Monday, September 19, 2011

Stone Age: You Are There

Today you have a unique opportunity. Today you will experience the Stone Age. You will not be reading about it, you will not be watching a video about it, you will not be doing worksheets about it, and you will not be listening to me talk about it. True, those are all ways you can learn about something, but today, you will be learning about the Stone Age by actually going there. That's right. You will warp back in time and spend one day in the Stone Age. While you are there, you have two goals: Learn about this wild and uncivilized place and survive. Throughout your day in the Stone Age, you will have to make decisions on what you are going to do. The decisions you make will have consequences-some good, some bad. But it is up to you to make them, and deal with the outcome. With that said, let's get on to our task below...

Task #1: Play the game "Stone Age: You Are There." Throughout your experience, you will record your journey on your "score sheet." Keep track of your decisions, consequences and point total. At the end, ask yourself, "How did my day in the Stone Age go?" then tell me about it on your sheet. YOU MUST USE COMPLETE SENTENCES.
BONUS QUESTIONS: (post a comment with your answers. In-class activity. You may have to go back and find the answers in the game) 
1. List 3 animals from this game.
2. What is found in caves that helps us learn about the Stone Age?
3. What is the best method of hunting the Irish Elk?
4. What tool is most effective in cutting through rough animal hide?
5. Describe a neanderthal. (3 things).

Task #2: Replay the game making different decisions. Fill out another score sheet.
Task #3: Read about the Stone Age. With these two links: Mr. Donn's Early Humans and Prehistoric Humans at Kidspast.





102 comments:

6faith b said...

Bonus Questions:
1. sloth, elk, and hogs
2. cave paintings
3.running them off a cliff
4. an ax made by a sharp rock
5. grunting, spears and clubs

3Jacob J said...

Task #1 Sabre Tooth Tiger, Mammoth, Irish Elk. Drawings, Artifact, and art that help us learn about them.Chassing them off a cliff. An Ax made of sharp rooks. Ugly, Not good with words, and are not smart.

3masonv said...

#1 Three animals are saber tooth,a wolly mamoth, Irish Ilk.
#2The wrighting on the walls helped me find out how to hunt
#3 The best method is is to chase then off cliffs
#4 The tool is a hand axe.
#5 Neanderthals have brains the size of a pea,they make hand axes for making hides they chase elk off clifs to kill them

6masonR said...

1. Saber Tooth tiger,Mammoth,and Irish Elk
2.Cave Art
3.Chasing it off the clif
4.a spear made from rock
5.stuipd,stinky,and they talk funny

6Charliew said...

BONUS Q's
1:Sabertooth,Mammoth,Giant Elk

2:Wall paintings.

3:Chasing it off a cliff

4:A homeade axe.

5:A human,the male/female of there time,also known as (cave-man/women).

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9NoahH said...

mammoth, saber tooth, Irish elk
cave paintings
run them off a cliff
hand ax
not smart, uses everything, helpful

3 Dylan B said...

1: Irish Elk, giant ground sloth,Saber Tooth Tiger.
2: Cave piantings.
3: Chasing off cliff.
4: Hand ax.
5: They have pea brains. Don't know how to talk. Huge heads,foreheads,and feet.

9maryas said...

1- A Irish Elk, a Sabre Tooth Tiger, and Giant Sloth.

2- A 10ft giant sloth and some other neanderthals that heped me get out of the cave.

3- Chasing it off a cliff.

4- Using a Hand Ax.

5- Neanderthals are dumb they do not know how to do stuff like we do now a day and they created there own language so you would not understand them if you were talking to them.

3sarag said...

sabra tooth tigar, Irirsh elk,and wholly mammoth. art work made by the cave men so we know what animals there was. the best method is to have a lot of people stab it with spears. hand held ax. the neanderthanls did not have big brains,they made monkey noises,they know how to make elk into food.

9loreta h said...

Mammoth, bunnie, sabre tooth cat and elk. pictures, words and drawings. chasing it off a cliff. ax or rocks.

4sydneyn said...

