BSU VMGO ORIENTATION, COURSE CONTENT AND CLASSROOM POLICY ORIENTATION

Objectives: At the end of the lesson, you should be able to:

 state the BSU Vision, Mission, Goals and Objectives; and
 explain the relation of the institution’s VMGO to their course.
 define quantitative research; and
Vision: 
A PREMIER
describesUNIVERSITY delivering
characteristics, world-class
strengths, education and
weaknesses, that kinds
promotes sustainable development
of quantitative
amidst climate change
research
Mission: To provide quality education to enhance food security, sustainable communities, industry
innovation, climate resilience, gender equality, institutional development and partnership.

Goals & Objectives

Goal I: To develop proactive programs to ensure relevant quality education
Objectives:
1. To benchmark curricular and co-curricular programs with national and international standards
2. To develop alternative learning experiences to enhance skills that match industry needs
3. To develop innovative and relevant curricular and co-curricular programs
4. To enhance proactive student welfare and development programs

Goal II: To develop proactive programs for quality service

Objectives:
1. To enhance relevant human resource development programs
2. To develop effective and efficient innovative platforms for cascading information
3. To enhance and develop employee welfare programs

Goal III: To enhance responsive systems and procedures for transparent institutional development
Objectives:
1. To enhance and develop innovative financial management system
2. To ensure transparency in all transactions in the university
3. To ensure inclusive and consultative decision making

Goal IV: To develop relevant and gender sensitive research and extension programs for institutional
development, sustainable communities, climate resilience, industry innovation, and partnership
Objectives:
1. To develop relevant multimedia tools in disseminating technology, knowledge and information
generated from RDE program
2. To develop relevant RDE activities that will address current problems and support cultural advocacy
3. To partner with strategic local, regional, national and international entities

Goal V: To strengthen and expand public-private partnerships

Objectives:
1. Sustain and pursue functional University-relation with the alumni and other organizations both in the
government and nongovernment entities.
2. To strengthen the linkage among academe, industries, LGUs and community

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ACTIVITY 1: Among the listed university goals and objectives which one do you think is the
most relevant to the degree course you are undertaking? Explain why so? Write not more
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Historical Antecedents in which Social Considerations
1 Changed the Course of Science and Technology

LESSON 1: PRE- HISTORY

Objectives: At the end of the lesson, you should be able to:

 discuss how scientific and technological developments in the pre-history affected the
society and the environment;
 analyze the three important periods in pre- history; and
 identify the tools used in the different periods.

ENGAGE
Imagine you were living 5 million years ago, what was life like during this era? Write in 3- 5
sentences.

INTRODUCTION
Prehistory is the age that begins with the appearance of human being about five million years ago,
and finishes with the invention of writing, about 6,000 years ago. It is a long period divided into three periods:
the Paleolithic period, the Mesolithic period, and the Neolithic period. The Paleolithic period began with our
first ancestors and finished about 10,000 years ago. During that period, human beings used tools made of
stone and lived on hunting and gathering. In the Mesolithic period, the development of agriculture
contributed to the rise of permanent settlements. The Neolithic period or new age, human beings lived in
villages and human communities cultivated the land and raised cattle. Continuance of agriculture and
cattle herding gave rise to a productive economy as well as the discovery of metal. It is essential to
recognize the impact of the foremost inventions and development of tools used by pre historic human to
understand how it affected our society and environment.

EXPLAIN
The Paleolithic Period
Paleolithic Period also called Old Stone Age is characterized by the use of rudimentary chipped
stone tools. These included simple pebble tools (rock shaped by the pounding of another stone to produce
tools with a serrated crest that served as a chopping blade), hand adzes (tools shaped from a block of
stone to create a rounded butt and a single-bevel straight or curved cutting edge), stone scrapers,
cleavers, and points. Such tools were also made of bone and wood. The Paleolithic Period was also
characterized by the manufacture of small sculptures (e.g., carved stone statuettes of women, clay
figurines of animals, and other bone and ivory carvings) and paintings, incised designs, and reliefs on cave
walls.

Characteristics
1. Food supply and Population is directly related
2. Humans had a very short life expectancy
3. Childhood illnesses were deadly
4. Paleolithic humans only stayed in one spot until the food supply was gone.

