Thursday, June 7, 2018

5th Grade - Early Humans

Please answer the following questions in one comment below:
1.) Describe what it was like in each stage of “hunter/gatherers”.  What were the challenges you faced along the way?
2.) Did each stage get easier?  If so, why?
3.) How do you think technology advances affected the hunters and gatherers that we are trying to simulate?
4.) What differences can you see from the simulation of Minecraft to the reality of early humans' (hunter/gatherers) experiences?

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45 comments:

  1. 1.The challenges you would face along the way were you needed food to survive, you would need to make tools to help you, and you would need to survive.2.Each stage got easier then the last because you would learn how to make more things to help you live, you would make better things to help you, and it would get easier to get food.3.The technology or the tools affected the hunters and gatherers when it advanced by making it easier to get more food, make better shelter, and get materials easier.4.A differences from minecraft and real life is that 1.it is easier to get food in minecraft then in real life 2. minecraft you would have lots more materials in it then in real life.

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  2. 1.The challenges I faced were that for 'hunters' you had to hunt for animals to get food.Also you had to find shelter and you didn't have any fire.But for 'gatherers', you did have food,fire,and materials to live.2.Also not every stage got easier because in some you didn't have any tools and you had to hunt ,find shelter,and try a way to live and that's not easy.3.For question 3, it's talking about how technology helps me advances me.It's helps me by the tools because the tools help me get stuff easier so I can live and not be like a hunter and kill animals.Lastly is question 4, In Mine-craft, I had to break wood and dirt to build a house and kill animals like the hunters did.So they can get food.Also they had to use the animals fur,tusks so they can build shelter like I did in mine-craft.

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  3. (1)every stage we go to it gets easier and we survive easier cause we dont strave fast and we have tools to help us unlike the first stage we strave easily and we had no tools. the challenges i face along the way in the first stage was that we hadded to find food to survive and it was really hard to find a animal to kill in the seacnd stage it was easier because we had tools thatn help us kill animals faster and we had the most importanat thing that help us that was fire. (2)each stage did get easier the first one was harder then the second one because the first stage kill us faster of starvetion. In the second stage it got way easier cause we had more technology.(3)technology help the hunters and gather. it made it more easier to survive because they had tools that made it easier for them to kill animals oand also they had fire. fire was the most important thing that the hunters and gathers had it help tyhem cook food because raw food made them sick and the big animals that they haunted where scared of the fire that they had.(4)The simulation of minecraft has most similarities and differences of hunters and gatheres one of the similarities is that in minecraft you have to survive and in hunters and gatheres you have to survive too and its the same because its really hard to survive.the difference is that minecraft is a game and in hunters and gatheres it was real they only worried to survive and in minecraft it just trying to show you how it was like back then.

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  4. (1) The first stage of the hunter/gatherers, we were the gatherers. it was hard, but then the second stage was really easy. we were the hunters. The challenges that i faced is that in the first one, i started with nothing and, i starved to death because it was really hard to kill animals with nothing. Also we couldn't talk to our partners to help get food or supplies. But... the second stage was really easy, b/c we started with a diamond sword, ferniest that we cooked our food in, bow and arrow, and with sword we could kill animals faster. but there was one challenge that many people faced... if you go to the desert, you will not find as much animals to find, kill, and eat. then you will die.

    (2) Yes, the second stage was way easier because we had a lot of materials.

    (3) The materials helped the hunters and gatherers because that ferniest was like fire and they cooked their food over the fire and we made the food in the ferniest.

    (4) well, in minecraft there isn't big extincted animals but in the real life you did have them

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  5. I think it was really challenging to hunt for my food especially cause everyone else needed the food and there wasn't enough food for everybody. Yes each stage got easier because yesterday was easier then yesterday and today it was harder.I think technology helps because if we lived like the animals that what it would look like. The difference between min crafts version and today's life I think minecraft didn't have a lot of animals like today there is a lot of animals.

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  6. In each stage it was pretty hard because we had either little, or no supplies and it was hard to find food. One of the challenges we faced was food, it was hard to find and there weren't many animals around. Yes, because when we could communicate with each other to ask for supplies or food if we needed it. I think it it effected them in a good way. It helped them hunt, eat, see, and get supplies easier. One of the differences is that there are no furry rhinos or mammoths in minecraft.

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  7. 1. The challenges I faced were hunters having to find a way to get food and water to survive in the wild. 2. The first stage was easier for me because even though I didn't have any tools I had dirt survived longer. The second stage was harder because I didn't see any sheep and couldn't find food. I did not last long. 3. The technology and tools helped because they had to kill mammoths, rhinos, and other animals for food. 4. There were no rhinos in minecraft and there was not allowed of wild life. Most of the land was sand in minecraft, but in the video it looked like mostly grass.

