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What's This?: Early Humans InteractiveWhat's This?: Early Humans Interactive
Publisher
American Museum of Natural History
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Grade
6th - 12th
Subjects
Social Studies & History
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Interactives
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Duration
30 mins
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Internet Access
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What's This?: Early Humans

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Early humans crafted shelters out of whatever materials they could find. A one-question quiz asks learners to identify the type of bones used to construct the hut pictured in a display.

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Concepts

bones, anthropology, archaeology, early humans, artifacts, remote learning, permafrost

Additional Tags

social studies

Instructional Ideas

  • Ask learners to construct a miniature hut (for a doll or action figure, perhaps) out of materials found outside and post photos of their shelters on the class webpage or blog

Classroom Considerations

  • Requires a computer with internet access
  • This resource is only available on an unencrypted HTTP website.It should be fine for general use, but don’t use it to share any personally identifiable information

Pros

  • Includes seven other captioned photos that detail Neanderthal life

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  • None

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