The Fracchia Page
a guide to navigating the educational world of Fracqistan
Essential Question: Is it a better quality of life to be nomadic or to live a sedentary lifestyle?
Step 6. What was the quality of life of prehistoric people
Fundamental
1. Thinking about how prehistoric people got the things that they needed, do you think prehistoric had a good or bad quality of life? Why or why not? Write your answers on your quality of life page.
2. Watch the video to the left.
3. On your Quality of Life page, write down whether prehistoric people had a good or bad quality of life. Give at least 4 reasons to support your answers.
Essential
4. Did this suprise you? Why or Why not? Write down your answer on your quality of life page.
Links
Step 7. Changing the lives of prehistoric people
Fundamental
1. Start a new page on your website titled Farming.
2. Use the links on the side to find the answers to the following questions on your farming page.
- What important change did prehistoric people make in their lives?
-How did this change the way they got the things that they needed?
-How did this change their lives?
3. Use wordmyth.net to look up the word sedentary . Use the definition that explains how people live. Put the definition in your own words onto your Sedentary page.
Extension
4. How do you think this change in the way that they lived may have caused prehistoric people to become sedentary
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Check that you have completed this step, see if you would like to add any pictures or change anything, and finally ask a teacher to check the step
Step 8 What is Farming
Fundamental
1. Use wordsymth.net and the Internet to find these words and write their meaning in your own words on your Farming page.
words: domesticate, agriculture, crops
2. Use the videos for the last step to answer the following questions on your farming page:
What crops did prehistoric people grow? (List at least 3)
What animals did prehistoric people raise? (List at least 3)
Extension
4. Why do you think farming was an important change for prehistoric people?
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