近日的AIC人文課堂上Andy老師組織了一場(chǎng)有趣的活動(dòng)把人類在狩獵采集者時(shí)期的歷史變得鮮活有趣讓同學(xué)們積極地研究、討論和分享

　　In AIC's Humanities class，our teacher Andy used an interesting activity to bring to live our hunter-gathering past for students to research, discuss and share.

　　為使這段以磨制石器為標(biāo)志的人類社會(huì)發(fā)展史在PDP2年級(jí)同學(xué)眼中變得更有趣、更直觀。Andy組織大家動(dòng)手做工藝品。

　　For making this human history stage marked by the grinding stone tool become more appealing and intuitive to PDP2 students, Andy organized a hand-crafted workshop.

　　他鼓勵(lì)同學(xué)們發(fā)問(wèn)，在討論的過(guò)程中把這個(gè)單元必學(xué)的知識(shí)傳遞給學(xué)生。

　　He encouraged the students to come up with questions, and in their discussion, he shared the knowledge they needed to know as per the unit objectives.

　　這項(xiàng)任務(wù)具有很強(qiáng)的實(shí)踐性，需要發(fā)揮創(chuàng)造力。老師把上課地點(diǎn)從教學(xué)樓課室轉(zhuǎn)移到了學(xué)校食堂，請(qǐng)同學(xué)們以小組為單位合作完成。

　　The task assigned was practical and creative in nature. He moved the lesson to the school canteen and divided the students into groups to work in teams.

　　說(shuō)到動(dòng)手實(shí)踐，AIC同學(xué)們各懷才藝，實(shí)力不容小覷。他們用面粉、鹽和食物染料，復(fù)刻出狩獵采集者時(shí)代人類的各種重要生活物品，如用石頭和動(dòng)物骨頭制成的工具和首飾。

　　When it came to hands-on practice, AIC students showed their talents with different skills. They used flour, salt, water, and then food coloring to reproduce various types of stone and bone tools and jewelry, which were so important to the hunter-gatherer way of life.

　　完成手工后，Andy請(qǐng)同學(xué)們?yōu)樽约旱淖髌诽砑游淖终f(shuō)明，以展示他們由此所理解到的重要史實(shí)信息。

　　After the workshop, Andy invited students to add captions to their work and to present their understanding of the important factual information about these artifacts.

　　老師還把同學(xué)們完成的精美手工藝品展示在教學(xué)樓四樓公共區(qū)域，大家一起來(lái)欣賞吧!

　　He also displayed the exquisite works made by students in teaching building 4F, in a public area. Let's have a look!

　　Alexander, David, Frank和Usher同學(xué)的作品介紹里提到，石手斧是人類使用歷史較長(zhǎng)的工具，目前發(fā)現(xiàn)的較古老的斧頭出現(xiàn)在160多萬(wàn)年前。

　　Alexander, David, Frank and Usher introduced the stone axe as the longest used tool in human history. The oldest axes found are about 1.6 million years old.

　　Amy, Agatha, Betty, Alex和Margreat合力制作了那時(shí)期的刀片，項(xiàng)鏈和斧頭。他們還特別分享了研究發(fā)現(xiàn)，當(dāng)時(shí)各部落的狩獵采集者們熱衷佩戴項(xiàng)鏈，不僅是作為一種計(jì)數(shù)和跟蹤事件的方式，也是同伴間比拼、看誰(shuí)能得到更多獵物的競(jìng)爭(zhēng)方式。

　　Amy, Agatha, Betty, Alex and Margreat worked together to bring us an ancient blade, necklaces and an axe.In particular, they shared their findings, that hunter-gatherer tribes wore necklaces not only as a way of counting and keeping track of events, but also for competing with their companions to hunt more animals.

　　同學(xué)們還指出，早在那個(gè)時(shí)期，不同部落的人們就佩戴著雕刻有圖案的動(dòng)物牙齒作為裝飾，這說(shuō)明人類很早就有了對(duì)美的追求。

　　The students also pointed out that during this period different tribes wore animal teeth, carved with pattens as decorations, which shows that human beings began to pursue beauty a very early time.

　　以上這些研究結(jié)論，都是同學(xué)們?cè)趯?duì)“人類史上四次社會(huì)革命”這個(gè)單元的學(xué)習(xí)內(nèi)容所展開(kāi)的探索。目前，他們正在研究第一次重大革命——農(nóng)業(yè)革命前的初始階段，了解狩獵采集者的生活。

　　All of the above research is the result of students’ inquiry for the unit on 'the four social revolutions' in human history. This was the beginning stage (hunter-gatherer), before the first big revolution - the agricultural revolution.

　　之后，同學(xué)們還會(huì)就蒸汽動(dòng)力和微芯片對(duì)世界帶來(lái)的改變展開(kāi)研究。

　　Later they will examine steam power and the microchip which have changed our world so much.

　　在整個(gè)單元學(xué)習(xí)完成后，同學(xué)們還需就這些變革在人類發(fā)展史上的重要性做較終的項(xiàng)目調(diào)研。

　　It will all culminate with a final inquiry project about the importance of these revolutions to human kind.

　　鼓勵(lì)學(xué)生們實(shí)踐出真知，培養(yǎng)他們發(fā)展自己天生的好奇心，鍛煉他們探索研究所需具備的技能，是AIC踐行IB教育理念的一種方式。

　　Encouraging students to learn knowledge by doing, developing their natural curiosity, and honing skills necessary to conduct inquiry and research is a way that AIC lives the IB ideal.

　　在AIC，我們的目標(biāo)是為學(xué)生創(chuàng)造理想環(huán)境，讓他們積極主動(dòng)地?zé)釔?ài)學(xué)習(xí)，這種好學(xué)的品質(zhì)將持續(xù)伴隨他們一生。

　　At AIC, we aim to create an ideal environment for students to actively enjoy learning so that this love of learning is sustained throughout their lives.