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  Grade 8 Social Studies
  IT Resources for project on Fire, Food, Hunting and Shelter 

Paleolithic hear the correct pronunciation of the word.

Fire

Paleolithic Period What did the use of fire enable?

Food and Agriculture

Paleolithic Nutrition- Your Future Is In Your Dietary Past 
By working with anthropologists, Eaton has created what many experts consider a clear picture of our prehistoric diet and lifestyle.

Paleolithic Nutrition 

The food timeline look for the Paleolithic place on the line.

Agriculture  from Indiana University.

Neanderthal diet at Vindija and Neanderthal predation- The evidence from stable isotopes read the conclusion.  What did the researcher conclude as to the kind of diet.?

What exactly is the 'Paleolithic diet'? 

Paleolithic, Hunter-Gatherer Diet - Dieting for Life good comparison charts

Hunting and Gathering

Explore Hunting and Gathering from Indiana University.

Shelter

Stone Age Habits - read and view many samples of shelter such as the Terra Amata and the Upper Paleolithic hut.

Egypt- History - The Upper Paleolithic and Egypt- History - The Lower Paleolithic 

Evolution of the Genus Homo The Paleolithic 

Paleolithic 

http://www.primitiveways.com/ 

http://www.personal.psu.edu/users/w/x/wxk116/habitat/ 

http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Culture/Shifting_Boundaries/tents1.html 

http://www.saitama-kenpaku.com/jinrui/special/english/number/10_E/factor05_01.htm 

http://anthro.palomar.edu/homo2/sapiens_culture.htm 

http://lithiccastinglab.com/gallery-pages/mikedothagerrockerpunchpage1.htm 

Tool Making Research Questions:

1. What is this tool making method called?

2. What are some other names for this tool making method?,

3.  What are some tools made with this method?

4.  Besides Cro-Magnons, what Stone Age people used this method?

5.  Why is this method superior to other tool making methods of the Stone Because it .

6.  What materials were used for the chisel?

7.  What materials were used for the hammer?

8.   What types of rock were placed under the chisel to be made into flakes?