Agriculture Revolution Stage 1 Questions What is it? Where did it happen? Why did it happen? What was the impact? Lesson 7 W1.1.2, W1.2.1 Lesson 9 W1.2.2, H1.4.2 Post to the Wall what you think the Agriculture Revolution is One the home page of the website

Types of Revolutions Industrial Technology Agriculture Religious Robotic Knowledge massive sudden change Define Revolution: Rank into order that happened first

Drag and Drop HUNTER-GATHERERS: AGRICULTURE: DOMESTICATION: FOOD SURPLUS: SPECIALIZATION: HIERARCHY: Nomads Irrigation Migration Cave Shelters Drag the word underneath the picture

What is an Agriculture Revolution The Agricultural Revolution, was the world's first historically verifiable revolution in agriculture. It was the wide-scale transition of many human cultures from a lifestyle of hunting and gathering to one of agriculture and settlement which supported an increasingly large population. Label Nomad, arrow, Farmer Bold the Key words in the statement

Where did it happen? FERTILE CRESCENT : Use a red arrow to indicate the area. List what happened here.

Why did it happen? People who had been largely nomadic and in need of pasturage for their flocks, found the area conducive to agriculture and settled down. In order to accomplish anything, people had to settle down in one place where they could get to work. It was impossible to get beyond a certain point of progress living out in the open as a hunter-gatherer, always moving from place to place in search of food. To get beyond that point, people had to settle down, had to have a permanent basis from which they could begin to master their environment. Put a star Next to the statement that you believe

Agriculture Revolution Impact Villages Develop The practice of farming the land led to the development of villages. The people no longer had to travel in search of wild game and plant life. Instead, they could settle down in one place, and begin to build more permanent structures. List Advantages of Living in a village

This specialization of work tasks allowed technology to really take off, so that great advancements were made. The people became more skilled in tool making, creating special implements for farming, fishing, building and so forth. Agriculture Revolution Impact Specialization What job does a person have if they are a specialist. Extra Credit, Put in a picture of that job

Agriculture Revolution Impact Population Growth population increase million before 10,000 B.C.. To 300 million AD Put in the world current Population

Agriculture Revolution Impact Trade List one example of trade Define : use wordcentral.com

Agriculture Revolution Impact Hierarchy Define : use wordcentral.com Put in Hierarchal order from greatest to least

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Agriculture Revolution Impact POST to MESSAGE BOARD List one example of trade Two Question to answers on the Message board

Research Questions What were the first crops grown by people? What exact time was this revolution taking place? And where? Did agriculturalists have any type of leisure time?

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