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This 10-word pumpkin-shaped word search explores early human societies and the transition from hunting-gathering to agriculture for middle school students. Hidden words include domestication, Neolithic, Paleolithic, and Robert Braidwood, covering key concepts in human development. Use it as a sub-plan activity during an anthropology unit, a seasonal social-studies handout, or a template for similar history-based puzzles.

Subject:
Social Studies
Topic:
Anthropology
Grade Level:
6th – 8th Grades
Updated September 2022

Word List

  • ARCHAEOLOGISTS
  • ARTIFACT
  • CULTURE
  • DOMESTICATION
  • HUNTERGATHERER
  • NEOLITHIC
  • NOMAD
  • PALEOLITHIC
  • ROBERTBRAIDWOOD
  • SLASHANDBURNFARMING

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