Hominids and Evolution

The main purpose of this lesson his to show student various types of hominids that eventually evolved into humans and show the changes that they underwent through millions of years to eventually become modern day humans. Students will be given DBQ’s to examine characteristics of various hominids and need to analyze these documents to compare hominids, and to see what changes happened that allowed the hominids to adapt and survive.

Resources have been adapted for digital learning.

Students can type in and submit their work using the fillable PDF files!

What you get:

- A 17 slide PowerPoint with Do Now, Class Notes, A Video Link, Assessment Questions, Activity Instructions, and Questions for sharing responses.

- A DBQ with 5 different documents that examine various characteristics of different hominids whether it is their skull structure, brain size, characteristics and habits.

- A Key for the DBQ