1.bison, elk, and rabbit
2.cave art
3.pushing it off a cliff
4.a hand ax
5.A neadrathal can't really communicate with words. The definition of a neadrathal means a person who lived during the stone age. They were sometimes very clumsy.

4 Natalie W said...

1. Giant Wholly Mammoth, Giant Ground Sloth, Irish Elk.
2. Paintings that showed how they hunted and what animals they hunted. It also showed about their daily life.
3. Chase it off a cliff.
4. A hand ax made out of a sharp rock.
5. Neanderthals are a type of human specie but different than us because they dont no how to talk. They have huge heads,huge foreheads, large hands and feet and they slump over as they walk. Also they are short and squatty and have a different look than regular humans.

8grace b said...

1. Sabre Tooth, Rabbit, and a Irish Elk

2. There are paintings in the caves that tell us about the Stone Age.

3. The best method of hunting Irish Elk is running them off a cliff.

4.The tool that is most effective cutting through rough animal hide is a stone axe with a sharp edge.

5. Neanderthals cant communicatewith a language. They slunp over when they walk. They are very dirty people.

4 elizabeth d said...

1. Wholly Mammoth, Sabre Tooth Tiger, bird, and a rabbit.

2.Cave art

3. Run them off the cliff

4. Hand Ax

5. grunts, Not smart, Slump over walk, huge foreheads, larger heads, huge heads, lager feet,long dirty beard.

4courtneyk said...

Task 1:Saber Tooth Tiger, Bird, An Elk.
1) Arrow head, Pottery, Hand Ax.
2) To chase it off the cliff.
3) A hand ax
4) They make grunting noises, they know how to kill bison, they are not very smart.

3gracie l said...

task #1. my day went really good in the stone age. exept sometimes i would make some bad decisions! i think i would like to go back again there sometime! the stone age is fun, exiting, and sometimes scary! but it was fun.

4kj davis said...

Task#1 Part#2:
1.Sabre Tooth Tiger, Giant Sloth, The Irish Elk.
2.Cave Art
3.Because the Elk is so big, you need to chase it off the cliff.
4.A Hand Ax is most effective
5.Neanderthals are Apelike, Kinda Dumb, and they are Survivors; those that survived anyway.

3gracie l said...

BONUS QUESTIONS

1.the Irish elk, the wooly mammoth and the sabre tooth tiger.
2.the cave showed us what types of animals there were in the stone age but not all of them. some of them you had to figure out your self.
3.the best way to hunt an irish elk is by chasing it off a cliff by letting it see fire or a kind of flame.
4.the best way to cut through a animal hide is to take a big rock and smash it. then find a sharp peice. ( a hand ax.)
5. 1. a neanderthal is a different kind of human bean. 2. a neanderthals are not that smart either! 3. a neanderthal is also dresses diferent than us and they live there life different than us. (in the stone age)

3Hannah H said...

1. Mammoth, Sabre toothed tiger, Giant Sloth
2. Cave art was found in cave to help us along the way.
3. The best way of killing the Irish Elk was to run him off a cliff.
4. An ax was the tool that cut threw rough animal hide.
5. These Neanderthal have huge foreheads, huge heads, larger hands and feet, and they slump over when they walk.

8Sadie said...

1.Sabre tooth,Irish Elk,and Rhino.2.Pictures.3.runing it off a cliff.4.Make A Hand Ax.5.A neanderthal is a human specie but different than us,they bassically don't know how to talk,and they motion with there hands and head.

6Maggie L said...

Task #1: Giant Irish Elk, Mammoth, Sabre Tooth. The paintings. Running it off a cliff. Not very smart, hairy, short and wide.

3Jonas K said...

1. Sabre Tooth Tiger, Mammoth,Irish Elk

2. Drawings

3. Chasing it off a Cliff

4. A Hand Axe

5. Neanderthals have huge heads, huge foreheads, larger hands and feet, and they slump over when they walk.

9 Sydnee P said...

1. Mammoth, Sabre tooth tiger, and Irish elk
2.paintings on the walls
3.chasing it off a cliff
4.a hand-ax
5. stinky, dirty, and unable to pronounce words

3 rashay a said...