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  8. It was hard to live like a hunter/gather because they couldn't communicate. I know how hard it was to communicate because I had to play without speaking to my partner. Witch was really hard.
    Yes it was easier every stage because it provided us with more material and it was easier to hunt animals. But the first stage it was very very hard because i had nothing.
    I think technology advanced because people got smarter every generation or century.
    Some difference in real life and in minecraft is that you're not a prey you are a predator (in the hunter/gather point of view). but in real life they were prey to the sabbertooth tiger. In the human point of view you can't get hurt by any animal. like it did in the video. When the rhino broke the guys ribs. But in minecraft form you couldn't get hurt by any animal.

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  9. The challenges that they faced were starving they had to hunt find food for them .No because I had a sword and a bow and their was noting to kill or eat . The technology advances in so many ways because the moneys / apes did not have swords, bows,the Neanderthals had sticks and fire. We are not getting hunted by predator and no apes that eat bugs off others apes back.

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  10. The first stage was harder because i couldn't find food and i didn't have tools and/or materials.
    the second stage was easier because i had tools and there where more cooked food. technology gets more advanced by people creating more tools to live easier. minecraft is different from real life because its easier to live in minecraft and adapt to the changes in weather and terrain

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  11. (1) In the first stage of the hunters/gatherers was they had less food if they were in the wrong area were food wasn't available. The second stage was they had tools to hunt and get food easier. (2) Each stage got easier because by the second stage we got more stuff to hunt food then the 1st stage. (3) Tech affected humans because the fire enabled them to drive away animals off cliffs to kill them or have fuel for stuff. (4) The differences were that minecraft you could respawn but in real life you would die then respawn.

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  12. 1) In the first stage it was a bit harder to survive because of the lack of experience of the land, the less advanced tools (wood), the weakening hunger, and how we were unable to talk.
    2) Yes each stage did get easier because in the second phase we were given stronger, more advanced tools (i,e diamond swords), we had access to strong fuel for furnaces in which we could us to cook food, and we could talk. Of course the hunger was still there but the advancements in technology made it just a little more tolerable,
    3) Yes because the more advanced technology made hunting easier, cooking food easier and more accessible, and because of all of this it made survival easier
    4) 1) In the first stage it was a bit harder to survive because of the lack of experience of the land, the less advanced tools (wood), the weakening hunger, and how we were unable to talk.
    2) Yes each stage did get easier because in the second phase we were given stronger, more advanced tools (i,e diamond swords), we had access to strong fuel for furnaces in which we could us to cook food, and we could talk. Of course the hunger was still there but the advancements in technology made it just a little more tolerable,
    3) Yes because the more advanced technology made hunting easier, cooking food easier and more accessible, and because of all of this it made survival easier
    4) In Minecraft animals won't get startled or lightly injured from attacks that weren't exactly on the back or head of an animal.

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  13. 1.)
    What it was like in each stage of “hunter/gatherers" that challenges that we made are that we had to worry about our hunger in Minecraft and in the early humans they had to worry on hunger too. Another challenge that we and the early humans is that we had to fight and make shelter plus we couldn't speak because they didn't have a language yet and they had to find food and make shelter.

    2.)
    The stages got easier but still harder because in the early humans they started to get more and more stuff and going to more areas instead of one place.

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    Technology advances affected the hunters and gatherers that we are trying to simulate by the years because they have more and more items and animals for the early humans.

    4.)
    Differences can you see from the simulation of Minecraft to the reality of early humans are that in reality we have even more technology than the early humans. Another difference is that the early humans have a stronger immune system while in reality we don't.

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  14. In the first stage it was very hard. We had no tools whatsoever and we didn't know what to do so we just went wherever. Which led to almost all of us dying. But, in the second simulation. We had tools so that meant that we could actually maybe survive a little longer. Well... I did anyway.
    Yes, each stage so far got easier. It's because we got tools and we knew what we had to do. Also, we had a furnace so that we could eat food and not starve to death. I think that technology helped us a lot in the second stage. it helped because in the first stage we mostly dying due to food poisoning. But, with the furnace in stage two, we could eat food without getting food poisoning. The difference is that in Minecraft we are limited yo the things that we do. And in real life they are not. That is my paragraph.

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  15. In each stage we faced many challenges. One of them in stage one was that we had no tools so most of us died really quickly. Also, when we ate we got food poisoning when it was not cooked. Yes, each stage got easier. In stage two, we had tools. So that we could get food easier. And when we got the food (we had a furnace) we could cook it in the furnace that we got so that it didn't give us food poisoning. Also, we got better weapons so that we could kill animals a lot quicker. I think that technology affected us is because we lived a lot longer with resources that are a lot better. And, we got furnaces so that we could cook food. The differences are that in Minecraft you are only allowed to do some things, but, in real life you are allowed to do whatever. That is my paragraph.

