Video-Enhanced Lesson

In this lesson, selected segments from the PBS series The Human Spark are used to help students understand both the construction and context of some of the prehistoric tools which allowed early humans to survive and thrive. (Grades 9-12)

These segments from the PBS series The Human Spark are used to help students understand both the construction and context of some of the prehistoric tools which allowed early humans to survive and thrive.

Veronica Waweru describes some of her game-changing research on ancient hunting and what it was like to work with our television crew.

Alan Alda joins John Shea for a lesson on Primitive Technology. Alan makes hand axes like a Neanderthal, but throws a pretty mean spear at an unsuspecting doe.

For John Shea, the way we posed our questions about the human spark got him pondering the evolution of our human uniqueness in a new way.

Here John Shea shares a bit more about his research interests – and what it’s like to be interviewed for television!