Unit 6, Lesson 2: Evolution of Humans
Learning Target: I can use evidence to defend a claim of when human history began
Class Activities:
1. Students walked in and picked up the "Evolution of Early Humans" handout. They began the do now, which was analyzing a graph of human's ancestors. The answers were:
2. I explained that once upon a time, there was only one type of primate. However, it eventually evolved to become orangutans, chimpanzees, gorillas, humans, etc. My question is, at what point did we consider our ancestors to be more human than ape? To answer that question, students looked at three different ancestors: australopithecus afarensis, homo habilus, and homo erectus.
3. There were class materials about each of those human ancestors. Students used those & worked with their tables to fill out their packets.
**I wanted to show a video clip about how our brains evolved to become larger, but my projector is dead. :( If you're interested, check out the clip below!
Papers handed in today:
None
Homework:
Finish "Evolution of Early Humans" packet (see attached class materials below if needed)
Binder check on Friday. (You simply need to have a binder or section of a binder cleaned out for the new semester.)
Class Activities:
1. Students walked in and picked up the "Evolution of Early Humans" handout. They began the do now, which was analyzing a graph of human's ancestors. The answers were:
- Our species is homo sapien
- Our earliest ancestor (That we know of) is about 6 million years old.
- The species most closely related to us can differ, but it should be near us on the graph (homo neanderthalensis or homo erectus)
- The others species died-- we ended up being best fit.
2. I explained that once upon a time, there was only one type of primate. However, it eventually evolved to become orangutans, chimpanzees, gorillas, humans, etc. My question is, at what point did we consider our ancestors to be more human than ape? To answer that question, students looked at three different ancestors: australopithecus afarensis, homo habilus, and homo erectus.
3. There were class materials about each of those human ancestors. Students used those & worked with their tables to fill out their packets.
**I wanted to show a video clip about how our brains evolved to become larger, but my projector is dead. :( If you're interested, check out the clip below!
Papers handed in today:
None
Homework:
Finish "Evolution of Early Humans" packet (see attached class materials below if needed)
Binder check on Friday. (You simply need to have a binder or section of a binder cleaned out for the new semester.)
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homo_habilis_class_materials.pdf | |
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homo_erectus_class_materials.pdf | |
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