Monday, July 28 th  Welcome Back!  Collecting:  Parent letter  Snapshot Assignment Part I: Brochure with instructions Part II: Interview – will look at these more Wednesday

Warm Up  What were some similarities/differences between the story you wrote and the story of your relative or friend in the snapshot project?  Did anything surprise you about their story?

Maps  Need a few volunteers to get books  Map Activity  Entire class period  Map Quiz: Friday, August 8 th  Will Review before then

Tuesday, July 28 th  Timeline Activity  Early Civilizations  Today: Going over early civilizations  Different activities and notes  History of the World in 7 minutes

Get out your maps….  Going over continents…

Timeline Activity  See Powerpoint

Wednesday, July 30 th & Thursday July 31 st  Open house Thursday! 6-9pm  Finishing timeline stuff  Notes  History of the World Activity  DBQ activity

Goals for today:  Explain how and where complex societies evolved and describe their significant characteristics.  Describe ways in which the rate of change accelerated between 10,000 BCE and 1,000 BCE.  Describe the changes in Paleolithic life and the impact they had on modern humans.

Warm Up! 1.You have five minutes to: Come up with a list of all of the things that might be found in the trash of your home every week. Include recycling as well.

Now… pair up with someone sitting next to you. If all the items they come up with were taken to the dump, covered with ten feet of earth, and left there, what would still be identifiable if someone dug the items up after 100 years? After 20,000 years? After 100,000 years?

EARLY HUMANS

What do you know about early civilizations?

Early Civilizations were…  Stepping stones for:  legal system  democratic form of government  many of the world’s major religions  important inventions such as the alphabet.

How do we know about early humans?

 ARCHEOLOGISTS  Archeology- the study of past societies through analysis of what people left behind.  Anthropology- the study of human life and culture  Fossils – rocklike remains of biological organisms.

Modern Archeologists  Kenya, hominid species completely in tack (3.5 million years old)

China- bird like dinosaurs  100 million years ago!

2007- intact baby mammoth in Russia

Lascaux Cave paintings

The POINT:  Does archeology, fossils and artifacts tell us everything about a culture or civilization?  How do we analyze ancient cultures with the little information that we have about them?

History of the World in 18 minutes  You have questions to respond to  As you are watching the video, carefully listen for the answers  The author uses different analogies and things to describe human life over the last million+ years- pay attention!

TED talk  tory tory

What do these objects tell you?  Tools?  Cups?  Weapons?  Do they tell you the whole story of a society?

EARLY HUMANS

Hominids  Human-like creature that walked upright  Lived in Africa 4 million years ago  Existed for millions of years; changed over time  Louis and Mary Leaky discovered them  “Lucy”

Homo Habilis  million years ago  “Handy Human”  May have used stone tools  Discovered near Olduvai George

Homo Erectus  “Upright Human”  1.8 to 100,000 years ago  Had arms and legs in modern human proportion  First human to leave Africa

Homo Sapiens “Wise Humans”  Rapid brain growth  Mastered fire  200,000 B.C. to present  100,000 B.C. to 30,000 B.C.  Buried their dead; believed in afterlife?  Wore animal skins Homo Sapiens SapiensNeanderthals

Where did humans come from? 

PALEOLITHIC WAY OF LIFE

Characteristics of Paleolithic Age  2,500,000 B.C. to 10,000 B.C.  Humans used simple stone tools  Often called “Old Stone Age”

Early Housing of Paleolithic Area

Hunting and Gathering  Relied on hunting and gathering  Close relationship with environment  Berries, plants, fruits, nuts, grains  Hunted horses, bison, buffalo, fish and shellfish

Paleolithic Way of Life 1. Made stone tools from flint  Hand axes were most common  Handles made them easier to use  Spears were later used  Later, invented:  Bow and arrow  Spear  Fish hooks  Bone needles

Paleolithic Way of Life cont. 2. Had to follow animal migrations and vegetable cycles  Nomads- people who move from place to place to survive.  Lived in small groups of  Hunting depended on careful observation and group cooperation

Roles of Women  Women: bear and raised children; stayed closer to camp  Acquired berries, nuts, grains.  Taught children what was edible.  Trapped small animals, kept camp safe

Roles of Men and Women  Main job of people: finding enough to eat  Parents: passed on skills to children to survive  Men: Hunt herds of animals  Traveled far distances  EQUALITY

Adapting to Survive  Shelter in natural caves  New types of shelter:  Wood with animal hides  Large bones of mammoths

Use of Fire  Homo Erectus was the first  Piles of ash in caves  As long as 500,000 years ago  Provided:  Warmth  Protection from animals  Light  Cooked food  Occurred differently at different places and times

Ice Ages  100,000 B.C.  Fire was important for survival  Thick sheets of ice moved down Europe, America and Asia  Serious threat to human life  Had to adapt

Monday, August 4 th, Warm Up!  What does farming give the world?  Name at least 5 things  What would the world look like without farming?

THE NEOLITHIC REVOLUTION

How does agriculture affect our society?

 Is a foundation because it provides food for populations  Without agriculture, people would have to hunt and gather to survive.

Standard of Living  Definition: refers to a measure of what we have relative to what we need.  Objective  Examples:Shelter, food, clean water, and access to health care.  How it is measured- life expectancy, daily caloric intake, and literacy rates.

Quality of Life  Definition: refers to the degree of satisfaction we feel about our lives.  Subjective.  Example: Happiness, family, love  To measure: how one feels in relation to others

Neolithic Revolution  8000 B.C B.C.  Shift from hunting and gathering to systematic agriculture  Began planting crops  Domesticating animals  Can live in settled communities  What kind of influence does farming have in our lives?

Domestication of Animals

Growing of Crops  Southwest Asia- wheat, barley, pigs, cows, goats, sheep.  Spread to South- eastern Europe  4000 B.C.- farming established in Europe and Mediterranean Sea.

Growing of crops  6000 B.C.- wheat and barley in Egypt and Africa  Yams, bananas Moved to India  5000 B.C. –Meso- Americans  Bean, squash, maize

Farming Villages  Catalhuyuk  In modern turkey  Covered 32 acres  6700 B.C B.C.  6,000 inhabitants  Food surpluses  Specialization  Had homes

Farming Villages  Beginning of a Traditional Economic System  Based on agriculture and limited trade`  Shrines to god and goddesses  Women nursing or giving birth figurines

Effects of the Neolithic Revolution CauseEffect Settling in small towns and villages Build walls for protection, store houses for goods Storing surplus productsEncouraged trade Artisans more skilledMade more refined tools Men more active in herding and farming; women cared for children, clothes and home Women stayed in one place; men moved around; men more dominant in society People mastered farmingComplex societies and villages with armies, walls,

End of Neolithic Age  B.C.  Discovered heating rocks could turn into metal  Liquid metal could be made into tools with molds  Use of metal=new level of control of environment.  1 st - Copper  2 nd - Bronze  Bronze Age B.C. to 1200 B.C.  Iron Age B.C.

Activity:  Pick up the article, “Was Farming a good idea?” from the front room.  Read it silently and begin to answer the questions throughout the reading.

Advantages/Disadvantages? Write as many advantages and disadvantages for each way that you can think of (in the text, on your own!)  Do this with ONE partner.