18/09/15
Lesson 1-How long is a long time?
Learning Objective: I can construct a simple timeline incorporating important events in the history of the universe, earth and human evolution.
DA: What's the most important component of analytical writing when focusing on historical events?
Complete the assessment from last class.
Review the following handout which explains the analytical writing process:
DA: What's the most important component of analytical writing when focusing on historical events?
Complete the assessment from last class.
Review the following handout which explains the analytical writing process:
Analytical Writing | |
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Rewrite the answers from the assessment using this writing model.
Construct the human timeline on the soccer field:
NO HW!
Construct the human timeline on the soccer field:
- Event Location
- Big Bang: Origin of the Universe (13 Billion BP) 0
- First Stars and Galaxies (12 Billion BP) 7’ 8”
- Our Solar System: Sun and Planets (4.6 Billion BP) 64’ 7”
- Oceans on Earth (4 Billion BP) 69’ 3”
- Life on Earth (3.8 Billion BP) 70’ 9”
- First Life on Land (400 Million BP) 96’ 11”
- First Dinosaurs (220 Million BP) 98’ 4”
- Disappearance of Dinosaurs (67 Million BP) 99’ 6”
- First Ancestral Humans (24 Million BP) 99’ 11-3/4”
- First Homo Sapiens (200,000 BP) 100’
- Dawn of Agriculture (10,000 BP) 100’
- Birth of Jesus Christ / Start of Modern Calendar (2,000 BP) 100’
- Industrial Revolution (250 BP) 100
NO HW!