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Indiana University

Indiana University: Human Origins and Evolution in Africa

For Students 9th - 10th
A website that catalogs links related to human origins and evolution in Africa. The links contain teaching resources, research information, and images.
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Activity
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Actvity: Early Ancestors

For Students 9th - 10th
How much do you know about our early ancestors? In this activity you will explore our early ancestors and the evolutionary processes that led to human evolution.
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McGraw Hill

Glencoe Biology: Primate Evolution: Chapter Test Practice

For Students 9th - 10th
Fifteen multiple-choice test practice questions covering primate evolution. Students have the opportunity to check their answers after submitting their results.
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Website
Curated OER

Cbc: The Great Human Odyssey: Homo Sapiens: Child of the Ice Age

For Students 9th - 10th
A fascinating look at where humans came from. The interactive journey begins in Ethiopia over four million years ago with our ancestor, Ardipithecus ramidus. It continues at intervals along a timeline up to the present. The journey is...
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Unit Plan
Other

Big History Project: Chapter 4: Humans

For Students 9th - 10th
Big History Project takes a comprhensive look at humans. From evolution to migration, agriculture to complex civilizations, students and teachers will be intrigued by this interactive learning module.
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Handout
Other

64 Parishes: Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities

For Students 9th - 10th
64 Parishes is a project of the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities. Explore Louisiana's past, reflect on our present, and imagine the future. 64 Parishes represents the evolution of tradition, creating content that reflects the...
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Primary
National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: America in Class: America in the 1920s: Felix the Cat

For Students 9th - 10th
The National Humanities Center presents collections of primary resources compatible with the Common Core State Standards - historical documents, literary texts, and works of art - thematically organized with notes and discussion...
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Article
BBC

Bbc: Week of 12 23 13: Neanderthals Could Speak Like Modern Humans

For Students 9th - 10th
How do you imagine Neanderthals to have sounded? Have you ever considered that they might sound like you? Read this article to explore what a new study now says about the speaking capabilities of these creatures.
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Website
Palomar Community College District

Palomar College: Homo Heidelbergensis

For Students 9th - 10th
A resource detailing the research of human evolution. Find comparisons between Homo heidelbergensis and Homo erectus. Images and charts help understand the process of human change over the last 800,000 years.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Quiz: How Our Ancestors Evolved

For Students 9th - 10th
A fourteen question quiz about human evolution. Test your knowledge of how our ancestors have evolved.
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University of Washington

University of Washington: The Great Rift Valley of Eastern Africa

For Students 9th - 10th
An overview of the Great Rift Valley complete with a discussion of the plate tectonics, volcanoes, and climate of the valley. Of particular interest is the section on Apekind to Mankind: Human Evolution in the Great Rift Valley. Reasons...
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McGraw Hill

Glencoe Biology: Hominoids to Hominins: Self Check Quiz

For Students 9th - 10th
Answer these five multiple-choice questions about human evolution. After answers are submitted, students can review their mistakes.
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Lesson Plan
Discovery Education

Discovery Education: Apes to Man

For Teachers 6th - 8th
This lesson plan explores the primates in the African savannas that were the first animals to walk erect (bipedalism), which is a milestone in human evolution.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Quiz: The Rise of Agriculture

For Students 9th - 10th
A quiz over the topics covered in a unit about human evolution to get food from growing their own versus foraging for food.
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Handout
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Video Transcripts

For Students 9th - 10th
A page that holds all the transcripts for videos included in the early human unit.
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Handout
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Riddle of the Bones

For Students 9th - 10th
At the online companion Web site of "Evolution," the seven-episode series on PBS, piece together clues to how one of our early ancestors looked as you examine images from four significant fossil finds of Australopithecus afarensis.
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Article
BBC

Bbc: Mother of Man Lucy

For Students 9th - 10th
Article discusses the importance of Lucy to the theory of evolution and her bipedalism form of locomotion. Archived.
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Handout
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Answers to Exploration Questions: Evolution and Human Health

For Students 9th - 10th
Get the answers to the exploration exercise about how evolution relates to human health.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: Human Vision

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Sight, or vision, is the ability to see light. It depends on the eyes detecting light and forming images. It also depends on the brain making sense of the images, so...
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: Molecular Evidence for Evolution

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Chimpanzees and humans turn out to be very similar - if you look at their DNA. When scientists determined the entire genetic code of both humans and chimpanzees,...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Human Impact on Animal Populations

For Students 9th - 10th
Multiple choice practice questions over evolution and population dynamics and the human impact on animal populations. Passage 2.
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Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: The Evolution of Ukiyo E and Woodblock Prints

For Students 9th - 10th
Ukiyo-e began as hand-painted scrolls and screens of everyday life in Japan. They became so popular, they were mass-produced using carved wooden blocks. Read the evolution of this artform and view pictures in this essay.
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Handout
Other

Bradshaw Foundation: Volcanic Winter and Modern Humans

For Students 9th - 10th
Explanation of the volcanic winter that happened about 20,000 years ago that destroyed most of the human population not living in Africa. Explains how these early people coped with this 1000 years of nuclear winter and how when it was...
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Handout
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Agriculture and Human Population Growth Study Guide

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Summarizes the key points about the evolution of agriculture and how it has impacted human population growth. Includes a few questions to check for understanding.

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