Old & New Stone Age Inquiry-Based Learning

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The Old & New Stone Age Inquiry-Based Learning is a collection of 15 research prompts. Students will explore this time period through:

  •   analyzing primary and secondary source materials.
  •   proving generalizations to be true using inquiry-based learning strategies.
  •   completing a summative performative task that is intended to demonstrate their research and proof.

The 15 research prompts are tested and proven to be rigorous research opportunities that will accompany any middle or high school unit in the Old & New Stone Age. The higher-level requirements for research and synthesis of information make it an excellent resource for teachers of gifted and talented students in earlier middle school. However, the prompts are still grade and age appropriate for high school as well.

Included in the file is a standards-based rubric to assist in grading projects and research.

These Research Prompts meet rigorous demands and are aligned to the Common Core Standards as well as the C-3 Framework for the Social Studies.

“I used this for a closing project for my unit on the Paleolithic/Neolithic civilizations and the students loved the different options. They are easily modified for levels of ability as well.” -April S.

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Description

“QUESTIONS AND THE DESIRE TO ANSWER THEM give life to inquiry and thus to the C3 Framework. Questions arise from students’ innate curiosity about the world and from their efforts to make sense of how that world works” (C3-Framework).

This collection provides inspiring prompts that will help students learn to develop compelling questions as well as supporting questions that will guide them to proving a statement related to history. The prompts are engaging and have been shown to heighten students’ interest in not only their topic but also in the overarching topic of the Old & New Stone Age.

Each prompt includes:

  • a “prove” statement
  • an opportunity for students to develop compelling and supporting questions
  • a product that functions as the summative performance task

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