1.Mamoth
Saber Tooth
Rabbit

2 Painting that show animals and other things like stories.

3. To chase it off of a cliff

4 An axe made out of stone is the best way to cut animal skin.
5. They have a pea size brain.
A type of humans but diffrent than us.They make weaird monkey noises

3felicityk said...

Bonus Questions 1 a mammoth, a sabre tooth tiger, a rabbit. 2 drawings about what kinds of animals there were and how they hunted. 3 chasing it over a cliff. 4 a hand ax.

3 Bryce A said...

1.Wooly Mammoth, Sabertooth Tiger, and Irish Elk.
2.either cave art or cave pictures
3.Chasing it after it until it falls of a cliff
4.hand axe
5.Neanderthals have huge heads, huge foreheads, and larger hands.
This is what i forgot to do

9KelsyS. said...

1. Elk,Mammoth,Sabre tooth tiger
2.Wall art
3.To run them off a cliff.
4. Arrowhead
5.A Netherland speaks dutch,Netherlands live in europe, they drive on the right side.

9AriannaS said...

1.the three animals are the elk,mammoth,and the Sabre tiger.
2.they were drawings of different animals.
3.runningit off the cliff and other huntersd are at the bottom waiting to get it
4. a ax is good for cutting though it.
5. neanderthal is an extinct species of human that was widely distuted in Ice Age Europe between c.120,000-35,000 years ago

3 Alexis S said...

1: I found these animals, Woolly mammmoth, Sabre tooth tiger, and giant elk.

2: What I found in the cave is cave art.

3: The best method is chasing them off a cliff.

4: The best tool to use is a hand made axe.

5:Things thatn describe a neanderthal: Huge heads and foreeads, they slump over when they walk, and they are dirty and stinky

6kinsey l said...

1. Sabre Tooth. Mammoth. Giant Irish Elk.
2.Paintings
3.Chasing them off cliffs.
4.A rock made into an ax.
5. Short, muscluar, and good at hunting.

6alex m said...

1. Sabre tooth cat,wholly mammoth, and rabit.
2.Lasaux
3.You drive them of a cliff
4.an axe
5.the are dirty,smelly, and have bugs and maggots.

3seths said...

1.mamoth,bird,rabbit
2.the art in the cave and it was how they hunted
3.to chase the elk off a cliff
4.making a hand ax out of a sharp rock
5.it is a type of human specie but different than us it can not communicate with language they basically do not know how to talk they grunt snort they motion with their hands and head but they can not actually say words they cant write things down for you to read either they have huge heads huge foreheads larger hands and feet and they slump over as they walk they have long dirty beards and matted down with hair that is also very long these peeps are very dirty and stinky they are short and squatty giving them a much different look than regular humans so as you try to communicate with it you get very frustrated because you cant understand it

3ValoreeH said...

1.Mammoth, Saber Tooth Tiger, Irsh Elk.
2.Paintings
3.Chaseing it off a cliff.
4.Hand Ax
5.They have a pea-sized brain,They speak a diferent language,and they are a different speicie than us.

3Rebecca s said...

#1 Sabre Tooth, Mammoth,Elk
#2 Paintings of stone age animals
#3 Chase it off a cliff
#4 A hand Ax
#5 Short,squatty,different look then regular humans.

8kaitlyn w said...

1: Irish Elk, Sabre Tooth, Rabbit
2: Paintings that the people that lived in the Stone Age drew.
3: To chase the Irish Elk of the cliff.
4: A hand made ax.
5: Hairy, not the bright, short.

KaitlynG9 said...

1. Irish elk, Sabre tooth cat, and a wooly mammoth.
2. Cave art.
3. Chasing it off a cliff.
4. A hand ax.
5. A Neandrathal is some one who lived in the stone age. The usually were dirty and smelly. They hunted with bows and arrows.

