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4th GRADE MINIMUM CONTENTS
UNIT 19: LEARNING FROM THE HISTORY: LIFE THOUSANDS YEARS AGO
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► PREHISTORY
Prehistory is the oldest and longest period of our past. It began when
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human beings first appeared on Earth, about two million years ago, and
ended with the invention of writing. They lived in caves
and painted the walls
LIFE IN PRIMITIVE TIMES
Many thousands of years ago, the first human
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beings lived in small groups called tribes. They lived
in caves and painted the walls with pictures of
animals. They discovered fire. Human beings were
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nomads. This means that they moved from place to place to look for food
and shelter. They hunted animals for food and their skins, and they caught
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fish and gathered plants. They made simple
tools using stone, wood and animal bones.
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Much later, human beings learned to
cultivate crops and domesticate animals. They
became sedentary, this means they started
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to build permanent villages. They lived in huts
They started to build permanent villages
made of branches and animal skins, and they started
to build stables for
their animals and storehouses to keep their harvests in. They also started to
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make cloth, and pots made out of clay.
to build the first
Towards the end of prehistory, human beings
learned how to make tools out of metal. They started
cities. Metal arrowheads
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► ANCIENT HISTORY
Ancient history began about 5,000 years ago. During this period of
time, many important civilizations developed, for example, the ancient
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Romans.
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Greeks, the Ancient Egyptians and the
THE ROMAN EMPIRE About 2,000 years ago, the romans
conquered much of what is now Europe,
Romans built cities
including the Iberian Peninsula. This was
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called the Roman Empire. The Romans spoke Latin. Many modern languages
developed from Latin, such as Spanish and
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French.
The romans built many cities. In these
cities they built aqueducts to carry water
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into the cities, theatres for entertainment,
amphitheatres where they watched gladiator
Romans built straight roads
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fights, circuses for chariot races, and temples where they worshipped their
gods. They built straight roads out of stone
to connect their cities.
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In Roman society, rich people lived in family
town houses called domus. Domus were large
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houses made of brick, with a tiled roof. Poor
people and merchants lived in apartment
buildings called insulae. Families all lived
The rich Romans lived in domus
together in one room. There was no running water and no toilets. Villas were
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► THE MIDDLE AGES
The Middle Ages began over 1,000 years
ago. Noblemen lived in castles with their family,
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servants and soldiers. To enter the castle,
people crossed a drawbridge. To keep castles
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safe from attack, they were built on hills and protected by thick stone walls
surrounded by a moat full of water. Soldiers
guarded the castle from the towers and the
battlements. Inside the castle there was a
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large house for the lord’s family and other
smaller houses. There were also stables for the
horses, a blacksmith’s, a well for water and
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warehouses for storing food. A castle on the hill.
Peasants lived in the village.
Peasants lived in villages near the castle. They lived in simple huts,
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farmed the land, and paid taxes to the noblemen.
In medieval times, people travelled on foot, on horseback or in horsedrawn carts. Small sailing boats carried people and
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merchandise.
In early medieval times, people built churches in
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the Roman style, called Romanesque. Later, churches
were built in a new style called Gothic.
A Romanesque church During the Middle Ages, many different groups of people settled on
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the Iberian Peninsula. There were two main civilizations:
 The Christian Kingdoms in the north of the Iberian
Peninsula. The Christian kings and the noblemen owned
A Gothic church
most of the land in the north.
 The Islamic civilization in the south of the Iberian
Peninsula. The Muslims came from North Africa.
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UNIT 19: LEARNING FROM THE HISTORY: LIFE THOUSANDS YEARS AGO
ACTIVITIES
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1.- Write T (true) or F (false). Correct the false sentences.
____ Prehistory is the shortest period of our past.
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____ Towards the end of prehistory, human beings started to build the
first cities.
____ In the beginning of Prehistory, when human beings were nomads, they
lived in small villages.
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____ When prehistoric people became sedentary, they lived in huts made of
stones and clay.
____ Prehistory began about two million years ago.
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_________________________________________________________
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2.- Complete the text about the Romans.
Insulae
cities
amphitheatres
theatres
circuses
temples
Latin
domus
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Roads
aqueducts
Romans spoke ______________. They built
many ______________. They also built
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______________ to carry water into the
cities and _____________ to connect their
cities. Their cities had __________________, _________________ and
________________
for
different
kinds
of
entertainment.
Romans
worshipped their gods in ___________. Rich people lived in ___________,
and poor people lived in _________________.
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3.- Write a sentence about the Middle Ages with each group of words.
Middle Ages
Christian Kingdoms
north
c.-
Christian Kings
Peasants
noblemen
land
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b.-
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a.-
land
taxes
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4.- What do you think these prehistoric tools were used for? Match the
picture, the name and the use of the tool. Then write sentences.
Pictures of the tools
1.- Clay pots
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2.- Harpoons
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Tools
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3.- Arrowheads
4.- Hammers
…were used for…
a.-For hunting
b.- For breaking stones
c.- For storing water
d.- For catching fish
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1.- Clay pots were used for storing water.
2.- ______________________________________________________
3.- ______________________________________________________
4.- ______________________________________________________
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5.- What period in history do these pictures belong to? Then, complete
the sentences about these periods in history.
1.- The first human beings were _________ and they lived in _________.
2.- Much later, prehistoric people cultivated _________ and __________
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animals.
3.- Poor Romans lived in __________, and rich people lived in _________.
4.- In the _______ Ages, to keep ________ safe from attack, they were
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built on __________ and protected by thick stone __________
surrounded by a deep __________ full of water.
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6.- Complete your bilingual dictionary.
LEARNING FROM THE HISTORY: LIFE THOUSANDS YEARS AGO
- Nomads: ______________
- Look for: ______________
- Sedentary:_____________
- Ancient history:_________
- Tools made out of metal: __
______________________
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- Roman Empire: __________
- Crop: _________________
- Ancient Greek: __________
- Cloth: ________________
______________________
- Develop: ______________
- Aqueduct: _____________
- Warehouse: ____________
- Clay pot: ______________
- Amphitheatre: __________
- Tax (taxes): ____________
- Arrowhead: ____________
- Temple: _______________
- Muslim: _______________
- Hammer: ______________
- Gods: _________________
- Hunt: _________________
- Worship: ______________
- Catch fish: _____________
- Rich people: ____________
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- Store (water): __________
- Break: ________________
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- Middle Ages: ___________
-Tribe: _________________
- Poor people: ____________
- Own: _________________
- Lord’s family: ___________
- Noblemen: _____________
- Moat: ______________
- drawbridge: ____________
- Battlements: ___________
- Blacksmith’s: ___________
- Romanesque style: _______
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- Gothic style church: ______
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