Chapter 1: The Tools of History
Creating a Virtual Museum
Use the Internet or the library to learn more about one of the early hominids discussed in this chapter. Then work with a group of classmates to create a virtual museum exhibit on how early humans lived.
- Provide information about where these early hominids lived, what they ate, what tools and skills they used, and how they survived.
- Use maps, visuals, and sounds to engage your viewers' interest.
- Include documentation of your sources.
Internet Resources
- Human Evolution
- A PBS site that compares early hominids in a simple chart with illustrations.
- http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/tryit/evolution/indext.html
- Hominid Species Timeline
- A Washington State University site that provides a hominid species timeline allowing students to click on each species for specific information and illustrations.
- http://www.wsu.edu:8001/vwsu/gened/learn-modules/top_longfor/timeline/timeline.html
- The Evolution of Hominids
- A simple chart comparing fossil skulls of early hominids, from The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Human Evolution.
- http://www.meta-library.net/ghc-evo/evolu1-body.html