Warm UpYou will be given 5 minutes to answer the following question:

Think back to the documentary we saw last class on the Ice Age. What do you notice about the environment? How did it look differently from the environment we are used to living in

today?

Reminders….

1. Open notebook test will be FRIDAY. Spend some time at home organizing yourself so you are prepared.

2. Current events due FRIDAY.

3. We will continue the positive behavior chart all week. The winners will receive a prize next week.

Objective

SWBAT understand how people adapted to survive during the Ice Ages.

Ice Age Clips!!!!

Ice AgeThe Ice Age began about 100,000 years ago, and was a long period of extreme cold that affected all of earth.

It was a time of major environmental disturbance, and the changes that it brought threatened the very survival of humans

Why do you think the Ice Age threatened human survival?(Turn and talk)

The most recent Ice age occurred 100,000 years ago, and affected areas of Europe, Asia, and even parts of North America

What is this?(Turn and talk)

As glaciers grew larger, the ocean levels lowered, creating a strip of dry land that allowed the nomads to travel to North America. From their people moved to many different regions.

Lets collaborate together to compare and contrast the Paleolithic time and the Ice Ages through a venn diagram.

Independent Practice

Please read “How Did the Ice Ages Affect Humans” and answer the following in a 5-7 sentence paragraph: How were people able to adapt to survive the Ice Ages?

Group WorkUse the picture that has been provided to you:

Group 1- Using the clues in the picture, what technology have people developed since the early Paleolithic Age that helped them adapt to colder conditions?

Group 2- Why do you think early people made a shallow hole lined with stones to hold a fire?

Group 3- How do you think humans today might adjust if there were another drastic change in Earths climate?

Group 4- What do you hypothesize to be going through the minds of these family members? What might they be thinking about? What are they concerned about?

Exit Ticket

How did people adapt to survive during the Ice Age?

Homework

Pretend you are a mother or father who lives during the Ice Age. In a paragraph, please describe what daily life is like.