The Agricultural Revolution

Artifacts of the Neolithic Age What do you think these artifacts are? Do you think they are from foraging community or a settle farming community? Why? How do you think archeologists figure these questions out? What can these artifacts tell us about how it changed people’s lives?

An event which causes a VERY significant change in history Turning Point An event which causes a VERY significant change in history Example: The Agricultural Revolution was a turning point in human history.

The Great Thaw An event that happened 10,000 years ago when the Earth’s climate warmed and regions of the planet became warmer. Example: After the Great Thaw, many plants and animals began to flourish due to the warmer climate.

Agrarian A type of society based on farming and raising cattle. Example: Foragers became an agrarian society once they settled down in villages.

Neolithic Age A term that means New Stone Age—period when humans started to farm and settled down. Example: The Neolithic Age began 10,000 years ago.

These words all mean the same thing! Neolithic Age Agrarian Era New Stone Age Agricultural Revolution

History Channel Video Farming and the Birth of Society

Group Work: Farming Across Time & Space Look at the maps #1 & #2 with your famous pair Fill out the Plants and Crops of the World Write what crops were first farmed and in what region of the world they were farmed in.

Dev. Of Farming across Time & Space North America Europe Middle East Southeast Asia Central America Africa South America

Dev. Of Farming across Time & Space

Focus Region

History Channel Video History of Farming

Guided Paragraph Farming is ….. Farming is important because… Farming started when…. The Agricultural Revolution was a turning point in history because…

Exit Slip Even though the Foraging Era lasted for more than 200,000 years and the Agrarian Era only last for about 10,000 years, 70% of all humanity lived during the Agrarian Era. Why do you think that such a small percentage of humans lived during the longest era of human history?

Name: Date: Core: Exit Slip: CER Why are some crops more useful than others? For example, why is wheat more useful for a town than olives? ________________________________ ________________________________ ________________________________ ________________________________ ________________________________ ________________________________ ________________________________ ________________________________ ________________________________ ________________________________ ________________________________ ________________________________ ______________________________

Name: Date: Core: Exit Slip: CER Why are some crops more useful than others? For example, why is wheat more useful for a town than olives? Some crops are more useful for a town than other crops because …. According to the map… Nutritional value of different crops Ability to be used in different ways Ability to be stored longer or transported