Introduction
Welcome to the History Adventure!
Have you ever wondered where humanity began? How did we live in the very beginning?
Starting today, we’re going to explore the lives of early humans together!
Be ready to hop on the time machine!
Task
Your mission is to:
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Learn the prehistoric age with videos and articles online.
A. Understand the main periods of prehistory (Stone Age, Bronze Age, Iron Age) and what makes each period unique.
B. Discover how early humans lived: where they lived, what they ate, how they survived, and how their lives changed as technology developed.
C. Identify important prehistoric sites and artifacts, and learn why people created cave art and monuments.
D. Recognize how people adapted to different environments and how the invention of farming changed their lives.
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Check with a quiz and record your learning in a padlet.
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Create our own artifact card with information you’ve learned.
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Share your creation and ideas with our class.
Process
[Day 1]
Watch the video below first.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agRKo_sEb4I
Now, let’s say you have to survive like the video.
Choose what you will do to survive and explain why according to the video you watched.
https://padlet.com/angelsyjeong/what-do-you-want-to-choose-8572xwlnvcncdxc7
You can read your friends’ ideas and change your answers, too.
Watch the article below and check details for the next class!
https://mrebbers.weebly.com/prehistory.htm
[Day 2]
Look at this picture. These are about the stone age.
Read the article and watch the video below.
Make memos of the stone age checking details.
https://kids.britannica.com/kids/article/Stone-Age/353814
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KV6lpX79G2(Only watch 00:00~01:42 / 03:00~06:48)
After reading, take a quiz!
↓ go to quizizz ↓
https://quizizz.com/join?gc=59591476
[Day 3]
Read these articles and make one question that is not in the article.
https://kids.britannica.com/kids/article/Bronze-Age/352883#251649-toc
https://www.funkidslive.com/learn/top-10-facts/top-10-facts-about-the-bronze-age/
Watch this video and see if you can find the answer for your question.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLsWmAR0m_E
Take a quiz of what you’ve learned!
↓ go to quizizz ↓
https://quizizz.com/join?gc=32328500
From what you have learned today, Did all the questions figured out?
If yes, think of more questions that you and others would want to inquire more about and write them down in the padlet.
If not, write your original questions down in the padlet.
[Day 4]
What are those tools? They look different from the stone or the bronze.
Try to compare those with stone and bronze and let's see which one is better tool
https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/1172423141
What do you think? Which tool was better and why?
> ______ was the strongest and the hardest. /Option: stone, bronze, iron
Check your answer from the below “Kiddle”!
https://kids.kiddle.co/Iron_Age
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Read the article.
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Click on blue words in the text to find more details.
<word list you may search for>
Iron
BC
ferrous
metallurgy
Mesopotamian
Sumer
Akkad
Assyria
500BC
plough -
Bonus activity: Search your questions from day three, about “Bronze age” as well.
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Share in the link below. ↓
https://padlet.com/yulssamim/what-is-iron-age-oqicc9ds4l51i8co
Evaluation
[Day 5] Final WebQuest Activity – Create Your Own Artifact Card!
We’ve explored many different artifacts from different time periods.
Now it’s time to use what you’ve learned and make your own artifact card!
We are going to use “Canva” because we have used this programme a lot during your school years.
However, just in case, if you have forgotten the way to use “canva”, you can look up the link(video) below to learn basic tools.
↓ How to use canva ↓
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4_RZV0eMo8
↓ go to canva ↓
Make sure to include the following in your work:
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What material was the artifact made of?
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What was it used for?
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What was life like during the time this artifact was used?
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How is this artifact different from artifacts from other time periods?
→ For example, how is a Stone Age artifact different from a Bronze Age artifact?
→ Try to guess why there are differences based on what you’ve learned!
Remember, the teacher cares about the contents you are going to include, not how many diverse functions you use to make it pretty.
When you finish your artifact card, upload it to Padlet so everyone can see and learn from each other’s work!
https://padlet.com/syyrosa/let-s-share-your-artifact-card-2t3l8m0bymxkqwit
We’re excited to see your creative and thoughtful work!
Feel free to talk with your friends or look back at the activities we did before for help.
<Rubric>
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Excellent: Includes all four content elements, and the content is logical and accurate.
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Good: Includes more than two content elements, and the content is accurate.
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Average: Includes one content element.
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Needs Improvement: Does not include the suggested content elements, and the content is not logical.
Conclusion
You did it! You explored back in time to explore the amazing world of the prehistoric age.
There are better tools nowadays. What do we use nowadays rather than the tools from the prehistoric age?
What is better?
How did it changed?
Think about how humans lived, changed, and adapted and how you are growing and changing every day too!
Teacher Page
Grade Level: G4-6
Topic: Prehistoric age of humans
Overview
This WebQuest is designed to help young students discover and understand life in prehistoric times. Through videos and articles, students will learn about different prehistoric humans, what the world looked like long ago, and how early humans lived and survived. Get ready to travel back in time and explore the amazing adventure of the prehistoric age!
Objectives
Students will be able to:
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critically analyze information related to prehistoric humans.
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independently explore and research information about topics they are curious about.
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reconstruct and explain aspects of prehistoric human life through visual representations.
Evaluation
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Excellent: Includes all four content elements, and the content is logical and accurate.
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Good: Includes more than two content elements, and the content is accurate.
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Average: Includes one content element.
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Needs Improvement: Does not include the suggested content elements, and the content is not logical.