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Hall of Human Origins Educator's Guide
The Educator's Guide is the main teaching tool for the exhibition. It offers background and instructional strategies-all correlated to standards-for before, during, and after your visit.

Hall of Human Origins Educator's Guide Curriculum Materials for grades K through 12

Also available as: PDF

Hall of Human Origins: Map of the Exhibition Exhibition Materials for grades K and up

Hall of Human Origins: Connections to Other Museum Halls Exhibition Materials for grades K and up

Hall of Human Origins: Pre-Visit Activities Grades K-4 Activity for grades K through 4

Hall of Human Origins: Pre-Visit Activities Grades 5-8 Activity for grades 5 through 8

Hall of Human Origins: Pre-Visit Activities Grades 9-12 Activity for grades 9 through 12

Hall of Human Origins: Exhibition Activity Sheets for Students Grades K-4 Activity for grades K through 4

Hall of Human Origins: Exhibition Activity Sheets for Students Grades 5-8 Activity for grades 5 through 8

Hall of Human Origins: Exhibition Activity Sheets for Students Grades 9-12 Activity for grades 9 through 12

Opened February 10, 2007

Humans, like all species, are a product of evolution. The Hall of Human Origins presents key and cutting-edge evidence - fossils, genetic data, and artifacts - that scientists use to assemble the evolutionary story of our taxonomic family, the hominids. Discover the relatives that make up our branch on the tree of life. Explore the characteristics that make humans unique. Learn how our species migrated throughout the globe, which we impact without parallel.

Offerings

Sackler Education Lab

Middle and high school laboratory experience in comparative genomics. MORE »

Plan Your Visit

Make the most of your field trip with these important guidelines and useful tips. MORE »

Credits

The Museum is deeply grateful to the Hall's lead benefactors Anne and Bernard Spitzer, whose marvelous generosity inspired and made possible the new Spitzer Hall of Human Origins. The Museum also extends its gratitude to The Mortimer D. Sackler Foundation, Inc., Katheryn C. Patterson and Thomas L. Kempner, Jr., Arlene and Arnold Goldstein, the Honorable Lucy Wilson Benson, and the Stout Family for their generous support.