1. FOA – Week of September 6th - 9th
ERQ – 6.3 Explain the Importance of the Discovery of Metallurgy and agriculture
Use the following questions and documents to write an informative paragraph. An ERQ must be 5 to 8 sentences per paragraph and a maximum of 2 paragraphs.
1. How did the emergence of agriculture (farming) change the way people lived?
2. How did innovations such as metallurgy, domestication, and irrigation led to the advancement of human civilization?

2. Tuesday – September 6th
Use evidence from the following text to create and write a topic sentence. A topic sentence is "a sentence that expresses the main idea of the paragraph.“
1. How did the emergence of agriculture (farming) change the way people lived?
2. How did innovations such as metallurgy, domestication, and irrigation led to the advancement of human civilization?
Between 10,000 and 3000 B.C.E., people in several areas around the earth developed new agricultural methods and machines, such as the plow pulled by horses or oxen. Learning methods of working with metals, pulling metal from the earth, and forming new metals I (metallurgy) also helped develop technologies such as the plow and the scythe. During this time, people also began the slow domestication and development of both crops and animals. Results of these changes made agriculture production much more productive. Food output increased. More land could be farmed by fewer people or in fewer hours. This result greatly improved production and increased the availability of food. Irrigation, the building of canals, ditches and dykes to deliver water to distant lands from rivers, helped agriculture develop in permanent settlements.

3. Wednesday – September 7th
Use evidence from the following text to cite evidence and provide explanations that support your topic sentence.
1. How did the emergence of agriculture (farming) change the way people lived?
2. How did innovations such as metallurgy, domestication, and irrigation led to the advancement of human civilization?
Between 10,000 and 3000 B.C.E., people in several areas around the earth developed new agricultural methods and machines, such as the plow pulled by horses or oxen. Learning methods of working with metals, pulling metal from the earth, and forming new metals I (metallurgy) also helped develop technologies such as the plow and the scythe. During this time, people also began the slow domestication and development of both crops and animals. Results of these changes made agriculture production much more productive. Food output increased. More land could be farmed by fewer people or in fewer hours. This result greatly improved production and increased the availability of food. Irrigation, the building of canals, ditches and dykes to deliver water to distant lands from rivers, helped agriculture develop in permanent settlements.

4. Thursday – September 8th
Use evidence from the following text to write a concluding sentence. Your conclusion must link back to the topic sentence. DO NOT repeat the topic sentence.
1. How did the emergence of agriculture (farming) change the way people lived?
2. How did innovations such as metallurgy, domestication, and irrigation led to the advancement of human civilization?
Between 10,000 and 3000 B.C.E., people in several areas around the earth developed new agricultural methods and machines, such as the plow pulled by horses or oxen. Learning methods of working with metals, pulling metal from the earth, and forming new metals I (metallurgy) also helped develop technologies such as the plow and the scythe. During this time, people also began the slow domestication and development of both crops and animals. Results of these changes made agriculture production much more productive. Food output increased. More land could be farmed by fewer people or in fewer hours. This result greatly improved production and increased the availability of food. Irrigation, the building of canals, ditches and dykes to deliver water to distant lands from rivers, helped agriculture develop in permanent settlements.

5. Friday – September 9th
Using only the picture at the left, list three ways life during the Neolithic farming revolution was different from life as hunters and gatherers.

6. Teacher Sample:
During the Neolithic Revolution, people used agriculture and innovations in metallurgy, domestication, and irrigation, to improve production and increase the availability of food. Improvements in agriculture created an abundance of food. According to the text, people used metallurgy, to develop new tools, such as the plow and the scythe, which made farming more productive. They also began domesticating crops and animals, which allowed them to settle in one place. Finally, people used irrigation or the building of canals, ditches, and dykes to move water from rivers to distant lands, to help agriculture to develop. The emergence and innovations in agriculture, metallurgy, domestication, and irrigation helped to increase food supplies during the Neolithic Revolution.