As I started Unit 6 and I am prepping for Investigation #6 "How is Human Language Different from other Species?" I used a lesson that was shared with me from my colleague Todd Nussen , now I am pretty sure that it was given to Todd from someone else in the community so I want to give a big shout out to whoever created this because the kids loved it. I am paying it forward by highlighting the lesson again, the directions are self explanatory and you can take it in many different directions but it really shows students how important language is to human development and the role language plays in collective learning.
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Love it, Jason Manning . I remember doing versions of this in years past. But I had students make up a list a class list of basic words they thought were crucial for communication. Then we went from there.
It was fun to do the collective activity to make the list, but it was time-consuming. I like the option to use your premade list. I downloaded it for later. THANKS.
If the rest of you have never done this activity-- you must try it! It's a great way to kick off collective learning by showing how language is a great improvement over gestures, yet how limiting early language made collective learning. We have certainly evolved as a species in such a short time.
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Chris Scaturo gets credit for this one. Shared it with the community years ago. I've just made some modifications.
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The marriage proposal question is always the best !
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If you ask my wife, I'm sure she'd say mine was pretty close to a caveman's proposal.
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Me sun, you moon, lets get cave together.
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Where is the "marriage" in that, Chris Scaturo ??
And not to sound sexist, but have things really changed that much????
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One year, my kids were fascinated by marriage and monogamy. I remember reading a fair amount about the history of marriage. It dovetailed nicely with how we prove things happen and indirect evidence. At one point we had a real discussion on if two people holding hands in a grave would be evidence for something like marriage. We decided no.
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Of course!!! thank you Chris Scaturo this lesson was a homerun. You - me - friends - you - teacher - good
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Hilarious! I did this activity for the first time this year. Excellent share and idea Chris Scaturo