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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