Do Now Copy the HW for tonight: Quiz on section 2 tomorrow! Study vocab, notes, pages 12-17 Open to page 12 and copy the definition for the word: Domesticate

DOMESTICATE To adapt wild plants or tame wild animals and breed them for human use.

Beginning of farming - agriculture

Activities for Today Using the graphic organizer called “Changes that lead to the NEW STONE AGE.” Read “The Beginning of Farming” on page 15 to page 17. Take notes for each category. Then, draw a picture to represent each category.

What changes lead to the New Stone Age? The Beginning of Farming People began to grow their own food People farmed where the soil was rich People lived closer together to farm Domestication of Plants People chose the biggest, best seeds to plant (domesticate) Domestication of Animals Humans learned to tame wild animals Dogs were domesticated for hunting Sheep, goats, pigs good for milk, wool, meat.

Domesticating Plants 5,000 BC 1,500 AD

Food for Thought Seeing how domesticating plants can actually change them over many years… What do you think domesticating animals could do to them over time? Example?

Do Now What started the beginning of the New Stone Age? Copy the HOMEWORK: Quiz on section 2 tomorrow! Study vocab Study notes from binder Study pages 12-17 In your DO NOW section, answer in a complete sentence: What started the beginning of the New Stone Age?

Old Stone Age or New Stone Age? Lived and hunted in smaller groups Farmed the land. Domesticated crops. Hunted animals and gatherers plants. Lived in larger farming communities. Domesticated animals for different uses.

Learning Activity for Today With your group and using the worksheet: Complete the T-chart comparing and contrasting the OSA and the NSA. Focus on: Social organization (how were people organized? Groups? Pairs? Individuals?) How they used land & natural resources Draw a scene showing those differences.

Old Stone Age New Stone Age Social organization Lived and hunted in small groups How they used land & natural resources Hunted animals and gathered plants. Social organization Lived in larger farming communities. Lived closer together. How they used land & natural resources Farmed the land and domesticated crops. Domesticated animals for different uses.