Part 1: Introduction | Primitive Tools

In the Introduction of Primitive Tools, a speaker describes prehistory and primitive tool-making in a humorous way. Tools from the beginning of human use are explored.

Standards

• 6-1 The student will demonstrate an understanding of the development of the cradles of civilization as people moved from a nomadic existence to a settled life.
  • The first humans were nomads who continually traveled in search of food. As these hunter-gatherers developed better ways of doing things, they began to develop into the world’s earliest civilizations. Civilized societies have established written...
    • 6-1.1 Explain the characteristics of hunter-gatherer groups and their relationship to the natural environment.
• This indicator was developed to promote inquiry into turning points in the organization and transformation of the four major classical civilizations in China, Greece, India, and Rome. This indicator was also developed to foster inquiry into the cultural and technological advancements of the classical civilizations that continue to influence modern societies.
  • This indicator was developed to promote inquiry into changes and continuities in the formation and expansion of early and classical world civilizations based on their interactions with their environments.