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Chapter 1: Investigating the Past
Vocabulary
| archeologist | an expert who studies the past by examining objects that people left behind. |
| historian | an expert who studies and records the past |
| geographer | an expert who studies and creates maps of earth's natural and human made features |
| artifact | an object made or used by people in the past |
| prehistoric | before written history |
| ritual | elating to ceremonies, such as a religious ceremony. |
Cornell Notes Each period has a spiral notebook I am using as the students learn how to take notes. P4 - yellow, P6 - blue and p7 - red. The black text is what at least two of the three periods concluded. Use the information gathered from periods than your own to enhance your notes. You may see a question or some information not covered or discussed in your period that was thought of in another.
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SECOND * Based on your notes to the right, come up with possible test questions. Your question must require that the answer be found in your notes. |
FIRST * Key words - First glance through the section and note the key words that "pop out" at you; write them down. * As you read the material, when those key words or any other important information is noted, jot that information with the word in this section.
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* What is a detective? * What are most cave pictures about? * Why are clues important to a mystery? * What is an "educated guess" called? What is history? What were the paintings of in the cave? What is someone who is very smart in their field? What do paintings from the ancient past explain? How are paintings and clues related? What is a clue? What is an investigation? When would an investigation be needed? What do drawings in a cave mean? Why are paintings important for ancient history?
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history - past (Ancient is distant history - a REALLY LONG time ago (BCE); Early humans to early civilizations; study to show how & why things happened hypotheses - educated guess about what happened; based on clues detectives - use clues to solve mysteries; investigate/solve something that is not known hypothesis - an educated guess clues - something left behind; evidence of how people lived mysteries - something we don't know; unknown events paintings - cave pictures/mostly animals; give clues to life long ago expert - someone who is very smart in their field |
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| 2-3 Sentence Summary: A cave with paintings and tools were discovered. Scientists have studied this cave and have determined that it is from the time of pre-historic man. They used the tools and clues to learn about how and when these people lived. | ||
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| scholars archeologist tools scientist geographer human made theories evidence
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