Performance Task Resources
Social Studies Gr. 6: Food for Thought

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Becoming Human    
http://www.becominghuman.org/
A great introduction to becoming a human, the evidence, the anatomy, the lineages and the culture: food, fire, tools, religion and more.

Flints and Stones     
http://museums.ncl.ac.uk/flint/menu.html
Explore the lives of the hunter gathers with their shaman and then take a food quiz to see if you could survive as a hunter gatherer today by picking the right foods.

Daily Life in Ancient Civilizations
http://members.aol.com/Donnclass/indexlife.html
Students can explore the daily life of Early Man.  This site includes basic information and links to other resources as well.
Click on Early Man.

Mr. Donn's Ancient History
http://members.aol.com/donnandlee/index.html
Explore the history of early man, click on Early Man.  Scroll down the page to the links to Mrs. Donn's sites on Daily Life in Ancient Civilizations and The Life and Times of Early Man.

NM's Creative Impulse--Prehistory
http://history.evansville.net/prehist.html
A great collection of links on the prehistory of man. Scroll down this page to Daily Life and Culture. Here are some great resources on the daily life, art, buildings and tools of early man.

Prehistoric Britain Guide
http://www.britainexpress.com/History/Prehistory_index.htm
A guide to ancient England and Wales with information on the Bronze Age.

Biozone: Human Evolution
http://www.biozone.co.uk/biolinks/HUMAN_EVOLUTION.html
Here are links to the cultural evolution of man; the tools, buildings, and art.

Guided Tour - Hominid Evolution An Introduction
http://www.hunterian.gla.ac.uk/Archives/OldSite2001/guided/Hominid/
This site from the Hunterian Museum, University of Glasgow, is a guided tour of human evolution.

Evolution
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/
PBS's Website offers an in-depth look at the history and complexities of
evolution. From Darwin's _Origin of Species_ to the role of religion, this
site explores the topic in depth.

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Long Foreground
http://www.wsu.edu:8001/vwsu/gened/learn-modules/top_longfor/overview/overvw1.html
This site is the result of two years of teaching World Cultures at Washington State University.  The site is written for freshmen in college and is an excellent resource for teachers. Long Foreground contains information on Overview of Human Evolution, Hominid Species TimeLine and Human Physical Characteristics.

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The Virtual Presentation
http://www.ukans.edu/cwis/units/coms2/vpa/vpa.htm
The Virtual Presentation Assistant is an online tutorial for improving your public speaking skills. Topics include selecting and researching your topic, analyzing your audience, supporting your points, using visual aids, public speaking Web links, and more.

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