1. Bellringer
Explain what it means when your parents or teachers tell you to “act civilized”? (Write a 25 word response)

2. Essential ?s
What is a Civilization ?

3. Words to Know Prehistory systematic agriculture Archaeology Artifacts
Anthropology
Fossils
systematic agriculture
Domestication
Artisans
Culture
civilization

4. 6 Elements of a civilization
1) cities 2) government
3) Religion 4) social structure 5) writing 6) art

5. Paleolithic Age

7. Numbered Heads
What were the characteristics of the Paleolithic Age? Why might life have been difficult during that time?

9. Neolithic Age

11. Numbered Heads
What was the Neolithic Revolution and what effects did it have on the way people live?

13. Closure
What are the characteristics of a civilization? (List 6) Demonstrate that America fulfills each characteristic.