Difference between revisions of "Presentation of the Hand Chart"
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=== Age === | === Age === | ||
− | <br> | + | 6-9.<br> |
=== Materials === | === Materials === | ||
− | <br> | + | Black strip of cloth 10' x 1', the last half inch is red. |
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+ | *The black is to give the sensorial impression of "nothingness.". | ||
+ | *The scale is 100,000 years per foot. | ||
+ | *The hand holding the stone tool is the approximate time that humans developed tools. | ||
+ | *The entire length of the strip represents the time humans have been on earth (1 million years). | ||
+ | *The red 1/2 inch is recorded history beginning about 4,000 BC. <br> | ||
=== Preparation === | === Preparation === | ||
− | <br> | + | <br> |
=== Presentation === | === Presentation === | ||
− | <br> | + | #Roll out the black strip. |
+ | #Say something like..."humans are now learning to walk, finding things,"... | ||
+ | #"WAIT!" "Something has happened. It took humans all this time to develop tools." | ||
+ | #"For a long time, humans continued to develop and change and after a long time, humans developed writing as represented by the small red strip." | ||
+ | #Follow up. | ||
+ | #Have discussions with the interested children on the following subjects: What does it mean to be human? How did the development of the hand influence the development of tool making and writing? | ||
+ | #It is not necessary for them to arrive at any specific conclusion, merely to have considered the questions.<br> | ||
=== Control Of Error === | === Control Of Error === | ||
− | <br> | + | <br> |
=== Points Of Interest === | === Points Of Interest === | ||
− | <br> | + | <br> |
=== Purpose === | === Purpose === | ||
− | <br> | + | <br> |
=== Variation === | === Variation === | ||
− | <br> | + | <br> |
=== Links === | === Links === | ||
− | <br> | + | <br> |
=== Handouts/Attachments === | === Handouts/Attachments === | ||
− | <br> | + | <br> |
− | [[Category:Cultural]] | + | [[Category:Cultural]] [[Category:Cultural_6-9]] |
Latest revision as of 04:48, 30 July 2009
Contents
Age
6-9.
Materials
Black strip of cloth 10' x 1', the last half inch is red.
- The black is to give the sensorial impression of "nothingness.".
- The scale is 100,000 years per foot.
- The hand holding the stone tool is the approximate time that humans developed tools.
- The entire length of the strip represents the time humans have been on earth (1 million years).
- The red 1/2 inch is recorded history beginning about 4,000 BC.
Preparation
Presentation
- Roll out the black strip.
- Say something like..."humans are now learning to walk, finding things,"...
- "WAIT!" "Something has happened. It took humans all this time to develop tools."
- "For a long time, humans continued to develop and change and after a long time, humans developed writing as represented by the small red strip."
- Follow up.
- Have discussions with the interested children on the following subjects: What does it mean to be human? How did the development of the hand influence the development of tool making and writing?
- It is not necessary for them to arrive at any specific conclusion, merely to have considered the questions.
Control Of Error
Points Of Interest
Purpose
Variation
Links
Handouts/Attachments