Obtaining Food
Roles of women and children Gathered nuts, berries, and eggs
Collected honey
Dug for roots
Roles of men Hand fishing
Hunting small animals w/ sticks and rocks
Hunting for larger animals in groups

Making Tools
1. Sticks and stones were sharpened into useful tools for hunting and other jobs
2. Pebble Tools
3. Chips were taken out of large stones to make jagged sharp edges

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Making Fire
1. Fire was 1st discovered by humans as a natural
element, lighting causes fires
2. Soon the realized that they could make fire by
rubbing 2 sticks together to create sparks
3. Cooking food helped the digestion process allowing
humans more time to complete other tasks
4. Cooking also allowed for better nutrition

Fire was used by early humans in many ways:

Stay warm and dry, as weapon, For hunting, for
clearing land, cooking food

Seeking Shelter
1. The first humans lived on the open plains of Africa, they took shelter in pits they dug and dry river
beds in bad weather
2. As the prehistoric humans moved out of Africa and into Europe and Asia they began to use caves
as shelter

Making Clothing
1. As climate changed to cool and wet prehistoric man began to use large animal hides for clothing
2. They were sewn together to provide protection and warmth

The Neanderthals and the Cro- Magnons

These are the two species within the genus Homo and have achieved a Paleolithic level of
development. Below are the differences between the two species.
NEANDERTHALS CRO- MAGNONS
1. Discovered in Germany, found throughout 1. Discovered in France, remains found in North
Asia, Africa, and Europe Africa, Asia, and Europe
2. Believed 1 million lived on Earth at 1 time 2. Tool makers, invented the burin to make better
3. Skilled hunters, used traps (pitfalls) to catch weapons for hunting larger game
larger prey 3. Spear throwers were invented to expand their
4. 1st to bury their dead food source and make hunting safer
4. Invented the axe to cut down trees and bamboo
to make rafts and boats. Rafts allowed them to
become the 1st humans to reach Australia
5. 1st to use bones, ivory, and shells for jewelry, and
decorate clothing
6. Made flutes from hollow bones to create music

The Mesolithic Period

The Mesolithic Period, or Middle Stone Age, is an archaeological term describing specific cultures
that fall between the Paleolithic and the Neolithic Periods. The Paleolithic was an age of purely hunting and
gathering, but toward the Mesolithic period the development of agriculture contributed to the rise of
permanent settlements.

Characteristics
1. Second period in Human history
2. Based on the increased technology of “microlith”
3. The new technology allowed for an increase in leather work and basketry.
4. Tools were combined with other tools and refined for hunting
5. All these new tools were allowed for the domestication of plants and animals.

Tools

Microliths: tiny flints that were glued/fixed to Assorted flint blades: used as knives
wooden shafts to make arrows or spears for
hunting.
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 Axe head: The axe heads were fixed into a Scrapers: used for cleaning animal skins in the
wooden handle and used like axes today. process of making leather

Flint core: raw material from which other tools Burins: used for carving or engraving wood and
could be made. bone, like a chisel

The Neolithic Period

The Neolithic or New Stone Age denotes to a stage of human culture following the Paleolithic and
Mesolithic periods and is characterized by the use of polished stone implements, development of
permanent dwellings, cultural advances such as pottery making, domestication of animals and plants, the
cultivation of grain and fruit trees, and weaving.

Characteristics
1. Hunter and Gatherers began to farm
2. Life became more sedentary and permanent villages developed
3. Seed planting and animal domestication
4. Neolithic people became food producers
5. Farming
6. growth in population

Tools
1. Hammers and Chisels: Hammers were mostly used with chisels in woodworking, though the
difference between a hammer and a war club is really only in the use.

2. Adzes: A larger adze also makes an effective tool for digging, removing roots and generally
preparing land for planting.

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3. Axe: Axes make the clearing of land much simpler, allowing the spread of agriculture. Axes also
make effective weapons, and it is thought that many Neolithic axes were meant to be used on
enemies rather than trees.

4. Three- Sided Blade Points: can be inserted deeper into a carcass, or run along a bone, and works
better for the fruits and vegetables of a settled agricultural life.

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ACTIVITY 2: Answer the following. Detach the worksheet once finished.

1. Compare and contrast Paleolithic period, Mesolithic period, and Neolithic period.

2. Identify a tool in any period of the pre- history then write its impact in our society at present. Write not
more than 80 words.

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