1. Early Human Technology EQ how did technology change early human civilization?

2. What makes us human? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ML1OZC HixR0 Start at 4:30

3. Pair-Share 1.What did the early human learn in this scene? How will he use the bone in the future? 2.Why is this important?

4. What is technology? ●The way people use knowledge, tools and inventions to meet their needs ●it gave humans more control over their environment

5. Paleolithic Era ●“The Stone Age” ●Extremely primitive ●Tool use limited to stone and bones ●lasted around 2.5 million years ●First use of fire

6. Fire What are some things Early Humans would have used fire for?

8. Neolithic Era ●“New Stone Age” 8000-5000 BCE ●Farming tools, such as sickles, hoes and millstones, leading to the agricultural revolution (also domestication of animals) ●Invention of the wheel, for pottery ●Building tools, creation of religious buildings ●Some use of copper to make tools

10. Bronze Age ●around 3000-1200 BC ●Craftspeople in western Asia discovered that mixing copper and tin makes bronze, which is stronger than copper alone

12. Iron Age ●widespread use of iron or steel ●Best tools made with steel ●advances in farming and art