melissel Posted May 24, 2008 Share Posted May 24, 2008 I thought I saw someone mention here once that they did a mini-unit on evolution/prehistory before starting SOTW Ancients. I'd like to do something similar. Does anyone have any suggestions/materials/resources/links etc.? I'll be working with a somewhat advanced first grader. TIA! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parabola Posted May 25, 2008 Share Posted May 25, 2008 We did an evolution unit this spring. I found this site to be very helpful http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evosite/Lessons/index.shtml look around on it a little bit for ideas. There are some good books out there too that explain evolution to kids pretty well. We used Joanna Cole's "Evolution" and Steve Jenkins "Life On Earth: the Story of Evolution" and a couple others. PBS has a good evolution website http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/ We also read a couple of biographies of Darwin, including "The Beagle and Mr Flycatcher" by Robert Quackenbush, and we got out the globe and traced Darwin's route too. There are a few documentaries on evolution too, and although most were geared towards older people, I think he managed to take at least a little something away from them. good luck and good for you for teaching evolution to your children. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosie_0801 Posted May 25, 2008 Share Posted May 25, 2008 Eyewitness has some nice books with lots of pictures. Better still, the library probably carries them. A quick play on amazon should show up lots. :) Rosie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parabola Posted May 25, 2008 Share Posted May 25, 2008 OH yeah, we used that book too Wendy, though I really didn't find very many of the activities to be very interesting for my kid. The story of Darwin's life though was fascinating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pam "SFSOM" in TN Posted May 25, 2008 Share Posted May 25, 2008 Couple of good sites with resource links: Evolved homeschooling blog For the public school teacher, but I'm sure you could manage to adapt some of the resources. :-) Darwin for Kids has a great natural selection activity. The text might be more advanced than you'd like, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Corin Posted May 25, 2008 Share Posted May 25, 2008 We used the beginning of the Usborne Internet Linked Encyclopedia of World history for this. Best wishes Laura Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcconnellboys Posted May 25, 2008 Share Posted May 25, 2008 Stuff we used at the beginning of Ancients for first grade: Me and My Family Tree, Sweeney Archaeologists Dig for Clues, Duke The Magic School Bus Shows and Tells, Posner I can be an Archaeologist, Pickering Coloring pages from Prehistoric Man coloring book (Dover) Yanomami Painters of the Caves, P. Lauber (Made cave art; Made a coil pot) Story of Big Bone Lick? It’s Disgusting and We Ate It! Solheim How People First Lived, Jaspersohn Mik’s Mammoth, Gerrard One Small Bead, Baylor The First Dog, Brett Who Were the First People? (Usborne) Living in Prehistoric Times (Usborne) And here are the additional books we'll be using for fifth, this upcoming year: 100 Greatest Archaeological Discoveries Eyewitness Early Humans The Stone Age News Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faithr Posted May 25, 2008 Share Posted May 25, 2008 Check out this beautiful book by Virginia Lee Burton (wrote Mike Mulligan and the Steam Shovel etc.) Here's a link http://books.google.com/books?id=hupeuMVYj2sC&printsec=frontcover&dq=inauthor:Virginia+inauthor:Lee+inauthor:Burton&sig=TyvGCc68Qc5OVJ7n-BO6CSMDL3w Also check out Montessori resources. They have a wonderful timeline for young children that concretely illustrates the idea of the enormous passage of time. I'll try to locate the resource for you. Could be Michael Olaf catalogue. You could google as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kay in Cal Posted May 25, 2008 Share Posted May 25, 2008 I did a summer study on pre-history using Usborne, Magic Tree House books and some dinosaur sticker books and activity books. I can email you my schedule if you are interested. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8mittens Posted May 26, 2008 Share Posted May 26, 2008 Eyewitness: Evolution by Linda Gamlin The Evolution Book by Sara Stein (out of print but used copies are available) Life on Earth: The Story of Evolution by Steven Jenkins Mammals who Morth by Jennifer Morgan (there are three books in this series by the author. It's a bit of an ambitious perspective--the story of life on earth is told from the universe's point a view--and a little new-agey for my tastes. My children, however, were enthralled. I also second Virginia Lee Burton's Story of the World and Darwin and Evolution for Kids. Hope that helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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