Agriculture: Where It All Begins! 6 th Grade Social Studies October 2013
Hunters and Gatherers roamed the Earth following their food Discovered best places and times to grow certain crops Developed better tools and techniques to make crops more abundant Created ways to communicate and calculate information about these crops People begin to specialize and improve techniques in their jobs More food is grown and there is a surplus of food, time, and people
Hunters and Gatherers roamed the Earth following their food
Discovered best places and times to grow certain crops (patterns)
Developed better tools and techniques to make crops more abundant
Created ways to communicate and calculate information about these crops
People begin to specialize and improve techniques in their jobs
More food is grown and there is a surplus of food, time, and people
Hunters and Gatherers roamed the Earth following their food Discovered best places and times to grow certain crops Developed better tools and techniques to make crops more abundant Created ways to communicate and calculate information about these crops People begin to specialize and improve techniques in their jobs More food is grown and there is a surplus of food, time, and people
GOVERNMENT Need for rules and laws for dealing with trade and land ownership leads to development of government ART and ARCHITECTURE More leisure time leads to development of art and literature EDUCATION Need to pass on ideas, techniques, rules, etc. leads to development of education From Subsistence Farming to Surplus Farming
Government Need for rules and laws for dealing with trade and land ownership leads to development of government
Art and Architecture More leisure time leads to development of art and literature
Education Need to pass on ideas, techniques, rules, etc. leads to development of education
Need for rules and laws for dealing with trade and land ownership leads to development of government More leisure time leads to development of art and literature Need to pass on ideas, techniques, rules, etc. leads to development of education From Subsistence Farming to Surplus Farming
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