1. Warm-Up- to be completed in your spirals
What do humans really need to survive?

2. From Hunters and Gathers to Farmers
Title page 20

3. Learning Objective
Students will describe the changes in the lives of people during the Neolithic Era compared to the Paleolithic Era.

4. Vocabulary Paleolithic Age (The Old Stone/ Hunters and Gathers)
Neolithic (The New Stone/ Farmers)
Hunter-Gather
Agricultural Revolution
Domestication

5. Imagine… How are different foods that you eat produced or obtained.
from hunting, fishing, gathering, farming, vegetable gardens, etc.

6. Imagine…
What tools and technology are used to obtain, cook, and preserve those foods.
Imagine your life minus the following forms of technological development – electricity, automobiles and other motorized vehicles, running water, metals, and plastics.
So What…
In other words, imagine what life was like in ... the Stone Age!
Even today, millions of people in developing countries live without electricity, running water, motorized vehicles, etc.

7. Use page 20 to take a couple notes on Paleolithic Era vs Neolithic Era

8. Paleolithic Hunter-Gather:
Nomads: Wandered from place to place looking for animals to hunt and plants to gather for food.
Took shelter in caves and lived most of their lives out in the open and rarely stayed in one place for long.
Video Clip

9. Neolithic
People learned how to farm and raise their own food. Around 8000 BCE
This did not happen all at once. Over thousands of years people learned to raise animals and plant crops.
People learned how to make tools out of metal instead of stone.
With farms providing food, people could build permanent shelters and form larger communities
They could make better tools and clothing
They could also trade with people in other places for resources they wanted.

10. Critical Thinking
Why couldn’t Hunter-Gatherers have large communities?

11. Poster Activity: Hunters to Farmers
In group groups, create a poster that illustrates the changes people experienced from the Paleolithic Era to the Neolithic Era… you will be comparing these two eras!
Make sure to include images and descriptions that clearly depict the information to your classmates
You have ONLY 20 minutes

12. Poster Activity: Hunters to Farmers
Group 1: Creating a Stable Food Supply pg. 27
Group 2: Making Permanent Shelters pg. 28
Group 3: Establishing Communities pg. 29
Group 4: Developing New Job pg. 30
Group 5: Beginning to Trade pg. 31
Remember… your poster needs to have
Title of your groups section
Illustrations/Images/Descriptions of the changes people experienced from the Paleolithic Era to the Neolithic Era
You have 20 minutes

13. Warm Up
Is it better to live in a community or to live independently with only your family? Explain your reasoning

14. From Hunters and Gathers to Farmers
Paleolithic Era to Neolithic Era

15. Learning Objective
Students will describe the changes in the lives of people during the Neolithic Era compared to the Paleolithic Era.

16. Vocabulary Paleolithic Age (The Old Stone/ Hunters and Gathers)
Neolithic (The New Stone/ Farmers)
Hunter-Gather
Agricultural Revolution
Domestication

17. Poster Activity: Hunters to Farmers
Group 1: Creating a Stable Food Supply
Group 2: Making Permanent Shelters
Group 3: Establishing Communities
Group 4: Developing New Job
Group 5: Beginning to Trade

18. Copy this chart on to page 19 of your spiral
Copy this chart on to page 19 of your spiral. It should take up the whole page
Category
Paleolithic Summary
Neolithic Summary
What was the positive impact of this change on society
Stable food Supply
Permanent Shelter
Establishing Communities
New Jobs
Trade

19. Task
After listening to the information, you are to write a 20 word GIST that summarizes what you have just learned

20. Creating a Stable Food Supply
Paleolithic
Neolithic
Hunting animals
Gathering plants
Not stable or dependable
Wild plants and animals became scarce when people stayed in one area too long
Hunting was dangerous and many were injured or killed
Agricultural Revolution: Shift from gathering food to raising food
Agriculture: Planted seeds and harvested crops
Over time they learned which seeds produced the most crops in the areas where they lived
Domesticated plants and animals: to grow and tend wild plants and/or animals
Raised sheep, goats and cattle for their meat.
They got milk from goats and cattle
They used mules to carry heavy loads and pull plows

21. Making Permanent Settlements
Paleolithic
Neolithic
Depended on the natural environment
Lived in caves/rock shelters or rough tent like structures, if they were on the plains or in the desert they used branches, plant fibers, and animal skins
Shelters were temporary because people moved often to follow animals or to find new wild plants
Migrated moving from one place to settle another.
By BCE hunter gatherers had migrated throughout most of the world
People came to settle on farms and began to build more permanent shelter
People packed mud bricks together to build round or rectangular houses.
Added stone or tree branches to strengthen the walls and roof
People climbed ladders to reach an opening to enter the house.
Several rooms, places to store food were built into the floor, dug pits for cooking
Provided protection from harsh weather and wild animals
Made life more comfortable, allowed new ways of cooking food, and allowed people to form larger communities

22. Establishing Communities
Paleolithic
Neolithic
Small groups of wandered from place to place in search of food.
Men hunted a fished
Women gathered foods such as berries and nuts and cared for children
Once farming began people began to live near their farms. This led to the growth of towns and villages.
Communities allowed people to organize themselves and divide up the work.
People learned that by working together they could complete tasks more quickly.
With their basic needs being met, people had more time and energy for other activities.
The came up with new ways to make their lives safer and more comfortable

23. Developing New Jobs Paleolithic Neolithic
Main job was finding enough food to survive
Farms provided food so the people had time to develop specialized skills
Farmers
Basket Makers
Tool Makers
Traders
Focusing on one job allowed them to get better at their work. They became highly skilled
This led to new and better ways of doing thing all the time

24. Beginning to Trade Paleolithic Neolithic
Rarely traded with other groups
They only used the plants animals, and resources that were nearby.
Trade: Business of buying and selling or exchanging goods
Trade became more common once they were settled.
People traded for resources that they didn’t have in their own area
Getting these resources became the job of the traders
Traders often travelled hundreds of miles to find what they wanted
Popular items were flint and obsidian (black rock form volcanic mountains) used to make knives, arrowheads, and mirrors.
Trade brought people from distance places together
It also helped spread ideas and knowledge around the ancient world

25. Gallery Walk
After listening to the information, for each section, you will now go around to different groups and are read other students GIST’s. After reading each that tables GIST, go back to your table and add any additional information to that section of your notes

26. Processing What was the positive impact of this change on society?
Take some time and answer this question for Creating a Stable Food Supply, Making Permanent Shelters, Establishing Communities, Developing New Job, and Beginning to Trade

27. Processing Complete the 3rd section of your chart independently.
Why is the shift from being hunter-gatherers to being farmers considered one of the most important advances people ever made?