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Skills and Knowledge

Big Ideas of History

Below are three options for exploring the Mungo Lake Discoveries developing key historical skills. Choose 1 to pursue this 

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Human Species

Lake Mungo Reading Questions

 

Read the web page below and answer the questions that follow:

Why are Mungo Man and Mungo Lady significant? - History Skills

  1. Where is the archaeological site of Lake Mungo located?

  2. When did Lake Mungo dry up?

  3. What did geologist Jim Bowler discover in 1968?

  4. What did Bowler discover in 1974?

  5. Which dating technique did they use to conclude that the remains were 40,000 years old?

  6. In what position, and with what decoration was Mungo Man buried?

  7. What happened to the remains of Mungo Man after it was discovered?

  8. How old and how tall was Mungo Man thought to be when he died?

  9. What happened to Mungo Man in 2015?

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Paragraph Writing

 

Based upon what you have learnt in your readings, answer the question below in paragraph format (Topic Sentence, Explanation, Evidence, Concluding Sentence):

 

Why are the human remains from Lake Mungo a significant archaeological find?

Migration

Lake Mungo Reading Questions

 

Watch the videos below and answer the questions that follow:

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  1. Where is the archaeological site of Lake Mungo located?

  2. When did Lake Mungo dry up?

  3. What did geologist Jim Bowler discover in 1968?

  4. What did Bowler discover in 1974?

  5. Which dating technique did they use to conclude that the remains were 40,000 years old?

  6. In what position, and with what decoration was Mungo Man buried?

  7. What happened to the remains of Mungo Man after it was discovered?

  8. How old and how tall was Mungo Man thought to be when he died?

  9. What happened to Mungo Man in 2015?

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Paragraph Writing

Based upon what you have learnt from the videos, answer the question below in paragraph format (Topic Sentence, Explanation, Evidence, Concluding Sentence):

 

Why are the human remains from Lake Mungo a significant archaeological find?

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Tools

Lake Mungo Reading Questions

 

Use this research doc and the internet to investigate Mungo Man and Lady.

 

After your research:​

Paragraph Writing

Based upon what you have learnt in your research, answer the question below in paragraph format (Topic Sentence, Explanation, Evidence, Concluding Sentence):

 

Why are the human remains from Lake Mungo a significant archaeological find?

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