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Inventions Over Time

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Explore the inventions of the past with a project on ancient tools. After reading an article about hunting during the Archaic period, the Late Prehistoric period, and the Historic period, kids fill in a cause-and-effect chart about the...
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Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of Natural History: Human Characteristics: Tools & Foods

For Students 4th - 6th
Learn about the history of how humans have used tools to meet their need for food, beginning with the ancient tools our ancestors used millions of years ago. Non-human primates also use some tools.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Arrowhead

For Students 9th - 10th
Flint arrowhead, from Prehistoric man.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Arrowhead

For Students 9th - 10th
Flint arrowhead, from Prehistoric man.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Arrowheads of the Stone Age

For Students 9th - 10th
Different forms from Europe, Africa, and North America.-Webster, 1913
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Ax

For Students 9th - 10th
An ax, from Prehistoric man.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Bronze Age Bronze Celts

For Students 9th - 10th
Three bronze celts (axes). Not drawn to scale.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Bronze Age Copper Axes

For Students 9th - 10th
Copper axes from the Bronze age. Not drawn to scale.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Bronze Age Dagger

For Students 9th - 10th
A dagger from the Bronze Age. Not drawn to scale.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Bronze Age Lance Head

For Students 9th - 10th
A lance head from the Bronze Age. Not drawn to scale.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Bronze Age Sword and Scabbard

For Students 9th - 10th
A sword and scabbard from the Bronze Age. Not drawn to scale.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Bronze Age Swords

For Students 9th - 10th
Three swords from the Bronze age, each with different handles. Not drawn to scale.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Chellean Age Chopping Tools

For Students 9th - 10th
Chopping tools used as hand axes in the Chellean age.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Flint

For Students 9th - 10th
Portion of Core, from which flint knives have been chipped; Kent's Cavern. -Taylor, 1904
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Flint Arrowhead

For Students 9th - 10th
Flint arrow-head (Neolithic). -Taylor, 1904
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Flint Stone Tools

For Students 9th - 10th
Palaeolithic Flint Implements from Kent's Cavern, Torquay. -Taylor, 1904
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Hatchets

For Students 9th - 10th
Hatchets used by the ancient tribes of Australia.
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Etc: Clip Art Etc: Mousterian Age Stone Implements

For Students 9th - 10th
Three pictures of early stone implements during the Mousterian age.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Neolithic Flint Knife

For Students 9th - 10th
Ancient Neolithic Flint Knife. -Taylor, 1904
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Etc: Clip Art Etc: Neolithic Implements Axe Hammers

For Students 9th - 10th
Axe-hammers of polished stone. A Neolithic age implement. Not drawn to scale.
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Etc: Clip Art Etc: Neolithic Implements Flint Arrowheads

For Students 9th - 10th
Flint arrow heads. A Neolithic age implement. Not drawn to scale.
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Etc: Clip Art Etc: Neolithic Implements Flint Knife

For Students 9th - 10th
A flint knife, Neolithic age implement. Not drawn to scale.
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Etc: Clip Art Etc: Neolithic Implements Stone and Horn Ax and Hammer

For Students 9th - 10th
Stone and horn ax and hammer. A Neolithic age implement. Not drawn to scale.
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Etc: Clip Art Etc: Neolithic Implements Stone Mallets

For Students 9th - 10th
Stone mallets and the North American Indian method of mounting. A Neolithic age implement. Not drawn to scale.