Our Pasts: The Earliest Societies · Prehistory – c. 10,000 BCE

Early Tools and Fire

Stone tools, bone needles, and the discovery of fire: how technology changed the lives of early humans.

Key Questions

  1. 1What were the earliest tools made from?
  2. 2How did the discovery of fire change human life?
  3. 3Why do we call this period the Stone Age?

CBSE Learning Outcomes

CBSE: On the Trail of the Earliest People - Class 6CBSE: From Hunting-Gathering to Growing Food - Class 6
Class: Class 6
Subject: Social Science
Unit: Our Pasts: The Earliest Societies
Period: Prehistory – c. 10,000 BCE

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