Summary
Explores how the earliest humans lived before written history — tools, fire, hunting, and cave art.
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Teaching resources
Discussion questions
Talk about it
Prehistory is the time before writing. We learn about it from tools, bones, and cave paintings that early people left behind.
- How do we know about people who lived before writing existed?
- Why was discovering fire so important for early humans?
- What can cave paintings tell us about early people?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: prehistory, tool, cave art, evidence.
Try it: If you had no writing, how would you record an important event? Draw your 'cave painting.'