Vocabulary
Something that no longer exists
What is extinct?
In Nepal, they thought that it was a dragon when the earth began shaking. It wasn't a dragon, it was an ___________.
What is an earthquake?
When we study Hannukah, Cinco de Mayo, and Chinese New Year, we are studying other ________
What are cultures?
When Pliny described a dragon it was actually a _________
What is a python?
Why did people realize that dragons were not real?
A they heard stories about dragons
B They found dragon bones in the ground
C They learned more about natural events like earthquakes
D They watched tv shows about dragons
What is C, they learned more about natural evens like earthquakes?
Something that is not real, it is imaginary
What is mythical?
In China, people dug up "dragon bones" from the fields. These bones were actually from _________.
What are dinosaurs?
The dodo bird (you know, Mrs. Michael's first pet) is no longer alive. It is ______________.
What is extinct?
In Greece when they found a giant skeleton after a forest fire, it was actually a ___________.
What is a mastodon?
True or False: They only believed in dragons in Nepal.
What is false?
The remains of animals and plants from long ago
What is fossils?
In Greece, when a forest fire burned through trees and plants, they found a giant skeleton that they said was a dragon. It was actually a skeleton of a large, hairy animal similar to an elephant called a __________
What is a mastodon?
When we were looking at rocks, we saw remains of a plant from long ago. We found a _____________.
What is a fossil?
The reason people imagined dragons was because they were afraid of animals like tigers and ______.
The section "Strange Skeletons" was mostly about _________.
What are bones from extinct animals?
Stories that are told over and over for many years (and what Mr. Rupert thinks he is....)
What is a legend?
When Pliny heard about dangerous creatures in India, he thought that it was a dragon. Actually, it was a __________.
What is a python?
Jack and the Beanstalk is a story that was told over and over for many years. It is called a _______.
What is a legend?
In China, when people dug up "dragon bones" they were actually finding bones of __________.
What are dinosaurs?
The main idea of this story was __________.
What is people have told stories about dragons for years and continue to do so today?
Groups of people with their own ideas, customs, traditions and way of life
What are cultures?
People in ancient times were scared of animals such as lions and _______ so they made up a new creature to be more frightened of: a dragon!
What are tigers?
Dragons, unicorns, and the Loch Ness Monster are examples of things that are not real, they are imaginary. They are all _________ beasts.
What is mythical?
In Nepal, they thought that a dragon moved a mountain. What it really was thought, was an _________.
What is an earthquake?
The reason that people are still interested in dragon stories today, even though we know they aren't real is _____________.
What is that they are fun and entertaining to watch or read about?