Picture This

You have twenty words in your bag You have twenty words in your bag. Your team must put the appropriate word next to the correct picture. Be aware that not every picture has a word to go with it, so choose the right picture. You have 5 minutes. The first team to place all the words in the correct spot wins. Do not begin until you here the word “GO!”

Unit 1: Early Civilizations

Prehistory Prehistory is the period before writing was invented to keep records We know about prehistory from archaeological and biological information

Prehistory Archaeologists- analyze artifacts Anthropologists- analyze human remains and culture Artifacts include: tools, weapons, buildings, artwork, etc

Prehistory What do tools show us? What can bones tell us? They tell us if the tools were used for weapons or hunting. Bones can tell us where a person lived, what they ate, and how they died. Stop for discussion……what would a pizza box look like to someone who has never seen one! What about cell phones?

Think about what someone would know about you if they went through your trash! What are some other jobs that do something similar to an archaeologist or anthropologist?

Crime Scene Investigator C.S.I Take a look at the crime scene below. What can you infer from the things you observe?

Prehistory How do we know how old something is? Method What we learn from it Radio-Carbon Dating (Half life/C-14) Accurately dates up to 50,000 years old through release of carbon Thermoluminescence Measures objects up to 200,000 years old through the light electrons it gives off Biological (DNA, Blood) We can trace ancestry to the societies of prehistory

Homo Habilis: used their hands to make and use stone tools Homo Sapien: sapiens meaning wise or intelligent (skull shapes indicate bigger brains) Homo Sapien-Sapien: modern man Video and Worksheet Bio about Lucy

Prehistory Homo Erectus was the first to leave Africa. Why did it take tens of thousands of years to spread all over the world? Groups of these people moved beyond their old hunting ground at a rate of 2-3 miles per generation. This is called “Out of Africa” theory of how we settled the world.

Paleolithic to Neolithic

Paleolithic and Neolithic The act of cooking food helped our brains to develops bc our bodies werent using all the calories to digest raw food (spleen!-left over organ)

Paleolithic to Neolithic Meso Neo “Old Stone Age” “Middle Stone Age” “New Stone Age” Making and Using Stone tools Using fire to cook food Carved objects out of wood Hunter/ Gathers Stored food for later use Farming Tools: spears, bows/arrows, fishhooks Domestication of the Dog Domestication and Herding of animals NOMADIC- moved to follow where the food was Begin staying near water Permanent farming settlements Egalitarian- men and women found food Pottery and Cave paintings Houses, places of worship, specialized jobs, tombs

Paleolithic to Neolithic Cave paintings were probably a part of a ritual for a successful hunt. What is a function of art in general? Learn from art Pleasure from experiencing beauty

Let’s make cave art! Can you figure out what this says?

Neolithic Revolution At the end of the last Ice Age (8000BC), there was a shift from hunting and gathering to systematic agriculture. Systematic agriculture means planting crops and domesticating (taming) animals for FOOD, CLOTHING, WORK The ability to acquire food regularly gave humans greater control over their environment and made it possible to give up being nomads

Neolithic Revolution Agriculture gave rise to permanent settlements. One was Jericho, in Palestine. The largest was Catal Huyuk, in present-day Turkey. Agriculture developed all over the world between 8000 and 5000 BC Mesoamericans grew beans, squash, and corn

Neolithic Revolution Catal Huyuk had evidence of 12 products that were grown along with the widespread domestication of animals. Because of the increased food production and storage, people had more food than needed ( SURPLUS ). This allowed others to work as artisans making things such as jewelry and weapons.

Neolithic Revolution What were some advantages of the Neolithic Revolution? What were some disadvantages of the Neolithic Revolution? Link is in the title Ad: more food, more pop, food surplus Dis: farming is hard, bad for environment

Look at the comic. What do you think it means Look at the comic. What do you think it means? Add another box to the comic that goes with what it is saying.

Characteristics of Civilizations GRAPES of Civilization G- Geography R- Religion A- Achievements (Art and Architecture) P- Politics E- Economy S- Social Structure

Grapes of Early Civilizations Settled on land near rivers, which made land fertile for growing crops and water supply for people and animals was replenished. As food from farming became abundant, more people would live in cities instead of being nomadic. (population, buildings, artifacts) R All of the new civilizations developed religions to explain the forces of nature and roles in the world. To win the gods favor, priests supervised rituals, which made them important in early civilizations. A Architects built temples and pyramids as places of worship, sacrifice, or burial. Art also portrayed rulers and gods. Rulers, priests, merchants, and artisans used writing to keep records P Growing numbers of people made food production a central concern, and led to practices, such as irrigation. The organization required for such projects led to governments E Crops and art, such as tools used as weapons, were traded for other crops, clothing, or tools/weapons. S A new social structure appeared based on economic power. Rulers, priests, and warriors dominated and below them were farmers and artisans. At the bottom was a slave class.

In at least 3 sentences explain what makes the United States a Civilization?