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Geography Challenge:
Weather vs Climate. TEDEd video
Ch 1: Investigating the Past
How do social scientists interpret the past?
Lascaux Caves
Lascaux Caves Webquest
"How to Become a Space Archaeologist" Jan. 20, 2017 (National Geographic)
"40,000-year-old cave art may be world's oldest animal drawing." Nov. 7, 2018 (National Geographic)
"Oldest Known Drawing by Human Hands Discovered in South African Cave." Sept. 12, 2018. (New York Times, science)
"10 Sacred Caves around the World." (National Geographic.)
"Ancient Cave Art and Hunting." Dec. 2019 (National Geographic)
"Cave Painting in Indonesia." 2019. (NPR)
"7 Places to see Prehistoric Art." Nov. 2019 (travelstoke)
Ch 2: Early Hominids
What capabilities helped hominids survive?
"Little Foot" findings. Dec 6, 2017 (National Geographic)
"Neanderthals...." May 3, 2018 (ARS Technica)
"Neanderthal teeth reveal intimate details of daily life." Oct. 31, 2018. (Smithsonian.com)
"5,300 Years Ago, Ötzi the Iceman Died. Now We Know His Last Meal." July 12, 2018. (National Geographic)
"The Final Hours of the Iceman’s Tools." June 21, 2018. (The New York Times)
"An Ancient Human Species." April 2019. (The New York Times)
"Neanderthals Traveled Long Distances." March 2020 (Sapiens. Everything Human website)
Ch 3: From Hunter and Gatherers to Farmers
How did the development of agriculture change daily life in the Neolithic Age?
"Hidden History of Women's Work". Nov. 2017. (BBC)
"Ancient Working Moms". Nov. 2017. (NPR)
"14,000-Year-Old Piece Of Bread Rewrites The History Of Baking And Farming." July 24, 2018. (NPR)
"Stone Age Chewing Gum." Dec. 17, 2019. (CNN
Ch 4: The Rise of Sumerian City-States
How did the geographic challenges lead to the rise of city-states in Mesopotamia?
Ancient Water Tunnels. May 2017 (National Geographic)
Archaeologist Discover they have been excavating a lost Assyrian city. May 2015. (Smithsonian.com)
"Record-Setting Sale Of An Ancient Assyrian Stone Relief Sparks Looting Fears In Iraq." Nov. 4, 2018. (NPR)
"First Cities..." Big History Project video.
Ch 5: Ancient Sumer
Why do historians classify ancient Sumer as a civilization?
Ch 6: Exploring Four Empires of Mesopotamia
What were the most important achievements of the Mesopotamian empires?
"Did Syria create the world's first song." May 7, 2018. (BBC)
"The Greatest Party Every Thrown." March 2020. (Ancient History Encyclopedia)
Other:
"10 Ancient Highways Around the World." (National Geographic)
"See how Dogs were Celebrated in the Ancient World." March 2019. (National Geographic.)
"Weirdest Discoveries Archaeologist have made." (Reader's Digest)
"Beyond the Handshake." Jan. 2018. (Afar)
"The Country with the Most Languages." Facebook video