3 Braiden P said...

1:saber Tooth,Mammoth,Irish elk.
2:CAve drawing/paintings.
3:Chasing them off a big cliff.
4:A ax
5:Big nasty beards,big forehead,hunch back

3 hailey s said...

For hunting the irish elk the best method is chase them off a clif.

The best tool for cutting through animal hide is a hand ax.

The thing in the cave is cave paintings.

One animal is a saber tooth tiger,two is a wholly mammoth,three is a rabit.

they slump when they walk, large hands and feet and ,have long dirty beards.

Mr. D. said...

Great Game Mr. Klumper!

3marshalle said...

1-Mammouth,sabor tooth,gaint sloth
2-cave paintings
3-chase them off a cliff
4-hand ax
5-have dirty baeads,slump over when they walk,very dirty skin,have huge heads,short and sqatey.

9lindseys said...

1 sabor tooth mammoths elk
2 cave paintings
3 running them off a cliff
4 a ax made out of a rock
5 grunting spears clues

Keanan B said...

1:saber tooth cat,mammoth,Irish elk
2:cave paintings
3:chase them off a huge cliff
4:an ax
5:ugly,beards,small brain

8hannahh said...

1 Irish elk sabor tooth and mammoth
2 that they painted in the caves
3 casing it off the cliff
4 making a knife out of a rock ( ax)
5 big forheads not smart and hairy

4kyle n said...

Animals- Irish elk, Sabre Tooth Tiger, Buffalo.
Caves- cave art.
Irish Elk- running them off the cliff.
Cutting Elk- using a hand ax.
Neanderthols- they have big beards, they smell, and they have very small brains.

3Cade T said...

1: saber tooth elk and a mammoth.
2: Cave paintings.
3: Run it off a cliff.
4: A hand ax
5: big forehead and long beard and they slump when they walk.

4bradyd said...

1.Sloth,Elk,and Mammoth

2.Paintings or Artifacts

3.Chasing it off a cliff

4.Stone axe

5.Do not communicate with a language,Short, and very dirty

4jerrodw said...

1.Sabortooth
2.Cave paintings
3.Chasing the Irish Elk off the cliff.
4.A hand ax
5.Ugly,small brain,smelly

4mackenzieh said...

1: elk, rabit,sabre tooth tiger
2: Lascaux and Chauvet
3:chase the elk off a cliff
4:a hand ax
5: huge heads,feet, and hands

6kevin G said...

saber tooth tiger mammoth Elk
Cave paintings
chase them off a cliff
hand ax
no brains, almost no cloths,no shoos

8 henry w. said...

1 mammoth saber tooth elk
2artifacts
3run it off a cliff
4stone
5small hairry strong

8Kennedyv said...

1.Saber tooth, mammoth, and elk.
2.Cave paintings.
3.Chasing the elk elk off the cliff.
4.A hand ax.
5.Small brain, smelly, and ugly.

8Kennedyv said...

1.Saber tooth, mammoth, and elk.
2.Cave paintings.
3.Chasing the elk elk off the cliff.
4.A hand ax.
5.Small brain, smelly, and ugly.

6rylie n said...

Sloth,elk,mammoth
Cave paintings
Chasing Irish elfs off cliffs
Hand ax
Short dirty big forhead

4freya g said...

Task1-
1.Sabre tooth tiger, mammoth, Irish elk.
2.cave drawings
3.using torches
4.hand axe
5.forehead sticks out, eyes are sucked in, dirty.

8McClaneA said...

1.saber tooth tiger,Elk,Bison
2.Cave Paintings
3.Chasing them off a cliff
4.A hand Ax
5.Ugly,hairy,smelly

3paigem said...

Task 1 Mammoth, Sabertooth, elk.

Task 2 Pictures of how they lived

Task 3 chasing them off a cliff

Task 4 Hand ax out of a sharp rocl

Task 5 ugly, early finds, made tools out of bones

6hannahb said...

#1sabertooth,sloth, mammoth.

#2paintings artifacts.

#3to chase them of a cliff.

#4 hand ax.

#5 short,smell,have a big forehead.

