1. Ch. 3: From Hunters and Gatherers to Farmers
Unit One
Ch. 3: From Hunters and Gatherers to Farmers

2. Key Terms: Chapter 3 Paleolithic Age Fertile Crescent domesticate
nomad
resource
Neolithic Age
Catal Hoyuk
agriculture
trade

3. Copy this graphic organizer in your spiral notebook.

4. Paleolithic Age: (Old Stone Age) Hunters and gatherers
Lived a nomadic life
Neolithic Age: (New Stone Age)
Began around 8000 B.C.E
Learned to raise animals & grow crops
Settled down to live in one place
One of the most important advances ever made

5. Stories From the Stone Age

6. Open ISN to page 17.
Together: We will complete Pages

7. 3.1 Pg. 17 - What was Life Like in…
Paleolithic Age
Neolithic Age
Humans were hunter-gatherers
Always looking for food
Took shelter in caves or made temporary shelters
Grew their own food
Built permanent shelters
Settled down in one place
Where were Neolithic settlements located?
YOUR TURN:
Why were they located there? (Discuss…)

8. 3.2 P. 18 – Obtaining Food Paleolithic Age
Hunting animals & gathering plants
Food supply not dependable
Hunting was dangerous.
Paleolithic Age

9. 3.2 - What did Neolithic people learn about domesticating animals?
Learned how:
to raise and use animals for people’s needs
to raise sheep, goats, and cattle for the meat
Discovered that:
Goats and cattle also provided milk
Mules helped carry heavy loads & pull plows

10. 3.2 – What is Agriculture? Neolithic Age: Importance:
Grew their own crops
Domesticated animals
Importance:
Created stable food supply
Permanent community
Solid, permanent shelter
Allowed for trade

11. Why might social scientists have thought these were tools?
Stand, Turn & Talk
Why might social scientists have thought these were tools?

12. 3.3

13. 3.3 Neolithic Use of Houses (p.19)
Food was stored in the floor
Pits for cooking were dug into the floor & lined with clay
May have filled pits with water & dropped in hot stones to make the water boil for cooking

14. 3.3 Importance of Permanent Shelters (p.19)

15. Permanent Shelters

16. 3.4 Communities Paleolithic Age Neolithic Age Larger groups/families
Could divide up the work
Less work = leisure time
More comfortable, safer
Could defend themselves
Population increased
Small bands of people
Always moving from place to place

17. LOCAT
ION

18. 3.5 Important Jobs Weaving Basket making Tool making Trading Pottery
Paleolithic Age
Neolithic Age
Finding food for survival
Specialized jobs:
Weaving
Basket making
Tool making
Trading
Pottery
Jewelry
Different jobs = job specialization
Found better ways of doing jobs
Added more variety to life

19. 3.6 Resources & Trade Paleolithic Age Neolithic Age Growth of trade =
Used only what was nearby
Traded to get what they didn’t have
Traders traveled (on foot, donkeys, sailing on ships)
Growth of trade =
Make use of more resources
Met new people
Exchanged new ideas and ways of thinking & doing things

20. How did the development of agriculture change daily life in the Neolithic Age?
3.1 & 3.2: Introduction
3.3: Stable Food Supply
3.4 & 3.5: Shelters and Communities
3.6 & 3.7: Job Specialization & Trade
Conclusion: See end of Chapter 3 summary to help you with this (page 31 in text book).

21. Form teams of 3-4 people
Select the team leader
Divide up tasks
Intro
Paragraph 1 (stable food)
Paragraph 2 (shelters and communities)
Paragraph 3 (jobs and trade)
Conclusion (summary – p.31 in Chapter 3)
Assemble your paragraphs into your hamburger style essay.
Glue onto paper/decorate?