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  16. In the early stages of human evolution life was hard since they were as modern as people now. Back then the only goal for a human was to survive. In minecraft we did a simulation about early humans and we saw kind of how life was for them like in the first stage we couldn't talk to each other since they didn't have a language yet. In the hunters/gatherers stage of human evolution we saw that were still many challenges still even though they still have evolved. For example since we got so overwhelmed by all the new items we did thing that we a necessity in life so we forgot about food and the important things. Another challenge is that since we got more materials people started stealing stuff from other people. Like I said people did get overwhelmed but overall each stage did in fact get easier. Like we didn't have to worry about mining and weaponry as much as in the first stage. It affected the simulation because we can't do stuff exactly as like the early humans did. For example we weren't able to see things like mammoth tusks and skin like in the video. The differences were that we didn't have to worry about ours lives every second. Also since it was already hard in minecraft which is just a game, the fact that almost every choice you made would be a life or death situation. It was just a game so we weren't going crazy like if this would be the end. This is what we our simulation was in minecraft
    by: Tamara Fernandez

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  17. Being in the stage of the hunters and gatherers was difficult because there are barely any food and when there was we couldn't cook the food until the second round. The second round was easier because the food you gathered could be cooked and you had weapons and some fuel for the furnace which made the food you gathered more nutritious. The advances in technology helped the hunters and gatherers because the technology they made like swords helped make hunting easy, fire was also helpful because they used it to scare animals off cliffs like seen in the video. A difference in Minecraft and reality is that in reality they would use wood and not coal or a furnace another difference I found was that on Minecraft there were big structures like the temple that was there would not be there in reality.

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  18. In the hunter stage you get fire tools warmth and cooked food. Some challenges that hunters faced were limited food not so much warmth in harsh weathers. Each stage got easier I know because the ape stage you have nothing. But when you move on to the hunter stage you get tools fire and warmth. If hunters didn't have tools or warmth of food they all would die. The real world is harder than minecraft especially back then when hunters had tools warmth and food to have. in minecraft you can get food easily and you never get cold so warmth doesn't matter. But back then you need warmth and it is harder to get food. These are ways using minecraft can help you simulate what happened to the apes and hunters.

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  19. They had cloth and had to run when they saw the does type of rhinos they had two risk there life two life. Hunters had no cloth and fire two defend themselves from the mammals and then they fell of the cliff the mammals. No because the first stage was hard because I didn't know there was Sheep on the other side of the mountain and when I saw them I had not that much time to kill one sow I died. On the second stage it was hard two because I saw a palace maid out of sand so I went in I thought there was weapons but it turned out it was trap and I died. Well they didn't have weapons but it turned out that time but it was cool how they made there own tools and weapons two defend them selves. On Minecraft it was kinda the same but different because they had cloth but we had one weapon and they can make as many as they wont but we can't and they use wood and tusks to make houses. And but in Minecraft you use blocks of sand and dirt.

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  20. With the hunters and gatherers, we developed weapons to help us hunt, tools to help build homes, and fire for fighting and warmth. Yet the biggest problem was finding food to eat. Yes, each stage got easier because we eventually had weapons to kill animals with, and most importantly fire which gave us away to cook, warmth, and a new way of hunting. The way that the tech changes helps the hunters and gatherers create fire which is a very important factor while surviving in the wilderness. They also created weapons so they could easily take down animals that way they wouldn't starve. The hunters and gatherers didn't go into the desert which we could, they didn't have swords they had spears, and the fact that you could make armor in Minecraft which didn't happen because we weren't evolved enough yet so we weren't too smart.

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  21. 1. It was hard to survive the first stage because there wasn't enough food for everyone and in the second stage, it was easier to survive because we had better tools.
    2. It got easier because we had better tools to hunt and gather.
    3. The technology advanced by going from sticks to spears and fire.
    4. In Minecraft, you had the ability to make tools out of different metals instead of stones and sticks.

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  22. In the first stage it was very difficult to survive because we had no tools and we didn't have any furnate and we didn't have a lot of time to survive. Each stage it got easier because we and tools coal and furnate we had furnate because if you ate raw food you could get sick. in the second stage the technogly were more advanced because the tools helped you to eat and kill and to protect yourself. In real life you would have to worry about animals trying to attack you or kill you. In the Minecraft world there were animals just to kill and just eat. So it was different in the minecraft world than the real world.

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  23. In the first stage it was very difficult to survive because we had no tools and we didn't have any furnate and we didn't have a lot of time to survive. Each stage it got easier because we and tools coal and furnate we had furnate because if you ate raw food you could get sick. in the second stage the technogly were more advanced because the tools helped you to eat and kill and to protect yourself. In real life you would have to worry about animals trying to attack you or kill you. In the Minecraft world there were animals just to kill and just eat. So it was different in the minecraft world than the real world.

