There are always Big Questions coming up, but we try to give them a little time on Thursdays in 4G. After we'd
looked back at one or two of the questions from last time, we had some more to ask:
We discussed Maia's and Tobias' questions, and wondered what it was that made humans so different from other animals, that we have a history, that while our bodies haven't changed much since the time of the cavemen our
culture has. Humans are unique like that. Why is that?
Pablo thought it was because of our hands, and there's a lot of sense in that. Animals like cats and dogs can't really hold things because all their four limbs end in feet. We have hands, and so we can use tools!
Of course there's a lot more to it than that. What do
you think? How did cavemen learn how to learn? And where does language fit into all this? Any answers?
I love all the questions in big question time!
ReplyDeleteTobias/Tobiss' s Mummy think that cavemen learnt by 'trial and error' so, maybe they tried out a spear that they made and realised if they made it well they could hunt and kill their next meal which could then taste bette after being nearr the fire that they'd been working out how to make etc.etc. But it all took AGES.
ReplyDeleteIt was a great question, wasn't it? I like the idea of 'trial and error' - thank you!
DeleteI think the invention of writing had a lot to do with it but more than that telling stories and singing created a way to share dreams and experiences beyond the immediate setting of the present. I'm a teacher in London and my Year 5 class will think about your ideas ttoo. What a great question!
ReplyDeleteThe question of who invented place names is really interesting.
ReplyDeleteFor example the city Rome was given the name by two boys called Romulus and Remus and they have a bit of the name Rome inside.
Pablo,I think hollywood start like everything
ReplyDeleteYeah Probably!
DeleteAlicia, they didn't discover their names; they just named them like any other thing.
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ReplyDeleteClara, I think the word is for everything living. It's so that we get an experience.
ReplyDeleteJacques, I think a Necromancer is a wizard who casts Death spells, but I don't know who The Necromancer is. I think he is from The Hobbit.
ReplyDeleteMimi, I think I know how languages were created. Here's the story: In the Bible some men who wanted to build a really tall tower to get to heaven. So they built the tower, but God didn't want them to. So God gave them all a different languages and that confused them and they stopped working.
ReplyDeleteClaudia, the place depends on the founder of that place. Like Rome was founded by Remus and Romulus.
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