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Unit 1
  • Chapter 1
  • Chapter 2
  • Chapter 3
  • Chapter 4

    • Unit 2
  • Chapter 5
  • Chapter 6
  • Chapter 7

    • Unit 3
  • Chapter 8
  • Chapter 9
  • Chapter 10

    • Unit 4
  • Chapter 11
  • Chapter 12
  • Chapter 13

    • Unit 5
  • Chapter 14
  • Chapter 15
  • Chapter 16
  • Chapter 16A

    • Unit 6
  • Chapter 17
  • Chapter 18
  • Chapter 19
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    Unit 1: Prehistoric Times - Chapter 2: The Neanderthals

    Key Words: Neanderthals, Ice Age, hunter-gatherers, Stone Age, Paleolithic
    Fiction Books
    Scieszke, Jon. Your Mother Was a Neanderthal (Time Warp Trio, 4). New York: Penguin Putnam Book for Young Readers, 2004. The Time Warp Trio travel back in time to the Stone Age and immediately find themselves in trouble. 80 pages. Fiction.
    Nonfiction Books
    Aliki. Wild and Woolly Mammoths. Revised Edition. New York: HarperTrophy Publishers, 1996. Aliki presents beautifully illustrated account of prehistoric times. 32 pages. Nonfiction.

    Bailey, Jill and Tony Seddon. The Young Oxford Book of the Prehistoric World. New York: Oxford University Press, 1995. Illustrated with photographs and reconstructions, this book examines the beginnings of humankind. 160 pages. Nonfiction.

    Brooks, Philip. Prehistoric Peoples: Exploring History. Chicago: Lorenz Books, 2000. Clear, thorough, and concise information is presented in a readable, chronological format. 64 pages. Nonfiction.

    Steele, Philip. The Stone Age: What Life Was Like for the Earliest Humans (Find Out About). Southwater Publishing, 2000. Visually attractive with photographs, maps, and time lines, this book examines the hunter-gatherer societies of prehistoric times. Also includes instructions for related hands-on projects. 64 pages. Nonfiction.

    Web Sites
    http://www.becominghuman.org
    Becoming Human. Renowned paleoanthropologist Donald Johanson narrates documentaries about human evolution on this visually stunning site. Explore the various "exhibits" presented in each section that cover the scientific methods of collecting and interpreting fossil data, human anatomy, and other related topics. Try some of the educational games on the "Learning Center" page; your teacher can use the lesson plans provided on the site for each of the activities.

    http://www.creswell-crags.org.uk/virtuallytheiceage/
    Virtually the Ice Age. How would you have lived during the Ice Age? What tools and skills would you need to stay alive? This site helps you rate your chances of survival using a fun quiz and interactive pictures that reveal how people dressed, gathered food, and used animals for work. Don't leave the site without entering a Neanderthal cave found in the "Activities" section.

    http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/neanderthals
    NOVA Online: Neanderthals on Trial. Pretend that you are on a dig and "unearth" artifacts at a virtual excavation site. See how you can interpret the data you find, just like an archaeologist would do.

    http://dsc.discovery.com/convergence/cavemen/cavemen.html
    Discovery Channel: Walking with Cavemen. Enter a virtual Neanderthal cave on this Discovery Channel web site. Other options include seeing pictures of important fossil finds and viewing a slide show on what distinguishes people from animals.

    http://sapphire.indstate.edu/~ramanank
    Neanderthals: A Cyber Perspective. Were Neanderthals creative? Did they talk the way that we do? Neanderthals did more than just hunt and gather. They made art, helped the sick, and might have believed in a world beyond death. Journey through the Neanderthal culture on these pages.

    http://www.nationalgeographic.com/
    National Geographic. Discover maps of the world, historical photographs, and interactive adventures on the National Geographic site.