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  24. What it was like in each stage is that in one stage, we could not talk, and it was hard to hunt for food. The challenges I faced are that there was not enough food.
    2. Yes it got easier because, the second stage we could talk and the first stage we could not.
    3.How the technology advanced during the simulation is that in the first stage is that in the first stage we did not get anything, and in the second stage, we got a furnace, coal, and diamond sword.
    4. The differences I can see from the simulation are that in mine craft we got swords and furnace, but in reality, they had sticks and and fire pits. these are my answers.

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  25. What it was like in each stage is that in one stage, we could not talk, and it was hard to hunt for food. The challenges I faced are that there was not enough food.
    2. Yes it got easier because, the second stage we could talk and the first stage we could not.
    3.How the technology advanced during the simulation is that in the first stage is that in the first stage we did not get anything, and in the second stage, we got a furnace, coal, and diamond sword.
    4. The differences I can see from the simulation are that in mine craft we got swords and furnace, but in reality, they had sticks and and fire pits. these are my answers.

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  26. In the first stage we didn't have any tools to use also no communication. the challenge was it was hard to find food also to survive.Yes it was easier because you gave us more supplies to use.The technology affects the hunters and gatherers because it gives us thing to survive like being able to cook the food so we will not die and weapons so we can hunt for our food. In minecraft we had our supplies made and in real life they had to make there own.

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  27. In minecraft for each stage the challenges were food and shleter.it did not get easier each stage because each stage got hader and hader .technology effected the way hunters and gather used to be like in the olden days because it was not that easy to kill animals and you died and respand and when you died you can't respand plus it was hader to builed shelter back then.my experience was different because i didn’t do it in really life and when i played minecraft my straving was boosted plus there was nothing there to kill us.it was in a game not in real life.

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  28. In minecraft for each stage the challenges were food and shleter.it did not get easier each stage because each stage got hader and hader .technology effected the way hunters and gather used to be like in the olden days because it was not that easy to kill animals and you died and respand and when you died you can't respand plus it was hader to builed shelter back then.my experience was different because i didn’t do it in really life and when i played minecraft my straving was boosted plus there was nothing there to kill us.it was in a game not in real life.

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  29. In part one there was a big difference because in round 1 you dident have any tools and in the seccond round you got tools

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  30. Part one was hard because you had no tools and hard to hard. Part two was easy because you had a tool so it was easy to create and dig

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  31. The difference between part 1 and part 2 is that in part 1 you didn't have anything so it was a lot harder. In part 2 we had so many things like a fern es and so much more.

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  32. This is different because when we had tools we survived longer because we had the tools to help and survive when we had no tools we it was hard to survive just like the astrophysicists.

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  33. Part one was hard because you had no tools and hard to hard. Part two was easy because you had a tool so it was easy to create and dig

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  34. This is the difference between when we had tools and when we didn't. When we had tools it was easier to hunt and cook the food. When we didn't have tools it was harder to get food and nothing to cook it with.

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  35. This is the difference between when we had tools and when we didn't. When we had tools it was easier to hunt and cook the food. When we didn't have tools it was harder to get food and nothing to cook it with.

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  36. The difference between part 1 and part 2 is that in part 1 you didn't have anything so it was a lot harder. In part 2 we had so many things like a fern es and so much more.

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  37. In part one there was a big difference because in round 1 you dident have any tools and in the seccond round you got tools

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  38. This is different because when we had tools we survived longer because we had the tools to help and survive when we had no tools we it was hard to survive just like the astrophysicists.

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  39. the difference between stage one and two is that we did not have any tools in are invitor and we could not kill animals with weapons or cook then with fire. But the other one is that we had tools and weapons to kill animals with sword and we could cook are food we fire to get more nutience.

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  40. Yesterday we learned about early humans.The stage we didnt have tools was hard because it was hard to survive.But when we did have tools it was easier to kill animals,get trees for wood and we had a furnace so we can cook our raw food.

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  41. when we had materials it was better because it was more easy to kill animals for food and wood to live farther

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  42. on the minecraft map.Another challenge is you had to survive in a place were you had not a lot of food and we did not have the smartness to use tools to fight prey.Yes because we got more and more tools as we got on the way for example we got to use it for cooking food so it is safer to eat.Technology helped the hunters by using it for weapons like attacking prey e difference is it took longer to starve to death.One of them are trying to survive and hunting down animals to get food.We also had to find were to go.

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  43. Yesterday we learned about early humans.The stage we didnt have tools was hard because it was hard to survive.But when we did have tools it was easier to kill animals,get trees for wood and we had a furnace so we can cook our raw food.

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  44. When we had no tools it was much harder and we had no food. Then in part 2 we had tools to kill animals for food and it was much easier. Also to get materials faster. But, it was still hard to survive.

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  45. in part one it was hard to find food but in part two it was easy to find food but there wasnt alot
    but in both of them your health would go down and it was to stay alive

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