux and other caves in France. Three lessons on one page.

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Grades:: Kindergarten - 2nd

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Create a Globe

Students use balloons and worksheets to create a globe. They research the history of maps from prehistory to modern times and identify many of the misconceptions that mapmakers have held.

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Grades:: 3rd - 8th

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Prehistory of Northeast Iowa and Southwest Wisconsin Time Line Activity

Students identify how prehistoric Native American Cultures met their basic economic needs. They analyze the development of abstract thought in Early American cultures and identify the major time periods of the prehistory of Southwestern Wisconsin and Northeastern Iowa.

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Grades:: 9th - 12th

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Shh... It's a Secret!

Students examine a series of rules for deciphering a code. They create their own secret message using a code after watching video. They access a web site to practice their decoding skills.

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Grades:: 5th

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Social Studies: Ancient China

Students examine the contributions and influences of dynasties on Chinese history. They role-play as citizens during selected dynasties and write daily autobiographical entries. Students complete projects on the geography, social structure, inventions and philosophers of China.

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Grades:: 7th

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Understanding Our Past (Part II)

Students examine the contributions of social scientists to the study of history. Using text, they take notes on any material that is related to social scientists. They describe the role of an archaeologist on an exam. They answer comprehension questions to end the lesson.

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Grades:: 8th

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Cave Art: Discovering Prehistoric Humans through Pictures

Students pretend they travel to the past to explore how people in earlier times used art as a way to record stories and communicate ideas. They study the paintings in caves found in France as a frame of reference.

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Grades:: 6th - 12th

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