The Stone Ages

The Stone Ages

A Cave in France

• In 1940, four boys in France stumbled upon cave drawings when looking for their lost dog with a lamp to light their way

• They discovered cave paintings from 1500 B.C.

• Technology: when scientists study the earliest people, the 'technology' those people used then were tools used to solve practical problems

• Their technology was stone tools such as stone axes to cut wood to make fires, and bone needles to sew animal skins into clothing, blankets and tents, to keep them warm and dry!

Multiple Choice

Does technology always mean modern devices such as computers?/ ¿La tecnología siempre significa dispositivos modernos como computadoras?

• Yes/ si

• No, technology just means all the methods people use to solve practical problems/ No, la tecnología solo significa todos los métodos que la gente usa para resolver problemas prácticos

• During this time (2.5 million years ago) in human history, people were hunter-gatherers.

• Men and young boys hunted animals like bison for food.

• Women and young girls gathered the rest of the food including nuts and berries. Sometimes women trapped small animals for food

Multiple Choice

Early Artists crushed colored rocks to make paints. What do you think they used to make white paint?/ Los primeros artistas trituraron rocas de colores para hacer pinturas. ¿Qué crees que usaban para hacer pintura blanca?

• Chalk/ Tiza

• Charcoal/ Carbón

• Iron Oxide/ Oxido de hierro

So chalk made white paint--

• Black paint was made from charcoal

• Red paint was made from iron oxide

• Animal hair made paintbrushes (still done like that today)

Language/ Idioma and more about Tools/ y más sobre herramientas

• Before language was developed, cave drawings helped early humans visually communicate with each other/Antes de que se desarrollara el lenguaje, los dibujos rupestres ayudaron a los primeros humanos a comunicarse visualmente entre sí.

• Metal was important because it could be heated over fire and shaped, so it did not break as easily as rock/ El metal era importante porque se podía calentar sobre el fuego y darle forma, por lo que no se rompía tan fácilmente como la roca.

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Multiple Choice

Which object can be heated over fire and shaped?/ ¿Qué objeto se puede calentar sobre el fuego y darle forma?

• metal

• rock/roca

Multiple Choice

True or False:

Early humans left cave drawings *only* to communicate to people *after* those who made the drawings died/ Verdadero o falso:

Los primeros humanos dejaron dibujos rupestres * solo * para comunicarse con las personas * después * de que los que hicieron los dibujos murieran

• true/ cierto

• false/ falsa

Credibility of Sources

• A source is where you find information, such as online, in encyclopedias (a book or set of books giving information on many subjects or on many aspects of one subject and typically arranged alphabetically), atlases (a collection of maps), almanacs (an annual calendar containing important dates and statistical information such as astronomical data and tide tables) and periodicals (a magazine or newspaper published at regular intervals)

• Ask these questions about any sources that you read:

• What is the purpose of the source?

• Is the purpose to inform (tell people about it factually), persuade (convince one perspective), or entertain?

• Consider the background of the author and what makes them qualified/certified