Truscifi Posted March 11, 2012 Share Posted March 11, 2012 We just finished SOTW4 and want to take a year before starting the logic stage history cycle. Ds8 asked to learn about prehistory. We will start at the big bang and move forward, but I have no idea what materials to use. I think we will read parts of Hawking's A Brief History of Time together as a read aloud and discuss, and there should be a lot of documentaries when we get to the pre-Cambrian and later, but that's as far as I've gotten. We definitely want secular materials. Also, we want to do a timeline, so any suggestions for how to do a giant timeline from the beginning of the universe to the dawn of human civilization would be helpful too. Whatcha got? :D __________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beth in SW WA Posted March 11, 2012 Share Posted March 11, 2012 (edited) Whatcha got? :D __________________ We watched How The Universe Works series on cable. We watched a ton of dinosaur documentaries on Netlix & cable. Clever NatGeo timeline here. Don't miss Jack Horner's TED talks. Some fun musical resources here at Symphony Of Science. Stephen Hawking on Netflix is wonderful. HTH! Edited March 11, 2012 by Beth in SW WA link Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Truscifi Posted March 11, 2012 Author Share Posted March 11, 2012 We watched How The Universe Works series on cable. We watched a ton of dinosaur documentaries on Netlix & cable. Clever NatGeo timeline here. Don't miss Jack Horner's TED talks. Some fun musical resources here at Symphony Of Science. Stephen Hawking on Netflix is wonderful. HTH! See, this is why I love it here. Thanks! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MandJsMama Posted March 11, 2012 Share Posted March 11, 2012 We really enjoyed this book series when we were studying pre-history. http://www.amazon.com/Born-With-Bang-Universe-Children/dp/158469033X/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1331503904&sr=1-3 And we also love the How the Universe Works documentary series on netflix! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Corin Posted March 11, 2012 Share Posted March 11, 2012 The first chapters of the Usborne Internet-Linked Encyclopedia of World History gives a good overview, and the links are normally worthwhile too. Laura Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quark Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 You may get ideas from this project. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mergath Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 If you haven't read A Brief History of Time before, I'd recommend reading it through once yourself first so that you have time to wrap your brain around the concepts. The first time through can be a bit mind-blowing. :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragons in the flower bed Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 There's a prehistory study guide with notebooking pages on this blog, free. We plan to read The Early Human World by Peter Robertshaw, part of the Oxford World in Ancient Times series, as our main text when we're covering human prehistory. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragons in the flower bed Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 Oh, also, be sure to look carefully through Charlie's Playhouse. They sell stuff, but they also have links and a free PDF guide to kidlit on prehistory that I found helpfully reviewed almost every book I saw in my interlibrary system on the topic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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