The Stone Age Comes Alive in 6th Grade

 

In social studies, 6th graders spent much of the fall trimester studying how humans interacted with their environment during the Stone Age and Neolithic Age.

 

Students created their own jewelry using natural materials that would have been available to people during the Stone Age. They learned that early humans created jewelry for religious purposes and trade with other cultures and wore it to identify themselves as tribal leaders or members of a particular clan.

 

6th graders Ori, Harlow, and Oliver show off their handmade “Stone Age” jewelry:

 

In their study of the Neolithic Era, students learned how domestication of plants and animals allowed for the shift from nomadic to sedentary agricultural life. An assignment challenged them to create a restaurant menu that could have existed in one of several cultural centers—including those in Chile and Egypt—based on the ingredients produced in each region at the time.

 

Josie and Elliot invite you to dine at their restaurants:

 

As they wrapped up the unit, each student presented their research into the civilizations of Assyria, Egypt’s Middle Kingdom, China’s Shang Dynasty, and more. They got creative, sharing multimedia slideshows, custom websites, and imagined diaries to illustrate hierarchies, religious systems, trade, and fun facts about each society. Ask your 6th grader about a fun fact they learned.