3lacey e said...

1.Sabor tooth,Wooly Mamoth,Irsh Elk
2.Pictures or carvings
3.Chasing it off a cliff
4.Ax out of rock
5.Ugly,,made things out of bones or other objects

8max w said...

(1) Sabre Tooth Tiger, Holy Mammoth, and Irish Elk.
(2) There are pictures that show everything about the Stone Age.
(3) The best method is to chase the Irish Elk off a cliff.
(4) Hand axe is easiest to cut through animal hide.
(5) Not that good looking, hairy, and walks funny.

8ethanl said...

saber tooth tiger irish elk and mammoth.#2 helped me hunt#3 running it off a cliff #4 axe #5 dumb smelly.

6reesv said...

1.Saber tooth, elk, and mammoth.
2.Cave paintings that tell about how they hunted.
3.Running it off a cliff.
4.Hand Axe.
5.Ugly, hairy, and walks odd.

2Ebright said...

1. mammoth, sloth, elk
2. rocks to sharpen
3. hunt in groups
4. hand axe for cutting through hides
5. eyes in back of head, not that smart, doesn't speak clearly

8Kaitlin A. said...

sloth,elk,mamth
artifacts
runing it off a cliff
hand ax
groose dirty smelly

8johnnyf said...

1 mamth and sloth and elk
2 Artfacts
3 runing off a cliff
4 hand ax
5 groose dirty smelly

Cole Jensen4 said...

Mammoth sloth and irish elk and cave painting that show how they hunted and run the elk off a cliff hand axe and short ugly and fast

6braydenh said...

1 irish elk, sabertooth tiger, mammoth.
2 arrow heads pottery.
3 chase it off the cliff.
4 hand ax.
5 bulgy forehead,short,fast.

6makaila said...

it was even better the second time

6grante said...

1.mammoth,sloth and irish elk
2.artifacts
3.running of a cliff
4.hand axe
5.harry, stinky, dirty

9christinec said...

1.Sloth,elk, and hogs
2.Cave paintings
3.Running them off a cliff
4.Hand ax
5.Grunting, spears, and clubs

4MoellerN said...

1. sabre tooth, mammoth, irish elk.2. cave paintings.
3. driving them off a cliff.
4. the hand ax.
5. curious, selfish, creative.

elizabethb4 said...

task 1:Some animals from the game are saber tooth cat,mammoth, and a elk

ColeJensen4 said...

1. sloth, elk, and hogs
2. cave paintings about how they hunt
3.running them off a cliff
4. an ax made by a sharp rock
5. grunting, very short and fast

9derekg said...

1. Sabre Tooth Tiger, Woolly Mammoth, Irish Elk.
2. Cave art
3. Chase them off a cliff with fire.
4. Hand ax
5. Short, eyes are sunken back, strong.

3alyssaf said...

1.mammoth,elk,bison
2.cave art
3.running them off a cliff
4.a hand ax
5.hairy,dirty,daring

4Chris J. said...
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12colee said...

1. saber tooth tiger,mammoth,irish elk.
2. the cave drawing,s.
3. to chace it off a cliff.
4. the hand axe.
5. not smart,eyes in back of head and smelly.

3eddie said...
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3eddie said...

1.saber tooth/elk/mammath/
2.cave art
3.throwing off cliff
4.hand axe
5.ugiy short big hands lot of beard strong

9JT L said...
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4chris said...

1.saber tooth tiger, bison, irish elk
2.cave art
3. running them off a cliff
4. a hand ax
5. short, stout, hairy, big nose

9 J.T. L. said...

1 sabre tooth cat/mammoth/elk
2 cave paintings
3 chase it off a cliff
4 hand axe
5 short, hairy, big nose

Anonymous said...

Dawson Schaap--Bonus Questions

1. elk, mammoth, sabre tooth tiger
2. cave art showing the animals they hunted.
3. chasing them off a cliff.
4. a sharp rock
5. They cant talk, they are smelly, stinky, and hairy.

