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Vocabulary
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Nouns: Paleolithic, Neolithic, tools,
stone, bone, horn, fire, wood, leather, hunting, hunter, gathering, gatherer,
fur, flint, scraper, nomad, cave, lifestyle, bronze, iron, agriculture,
cattle raising, cave painting, age, tribe, population, crescent, draught,
harpoon, sculpture, drawing, animals ( deer, horse, bison, sheep, cow, goat…)
wall, nature, plant, coal, Venus, figure, clay, family, organization, …
Verbs: to hunt, to gather, to light up,
to warm, to get dressed, to protect, to scrape, to live, to organize, to
rise, to smoothen, to domesticate/tame, to paint, to represent, to feed, to
cook, to exchange, …
Adjectives: nomadic, sedentary, lower, middle,
upper, megalithic, realistic, big, colorful, fertile, smooth, polychromatic,
social, schematic, …
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Structures
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Routines: Who was Charles Darwin? Why is he famous?
The
Paleolithic/ Neolithic/ Iron Age started ….years ago.
What are
the main characteristics of the Paleolithic period/ the Neolithic period/ the
Bronze Age/ the Iron Age? The main
characteristics are …
What are
the differences between life in the Paleolithic and Neolithic? In the Paleolithic man hunted and gathered
fruits and in the Neolithic man started the agriculture and the cattle
raising.
Which
tools did the man use in …?
How was
the Art in the Paleolithic/ Neolithic? What are the most important representations
of the Art in the Paleolithic?
Content: Use the verb
to be in the Past Simple to
describe the events during the different periods: The Paleolithic man was
nomadic.
Use of
the Past simple to describe
events: The Paleolithic man learnt to use the fire.
Use of Present Simple with its historical value: The Paleolithic
period has three main parts: lower, middle and upper.
Use of capital letters for the different
periods.
Use of comparative sentences to speak about
the 4 periods and compare them: Paleolithic paintings are more realistic than
Neolithic paintings. Sculpture in the Neolithic period is simpler than
sculpture in the Paleolithic.
Classroom management: work in groups, work in pairs,
you should do this activity individually.
Answer
the following questions. You have to write true/false sentences. Write true
or false.
Look for
information about … You can look at these links:
You have
to find pictures about …( the art in the Paleolithic and in the Neolithic)
We’re
going to play a game.
You have
to make a presentation about …
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Organization and
class distribution / timing
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1. Timing: 9
sessions. The 1st to introduce the topic, establish the three main
periods that we are going to analyze and study. Look for information about
Charles Darwin and look at the family tree of the Hominids.
The 2nd session: Interview with Charles
Darwin. The Paleolithic and Neolithic, lifestyle and how they made tools:
watching the videos.
The 3rd session: Prepare the
True/False sentences and the questionnaire.
The 4th Session: Do the activities
prepared on the 3rd session.
The 5th session: Paleolithic and Neolithic
Art. Look for information to prepare the oral presentations.
The 6th session: Preparing the
oral presentations.
The 7th session: Oral
presentations.
The 8th session: Bronze and Iron
Age activities.
The 9th session: Evaluation.
2.
Organization: In pairs: to look for information about
Charles Darwin, to draw a timeline, to learn the vocabulary.
In groups: to look for different photos
related to the Art in the Paleolithic and the Neolithic.
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