History of the Ancient and Medieval World Prehistory: Culture and Civilization Walsingham Academy Mrs. McArthur Room 111

Fact File Approximately: –2,5000,000 BCE - Old Stone Age (Paleolithic) –10,000 BCE - New Stone Age (Neolithic) –5,000 BCE - First Civilizations What conclusions can one draw from these dates? Anthropologists to have heard of: –Louis, Mary and Richard Leakey (Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania) –Donald Johanson (“Lucy”) For transcript, see text, pp. 4

Assignment 1 Read handouts (2 pages) and answer accompanying questions, –Donald Johanson-Biography –Dawn of History Remember: Put your work on a separate sheet of paper. Include: –Your name and period –Answers written in complete sentences. Take a Virtual Field Trip to Lascaux, France Check it out! Project Due Date: Friday, September 5

“Staging”: A Useful Tool It is really hard to summarize man’s long evolution. We surmise that: it was gradual but… it spread across the globe at different rates and in different ways at different times. Social Scientists learn about this long period using many indirect as well as direct methods.

The Neolithic Revolution Some historians have argued that this step was the most significant stage in man’s evolution not rivaled until the Industrial Revolution. 1.How did the transition from nomadic life to one of permanent settlement take place? 2.Why was this role crucial to the emergence of civilization? For transcripts, see text, pp. 11 and 17

Civilization From Latin root civ- (city, civic, citizen, civil) Cities emerged as result of the Neolithic Revolution in the Middle East about 5,000 years ago. The basic features of civilization are interlocking and mark all civilizations. How are “culture” and “civilization” related?

Assignment 2 Read photocopy, Beginnings of Civilization. Auto-Test: Complete the chart on next slide. Project Due Date: Friday, September 5

Beginnings of Civilization Civilization’s basic features

Assignment 3 (1) Complete project. Remember our discussion about technology and meeting deadlines! (2) Quiz (3) Optional X-Credit Project

Quiz 1: Overview Note: Bring colored Pencils Historical Time: In what 2 ways might a historian express time? For what purpose(s.) What is culture? How is it spread-across time and place? Prehistoric Early Peoples: Paleolithic vs. Neolithic

Quiz 1: Overview, cont. Inter-dependence of social sciences: (geography, history, anthropology, archaeology, political science, economics, statistics, psychology, sociology) What is civilization and how is it different from culture? 10 themes of history (project) Not on Test

Assignment 4 Read handout: What is the West? What is a paradox? (Use a dictionary) What is the simplest definition of The West? How and why has the geographic setting of this term changed? How has the definition of this word changed over time? Give two examples. Black Ships Before Troy: Due Sept. 15