In this unit, students are expected to learn about the following:

• the early origins of humans in Africa and our migration out of Africa to the rest of the world
• the increasingly sophisticated use of tools made from stone, bone and other materials
• the shift of human beings from a nomadic way of life of hunter-gatherers to a more settled, agrarian way of life

In addition, students are expected to increasingly work on these core skills in social studies:

• asking questions and gathering evidence to answer them
• interpreting and analyzing ideas
• assessing the significance of events at certain times