PREHISTORY

Let's start a new topic, as we are used to, we are going to start with a THINKING ROUTINE. We are going to look for CSI (Colour, Symbol, Image). In the following chart you will have to colour, look for a symbol and draw an image about the topic PREHISTORY. 

We will watch this video about general information about prehistory. At the end of it you will have to answer this question:

• What are the characteristics of prehistoric hunter?
• What are the characteristics of HOMO ERECTUS?
• What are the characteristica NEANTHERTAL?

PREHISTORY

The long period before the invention of writing. 

Stone Age.

Half million years ago. Stone tools were used.

Paleolithic period.

People moved from place to place.

Hunting, fishing and gathering plants.

Neolitic period. 

People lived permanently in one place. 

Farmers, crops, domestic animals.

Metal Ages.

Seven thounsand year ago. Metal tools were used.

The wheel was invented.

First cities were built. 

FIRST CRAFTSMEN
Paleolithic Period: They made tools and weapons hitting one stone against another.

Neolithic Period: They made polished stone tools and weapons, also pots and cloth.

Metal Ages: They made metal tools, weapons and jewellery.

FIRST ARTISTS
Cave paintings, like Altamira Cave, are manificent works of art.
They often paint animals. 

LET'S REVIEW ALL YOU HAVE LEARNT. 

Prehistory in the Iberian Peninsula.

We are going to learn about another topic of Science, from this moment to the end of the school year we are going to focus our lesson on the HISTORY OF SPAIN. To learn history is very important because this will be the way you will understand most of the things that are taking place now.

LET'S HAVE A LOOK TO THESE PHOTOS AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS:

• What can you see in the two pictures?
• What are these things made of?
• Which ones were made first?

THE FOLLOWING VIDEO WILL HELP YOU TO UNDERSTAND THE LIFE IN THE PREHISTORY PERIOD. 

PALEOLITIC PERIOD:

• Million years ago, Iberian Peninsula was inhabited by homids or early humans beings. Modern people appeared in Spain about 35.000 years ago.
• They were nomads, they moved from place to place.
• They lived in caves or huts.
• They lived in family groups called clans.
• They obtained their food hunting, fishing and gathering plants. 

NEOLITIC PERIOD:

• People became sedentary. They built settlements.
• People lived in tribes, they were larger than clans.
• Each member of the tribe had a specific job  (cultivating th land, looking after animals, making tools or weapons)

THE METAL AGES:

• They used metals for weapons and tools.
• Settlements became villages, with walls for protections.
• Every village was run by a chieftain. 

PREHISTORY HERITAGE:

Prehistory people were the first:

• To use fires to cook and protect themselves from the cold.
• To make clay pots.
• To use animal hair and looms to make cloths.
• Create art forms such as cave paintings. 

LET'S REVIEW WHAT YOU HAVE LEARNT WITH THIS ACTIVITY. 

If you want to learn a bit more about PREHISTORY, you will play to this game about PREHISTORY ANIMALS.

Prehistory Animals Game