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Prehistoric Museum & Educational Center: Checklist

-Real World Details:You currently work at a museum and your next major projectis to create displays within the museum that demonstrate prehistoric times. The displays should represent all defining components of prehistory. Your task is to design a plan describing how you’re going to incorporate all essential conceptsin the museum/center in ways that will ensure that your visitors will be engaged, interested, and have fun! This plan will be presented to the board of directors.

Your plan/finished product may be in any format:Google Slides, Prezi, Poster, Minecraft, etc.

*How are you going to help your visitors be engaged, learn, and have fun?

*The questions on this set of requirements are to be answered in your descriptions of your plan. How are you going to inform and educate your visitors of the concepts below?

*What are your visors going to do and see?

Concepts… Focus prompts to include in your descriptions…

  • ______/3 -Creative Name of Museum/Education Center:

-1 Point for inclusion + 1 Point for creativity + 1 Point for relevancy

  • ______/6 -Archaeology:

-A. What isarcheology?(2 Points)

-B. Evaluatehow effective archeologists are in uncovering the past.(2 Points)

-C. Describe how archeologist use artifacts to learn about the past. (2 Points)

  • ______/3 -Anthropology:

-A. Determine the value of anthropology in learning about past cultures.(3 Points)

  • ______/4-Prehistory:

-A. Examine the period of time known as prehistory. (2 Points)

-B. How does archaeology play a role in understating prehistoric life?(2 Points)

  • ______/6 –The Paleolithic Age:

-A. How do you think people today would handle the way ancient people lived during thePaleolithic Age?(3 Points)

-B. Evaluate the importance of hunting and gathering skills during Paleolithic times.(3 Points)

  • ______/8-Paleolithic Developments:

-A. What were the 4 specific development of the Paleolithic Age? (2 Points)

-B. Conclude how the 4Paleolithic developments each helpedearly people advance and live better lives.(4 Points)

-C. Examine the 2 groups of early people during the Paleolithic Age?(2 Points)

  • ______/7 –The Neolithic Age:

-A. Determine what people discovered and started doing during this time that led tothe Neolithic Revolution?(4 Points)

-B. Why did changes occur in the way people lived between the Paleolithic and Neolithic Ages?(3 Points)

  • ______/17 -The Neolithic Revolution and Beginnings of Civilization:

-A. What isdomesticationand how did it help early people advance.(4 Points)

-B. Evaluate the cause and effect relationship between the Neolithic Revolution and the development of civilization. *Include these within your response…

-a. What happened to population during this time? (2 Points)

-b. Determine why early villages/settlements started (2 Points)

-c. Describe Specialization (2 Points)

-d. What were the3 jobs/occupations created that came about during this time (3 Points)

-e. Examine the role of the chief within Neolithic government (2 Points)

-f. Describe religious beliefs during the Neolithic Age (2 Points)

  • ______/10 -Related Objects: -A. Include 5 specific objects that will be in your displays. They can be drawn, graphic design, or hand-made. Must be school appropriate!

(1 Point for relevancy/creativity + 1 Point for neatness for each object)

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______/64 Total Points

BE CREATIVE and HAVE FUN!