1. Planning your response to a claim.
Ancient History
Planning your response to a claim.

2. Choose a claim to write about.
Which choice is most appealing to me?
Which choice seems to be easiest to support?
Think about the information that you have available to you. For which claim do you have the most information?

3. Example: The Neolithic Revolution provided people with a stable food source.
First step: Find information!
Your food supply is where you live.

4. Example: The Neolithic Revolution provided people with a stable food source.
First step: Find information!
Your food supply is where you live.
Domestication of plants: use seed selection to make plants more productive and easier to harvest.

5. Example: The Neolithic Revolution provided people with a stable food source.
First step: Find information!
Your food supply is where you live.
Domestication of plants: use seed selection to make plants more productive and easier to harvest.
Domestication of animals: select species that are easiest to tame. These animals can be used to provide labor.

6. Example: The Neolithic Revolution provided people with a stable food source.
First step: Find information!
Your food supply is where you live.
Domestication of plants: use seed selection to make plants more productive and easier to harvest.
Domestication of animals: select species that are easiest to tame. These animals can be used to provide labor.
Agriculture allowed people to store their food when there was a surplus.
Source: Steinlicht, David. Join the Neolithic Revolution!

7. Let’s write it!
The Neolithic Revolution happened when people learned how to farm.

8. Let’s write it!
The Neolithic Revolution happened when people learned how to farm. Before that, hunter-gatherers had to chase animal herds and pick vegetation wherever it was available.

9. Let’s write it!
The Neolithic Revolution happened when people learned how to farm. Before that, hunter-gatherers had to chase animal herds and pick vegetation wherever it was available. Eventually, people domesticated plants to produce seeds that yielded more food and were easier to harvest.

10. Let’s write it!
The Neolithic Revolution happened when people learned how to farm. Before that, hunter-gatherers had to chase animal herds and pick vegetation wherever it was available. Eventually, people domesticated plants to produce seeds that yielded more food and were easier to harvest. Animals were domesticated to provide food and labor.

11. Let’s write it!
The Neolithic Revolution happened when people learned how to farm. Before that, hunter-gatherers had to chase animal herds and pick vegetation wherever it was available. Eventually, people domesticated plants to produce seeds that yielded more food and were easier to harvest. Animals were domesticated to provide food and labor. Because people lived in one place, they were able to store food and sometimes even had a surplus.