6taylor r said...

task #1 Irish Elk, saber tooth cat, and mammoth.
Task #2 cave art, showing how they hunted animals.
Task #3 chasing it of the cliff.
Task #4 sharp rock
task #5 They are short, big noses, and low intelligence.

4Kane T said...

1
Irsh Elk 1
Bird 2
Saber Tooth Tiger 3

2
cave art

3
Running it of a clif with torchs

4
hand AX

5
Small Big noses Tough

8dawson s said...

1 sadra tooth cat,mammoth,Irish Elk

2 cave panting

3 chase it off a cliff

4 hand axe

5 small,hair,drity

9maxh said...

1 bird
2 irish elk
3 saber tooth tiger

cave art

running them off a cliff

hand ax

dirty, stinky, strong

6paige d said...

task #1 Irish Elk, saber tooth cat, and mammoth.
Task #2 cave art, showing how they hunted animals.
Task #3 chasing it of the cliff.
Task #4 sharp rock
task #5 They are short, big noses, low intelligence, and squatty

9 Jadah T said...

1. Mammoth, Sabre toth tiger, Bison

2. Cave art

3. Chasing them off a cliff

4. A sharp rock

5. Short, Dirty, and muscular

4Mitchell G said...

1 Irish Elk, Saber Tooth Cat, and Mammoth.

2 Cave art.

3 Run them off the cliff.

4 Hand axe.

5 Small brain, talk by grunting and snorting, large hands and feet.

9AmandaO Said... said...

1.Irish Elk,Cave Sloth,and a Wooly Mammoth.
2.caveart
3.Chasing them off a cliff.
4.A handaxe
5.Large nose,short and stalky, protrudeing foreheads.

4Rachael c said...

1)Giant three toed sloth,Irish elk,and woolly mammoth.

2)cave art

3)Chasing them off cliffs

4)Hand axe

5)Short,dirty,big noses

8austine said...

1) Mammoth, Hare, Saber tooth cat.
2)Cave art.
3)Chaseing them off cliffs.
4)Hand ax.
5)Big nose, short stocky, long untamed hair.


this is my 2nd time.

3 TessaJ said...

1. sloth,Irish elk,Wolly mammoth.

2.Cave art

3. Chasing them off a cliff

4.Hand ax

5.Short,dirty,big noses

6jordana said...

1. sloth,Irish elk,woolly mammoth.

2. Cave Art.

3. Chasing them off a cliff.

4. Hand ax.

5. Short, dirty and big noses.

6TrevorD said...

Saber tooth tiger, Wooly Mammouth,Irish Elk. Cave art. Chasing the elk off a cliff. The han ax. Short,big noses,big forheads.

9abigails said...

1.Sloth,Elk,and Hogs
2. Cave Paintings
3.Making them run off acliff
4.A ax made by a sharp rock
5.Grunting,Spears and Clubs

9abigails said...

1.giant sloth,irish elk and wolly mammoth
2.Cave paintings
3.Making them run off a cliff
4.A ax made by a sharp rock
5.huge noses,very low intellingence, huge molars

6LUCAS S. said...

1. Sabretooth Tiger,Wooly Mammoth
2. Caveart
3. Making them run off a cliff]
4. a ax made out of sharp rock
5. huge noses,very low intellingence, huge molars

6Emily R said...

1. Irish Elk, Giant Sloth, and Saber Tooth Tiger.

2. Cave paintings

3. Chasing them off a cliff

4. A axe made by sharp rock

5. Short, huge noses, and big molars.

6nrooke t said...

1. Sloth, Elk, wolly mammoth
2. cave paintings
3.running it off a cliff
4.ax made by rock
5. realy big noses, low intellingence, big molars

8Intisar K said...

Irish elk, mammoth and the Sabre tooth cat. We can find cave art and artifacts in caves. The best method for hunting elk is chasing it off a cliff so the large beast falls over the edge. The best tool for cutting animals hide is the hand axe. A neanderthal is short, stocky, but has very powerful limbs. They aren't very attractive with large foreheads and dirty hair and clothing.