Web Quests

What in the world is a webquest?- an explanation for teachers & parents

Maroo of the Winter Caves & Dar and the Spear-Thrower (choice of either novel)

Biographies of Famous Anthropologists and Archaeologists

Early Man WebQuest

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African Geography

• Download a free-ware game on African Geography
• Maps of the world and countries through "Study Web". Go to the site and click on "geography" and go from there.
• African Geography and Culture site
• Great Rift Valley definition through the Electric Library Encyclopedia site
• The Great Rift: Africa's Changing Valley - the Robinson Research World of Knowledge site- images and descriptions of the geological features.
• The Great Rift Valley- a travel web site with a wonderful description of the flora and fauna.
• Olduvai Gorge- a history
• Olduvai Gorge-from the Thomson Safari Group

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Ancient Man

• Ancient Ice Man of the Alps - all about the Ice Man found in 1991.
• Ötzi's Last Journey- Plants and the Ancient Ice Man of the Alps
• Ötzi: The Man in the Ice A Human Face from the Late Stone Age
• Archaeological Adventure This expedition will show you how archaeologists learn about past civilizations using techniques of fossil hunting, analysis of artifacts, and scientific dating processes.
• Origins of the Native Americans
• The Puzzle of the First Americans- a "Discovering Archaeology" site
• The Beringia Land Bridge that allowed migration of people
• Early Man- many links
• Early Man
• Prehistoric People
• Prehistory
• Human Prehistory: An Exhibition
• An Introduction to Early Man- interactive with maps and thought provoking questions
• The Stone Age
• A Guided Tour of Ancient man
• The Long Foreground : Human Prehistory From Washington State University, a timeline and in depth information.
• Institute of Human Origins
• The Life and Times of Early Man Great resources for students and teachers
• Human Prehistory An exhibition which also contains a list of related web sites
• Hominid Species
• The First Humans
• Era 1: Beginnings of Human Society
• Fossils & Early Migration Patterns in Early Hominids

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Anthropologists

• Dian Fossey
• Donald C. Johanson, Ph.D.
• Anthropology Biographies on the net
• Mary Leakey: Unearthing History: A Scientific American Site

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ARTS

• Petroglyph Pullout
• Painted Cave Paleolithic Painted Cave at Vallon-Pont-d'Arc
• Art History : Prehistoric Art
• Canadian Museum of Civilization
• Petroglyph National Monument
• Rock Art Net
• The Caves of Lascaux- Sponsored by the French Ministry of Culture, this interactive site offers information on the history, discovery, and meaning of these incredible prehistoric paintings.
• Art and Adornment--The hunter gatherers of this era were astonishingly creative and have left great art for us to admire.
• Petroglyph Pullout
• Painted Cave Palaeolithic Painted Cave at Vallon-Pont-d'Arc
• Art History : Prehistoric Art
• Canadian Museum of Civilization
• Petroglyph National Monument
• Rock Art Net

• Stone Age Architectural Ornament

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Hunting and Gathering

• Clear away the misunderstandings Misconceptions about prehistory have dogged our understanding of the Stone Age peoples.
• Find your way in time A Timeline of human development. Human time is long; earth time longer. Find when the hunter gatherers lived.

Tools for Hunting

• Stone Age Handaxes
• How Early Man Hunted
• Habitats and Housing
  • Habitats and Housing
  • Stone Age Architectural Ornament
• Raising the Mammoth- a Discovery Channel site about their TV special
• Early Man Hunting.- Big Game Hunting
• On the Move- Examine the foods available to the hunter gatherers and how they found them.
• Do the Food Quiz After you have visited the hunter gatherers see if you could survive as a hunter gatherer today by picking the right foods. Photos: A J Roberts and G Beaker
• Home Sweet Home-Look at the evidence for the homes built by the hunter gatherers and the caves in which they sheltered.
• Life at Home- Some of the activities around the home fire.
• Stone Age Handaxes
• How Early Man Hunted
• Habitats and Housing
• Ancient Weapons The first part of the Catapult Museum Online explains how ancient humans made tools out of stone and wood, including the bow and arrow. Be sure to click on the highlighted words to get more information.

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Ice Age

• Flints and Stones: Real Life in Prehistory This exhibition takes you into the lives of the inhabitants of Britain and northwest Europe from the time when ice sheets still covered land and sea, until the time when settled farming peoples were cultivating the land.

• The changing climate --See how as the Ice Ages came to an end the world changed around the hunter gatherers.

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Online Games & Fun Stuff

• Human Evolution Shockwave Game (PBS)
• Primitive Spelling Bee (cartoon)- Gary Larson

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Religion

• Meet the Shaman The leader of the Stone Age people will take you into his living world

• Magic and Ritual

  Hints of complex systems of beliefs and rituals reach us from the remains of the hunter gatherers.

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STAGES OF ANCIENT MAN

• Australopithecus
• Australopithecus Africanus
• Australopithecus
• Australopithecus- Lucy
• Introduction to the Australopithecines Species

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• Homo Habilis "Handy Man"
• Homo Habilis
• Homo Habilis- skull images, facts, etc
• Homo Habilis facts

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• Neanderthals

  • Neanderthal man
  • Neadnerthal man museum
  • Early Man
  • Neanderthals: A Cyber Perspective by Kharlena María Ramanan (This site is also available in Spanish)

   

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Homo Erectus "Upright Man"

• Homo Erectus
• Homo Erectus- skull images, facts, etc.
• Homo Erectus

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• Homo Sapiens
  • Homo Sapiens

   

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• Homo Sapien Sapien
  • Homo Sapien Sapien
  • Introduction to Homo Sapien Sapien

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Sites for teachers

For Teachers

• Core Values Internet Resource Value - 6th Grade Curriculum
  
• Ancient History Lesson Plans and Projects by Mr. Donn
• Early Human Culture- A SCORE site
• Early Man in North America: The Known to the Unknown
• Cave Paintings (background, art project idea)
• Cave Art for the Classroom Lesson Plans
• Aboriginal Bark Painting (lesson plans)
• Fossils & Early Migration Patterns in Early Hominids
• Hunting & Gathering
• Teacher Projects
• Nova Online-Teachers
• Education Resources
• Selected References on Human Evolution
• Origin of the American Indians
• National Geographic
• National Geographic Search
• UCSB Anthropology Web Links
• The Life and Times of Early Man Great resources for students and teachers

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Lesson Ideas

• Human Prehistory
• Cro Magnon Caves
• Early Man - Urbana Middle School
• Cave Dwellers in the hall of a Middle School!
• Nova Online for teachers

• Prehistoric Era (Pages through the Ages)
• Evolution Revolution - A ThinkQuest site
• Archaeological Adventure
  Description: An excellent source of information about archaeology. Includes the Archaeological Methods, important archaeological discoveries throughout history, photos of various sites, and links. Comments: This site will be difficult for beginning readers and will require adult help in reading and completing the activities Resource Type: Mix of Text and Graphics Graphics Content: Low

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