Legacies and Connections

 Buddhism – widespread in Asia, has no creator or God, but teaches

the four noble traits
 Christianity – a widely spread religion with one god in three persons:
the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.
 Confucianism – a philosophy developed in China, teaching ways to
lead a better life and create a good society.
 Genetic – relating to inherited characteristics
 Hinduism – a religion followed mainly in the Indian sub-continent
with many gods and based on the caste system
 Islam – a religion originating in Arabia and widespread in Arabian
countries and South-east Asian countries. Belief in one god, with
teachings recorded in the Qur’an
 Judaism – a religion of the Jewish people with a belief in one god
 Philosophy – the study of fundamental truths about knowledge,
reality and existence
 Religion – the belief in, and worship of, a god or gods
Read pages 30 – 32 then prepare a flow chart showing
man’s origins and general stages of development.
‘African Eve’

Small human
communities

Small Palaeolithic
hunting groups

Larger Neolithic village

communities

Large civilisation
 Select any two inventions/features of early
communities. In a short paragraph, explain the
connection or legacy of each in today’s modern world
 Each group needs to investigate one major world religion or
philosophy to investigate.
 Christianity
 Judaism
 Buddhism
 Hinduism
 Islam
 Confucianism

 Find facts and images to teach your peers about your

chosen religion.
 Mark on a world map where your religion originated.
 Its like detective work
 You play the role of detectives
 You analyse the evidence (both primary and
secondary)
 You draw conclusions based on historical evidence
 Compare points of view
 Problem solve
 Sort fact from fiction

It makes history come alive……

 Engagement
 Discussion and introduction of question
 Identify key historical events
 View documentary
 Critically examine all evidence
 Record findings
 Reach a conclusion and make your judgements
 Reflect on the learning
u are a social anthropologist who has been asked to investigate how people
lived in the Old Stone Age (Palaeolithic) era. You have been asked to travel back
in time to further understand how homo sapiens lived. Your job requires you to
record key information on how early homo sapiens lived and to report back to
your boss.
 In order to understand how homo sapiens lived in the Old Stone Age era. You
will record your information in a journal consisting of two entries of your
experiences (what you ate, how you felt, shelter (living arrangement), how did
you keep warm, how were you able to communicate to others, etc). Each
journal entry must be 300-400 words

You also need to include in your journal:

 A map of where homo sapiens first lived and the village you are visiting with
annotations
 Illustration or images of tools and artefacts homo sapiens used in the Old
Stone Age era. Explain the tools and artefacts what did they look like and what
were they used for.
 A Venn diagram that compares and contrasts Stone Age life with modern life