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Cabrillo College: The Men From Spirit Cave and Wizard's Beach
Read about the discoveries of the Spirit Lake Man and Wizard's Beach Man.
BBC
Bbc: British Prehistory: Iron Age Tasks
Read about and view images of Iron Age tasks.Twelve images and descriptions demonstrate a variety of tools that Iron Age Britons used to accomplish tasks necessary for everyday life. Archived.
Curated OER
Unesco: Israel: Sites of Human Evolution at Mount Carmel
Situated on the western slopes of the Mount Carmel range, the site includes the caves of Tabun, Jamal, el-Wad and Skhul. Ninety years of archaeological research have revealed a cultural sequence of unparalleled duration, providing an...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: World History: Unit: Beginnings 600 Bce
This virtual course from Khan Academy is a series of video tutorials and practice links that follow the world's prehistory through 600 BCE.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Art History: Cuneiform and the Invention of Writing
Article discussing early forms of writing in the Ancient Near East. Includes links to additional information.
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of Natural History: The Allure of Pearls
Exhibition of some of the first known gems to early humans, this collection of pearls includes several world famous precious stones.
Cornell University
Cornell University: Hearth/home Economics Education
Housed at the Mann Library, this resource contains a comprehensive set of books and journals in the field of Home Economics, many available online. Each subject area in the field has a descriptive essay plus a bibliography related to...
University of California
University of California: Bampfa: Portrait of Alexander Dix by Sarah Perkins
Learn about the significance of children's portraiture in early America by studying a portrait of young Alexander Dix painted in 1795. The portrait is also a useful resource for learning about how portrait settings can be used to express...
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Italian renaissance.org: Basic Ideas of the Renaissance
Basic information about the Renaissance. Looks at Early Renaissance, High Renaissance, painting, and sculpture. Touches upon humanism.
BiologyWise
Biology Wise: A Comparative Analysis: Homo Habilis vs. Homo Erectus
Describes Homo habilis and Homo erectus, two early ancestors of humans. Discusses how they were discovered, their characteristics, and what we know about them, with the information clearly laid out in a chart along with some comparative...
BBC
Bbc: Science and Nature: The Day We Learned to Think
A summary of BBC program entitled, "The Day We Learned to Think." Offers a brief look at man's first works of art, early ability to speak, and evolution of intelligence. Offers questions and answers, a program transcript, and various...
University of Chicago
University of Chicago Centennial Catalogues: Faculty: Robert E. Park, Sociology
A profile of Robert E. Park (1864-1944), an influential, early sociologist who taught at the University of Chicago.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: American Passages: Social Realism: Theodore Dreiser
Theodore Dreiser is featured as a realistic author who draws upon the social conditions and humanity in America in his writings. Click on "Theodore Dreiser Activities" for related materials.
Other
International World History: Agriculture and the Origins of Civilization
Read here about the Neolithic Revolution and the development of early Stone Age humans into an Agrarian society. Causes of the agrarian transformation are addressed as well as the domestication of plants and animals. The spread of the...
Palomar Community College District
Palomar College: Flashcards: Homo Heidelbergensis & Neandertals
Thirteen flashcards featuring facts about early modern humans.
The Field Museum
Field Museum: Exhibits: The Ancient Americas
Gain a deeper understanding of the Americas on this journey through 13,000 years of human ingenuity and achievement in the western hemisphere.
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: Who Were the Foremothers of Women's Equality?
Which women made significant contributions to the early Women's Rights Movement in the U.S.? In this teaching unit, students will discover the women involved in the formative years of the struggle for women's rights and the history of...
Live Wire Media
Good Character: Prejudice
Children need to learn early to respect other people's difference and not to be prejudiced. Through the discussion questions, writing prompts, and activity ideas presented at this website, students learn "What's wrong with being...
Royal British Colombia Museum (Canada)
Weaving Doukhobor History
Here the life of the Doukhobour culture in British Columbia is discussed. This Russian emigre pacifist sect and their communal way of life helped shape the debate over human rights in British Columbia.
Library of Congress
Loc: Stagestruck! Performing Arts Caricatures
A short overview of the coming of age of the caricature during the early twentieth century. Exhibition was in the Library of Congress Swann Gallery of Caricature and Cartoon from November 1998 to April 1999.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Gallery: Civilization
Explore the images of this gallery and consider how increased productivity from the land, food surpluses, and swelling populations changed the types of communities that humans lived in.
Kidsource OnLine
Kid Source on Line: Early Childhood: Where Learning Begins: Geography
Discusses how people adjust to where they live. The age groups indicated are for Toddler and Preschool and could be adapted for K-1st grades.
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University of Tokyo: The Minatogawa Man
This Bulletin dates from 1982; nevertheless, it offers an excellent report and photographs of the skeleton and skulls found at Minatogawa in 1970.
Nature Research
News @ Nature: Flores Man
Site from News @ Nature provides the story of the remarkable discovery on the Island of Flores, Flores Man. See a great picture of the skull and read explanations and reflections from the leading palaeoanthropologists on the dig.
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