Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Saturday, April 23, 2011
About our story, Human Being
*Donald Johanson is an american paleoanthropologist known for the discovery of Lucy.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Johanson
Really interesting! I really recommend it:
http://www.becominghuman.org/node/interactive-documentary
And int he same link you have this timeline:
http://www.becominghuman.org/node/human-lineage-through-time
Here you have some games about the evolution and similiarities between humans and apes:
http://www.becominghuman.org/node/chromosome-connection
http://www.becominghuman.org/node/building-bodies
Isis and Osiris
http://www.mythicjourneys.org/bigmyth/2_eng_myths.htm
http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/gods/story/main.html
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
THE HISTORY OF INVENTION AND TECHNOLOGY: FIRE
From: http://biombohistorico.blogspot.com/2011/02/en-busca-del-fuego.html
Stone Age tools
I'm sorry it is in Spanish, but I think it is worth watching!
Using measurements of time and chronology
COUNTING YEARS
WHEN we count the years we establish a chronology. The British system uses ordinal numbers (1st, 2nd, 3rd, 14th, 21st…) while the Spanish system uses Roman numbers (s.I, s.II, s.III, s.XIV, s.XXI)
10 years - a decade
100 years – a century (e.g. 1st century-s.I from the year 101 to 200)
1,000 years - a millennium (e.g. 2nd millenium-s.XX from the year 1001 to 2000)
Today we are in the CHRISTIAN ERA. Our era began 2006 years ago, when Christ was born.
Dates before Christ: BC
Dates after Christ: AD (Anno Domini)
PLACING EVENTS IN TIME: the timeline
6000.BC 476.AD 1492 1789
Writing appears Collapse Discovery French Revolution
Year 0 Roman Empire America
/ / / / /
Prehistory Ancient Age Middle Ages Modern Age Contemporary Age
Exercises:
1. Write down the centuries for these years (use both the English and the Roman systems):
e.g.: 124 = 2nd century - siglo II
370 BC 84 BC 2100 BC 683 BC
739 215 BC 181 100
1767 1323 BC 500 1817 BC
900 1500 1618 873
2. Write down any year for these centuries:
15th cent - s. XV 26th BC - s. XXVI a.C. 11th cent - s.XI
19th BC - s.XIX a.C. 20th cent - s.XX 1st BC - s.I a.C.
12th cent - s.XII 7th BC - s.VII a.C. 16th cent - s.XVI
3. Which of these years is nearer our time: 1132 BC or 1194 BC?
4. What century was it 2357 years ago?
5. How many years are there from 958 b.C. to 1311?
6. What's the 11th - XI century's first year and 10th - X century's last year?
7. Write down the first and the last year for these dates:
The second milenium b.C. 15th century
2nd century b.C. 18th century
Elena del Pozo
PREHISTORY
Introduction to Prehistory
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What does Palaeolithic mean?
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What is Atapuerca? Why is it important?
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Where is it? ____________________________________________________________
What can you find there?
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Write about the most important fact you think it is there.
Thank you!