Agricultural Revolution!

Effects of the Agricultural Revolution What does this graph suggest was the effect of the Agricultural Revolution? Why?

Agriculture could provide more food than hunting and gathering Agriculture could provide more food than hunting and gathering. As a result, population increased.

Surplus The class is the agricultural community. October: The harvest provides more food than hunting and gathering did. In fact, there is too much food! Surplus = more than what is needed; extra What could your community do to solve this problem of having a surplus of food? (5 min Conference)  (everyone farms)  (3 yellow index cards to represent wheat)  (hand gesture for "full" for surplus)  5

Surplus

Specialization Next year, you decide you do not need to farm so much. What will people do who are not farming?  (5 min Conference)  These people take other jobs: potters, weavers, shamans (spiritual leaders).  Specialization: a skill in one kind of work , so only three continue to farm 8

Potter

Weavers

Shaman

Barter Economy Now the potters have lots of pottery and the farmers have lots of food. What should they do?   (5 min conference)  They traded.   BARTER: people trade goods for other goods and do not use money.   BARTER ECONOMY: An economy that does not use money, where people trade one good for another without using money. 

Barter Economy

Effects of the Agricultural Revolution

Comic Strips! Make a cartoon strip that explains the effects of the Agricultural Revolution.  Use textual evidence from your completed notes If you were given a quiz on this material and the only thing you could use to help you was your comic strip, would it tell you enough about the material to do well??????