S.1 Hsitory And Political Education Caltec S.1

1 | P a g e THE ORIGIN OF MAN KEY WORDS TO USE Stone Age Darwin’s Theory Human evolution Homo habilis Homo erectus Introduction You should understand traditional East African belief about the origin of man Analyze the bible and the creation stories about the origin of man Know scientific view about the origin of man Analyze the concept of human evolution Understand the theory about the origin of man Appreciate the multi -regional theory on creation and the origin o f Man Tradi tional views about the origin of man in East Africa Activity: In your views based on your pride of your culture takes in the origin of Man, knowledge about what your ancestors knew about the origin of Man can lead us to reliable source of know ledge about the origin of man, therefore answer the following questions 1. What did they know about the early live of human beings? 2. From where did the first human being come? 3. How did they meet their basic needs? 4. What type of development did the first humans h ave? Refer to the stone age and the iron age period. What was it all about? 5. How did they express themselves? After having done that, all these will us define our origin and the present life we believe in, largely , human cultures have been evolving with th e development of man. The current human culture, most of which was copied from colonial western civilization, went through two stages of a cultural revolution million years ago. For example: 2 | P a g e Stage1 1. Human beings lived in nomadic life of migrations in search of ready food, water and shelter. This stage was called the……………………………. (Fill in the gaps please) 2. Human beings invented stone, iron …