2. Today’s lesson is brought to you by FIRE, a useful discovery!
Day 3 Indeed!

3. brainstorm
What are the FIRST TOOLS AND TECHNOLOGY of early humans?

4. Period 1: 8000 BCE-600 BCE Technological and Environmental Transformations
Essential Question (EQ): What are the core & Foundational Civilizations?

5. Key Concept 1.1 Big Geography and Peopling of the earth
Humans migrated from Africa to Eurasia, Australia, and the Americas
Mobile and adaptive, from savanna to Ice Age tundra
Egalitarian: men and women were fairly equal due to need
Humans used fire in new ways:
To aid hunting & foraging
To protect against foragers
To adapt to cold climates

6. B. Humans developed a wider range of tools specially adapted to different environments from tropics to tundra. C. Economic structures focused on small kinship groups of hunting/foraging bands that could make what they needed to survive. However, not all groups were self-sufficient; they exchanged people, ideas, and goods..

7. REGION TEST d a g f d b h e c j i
Q S E F O P K EE AA R A T B CC N Dd V U
C (spread of culture…) G BB Z L J M Y X D H I w
REGION TEST d a g f d b h e c j i

8. Human Life Before Agriculture pp.10-12 Book Practice
1.What is the Paleolithic Age? 2. Identify tools and technology developed in this age 3. Use 3 pieces of evidence to describe how the nature of the species changed during the Paleolithic 4. Why was population growth slow among Homo sapien sapiens? 5. Compare the work load between hunters and gatherers 6. Why was speech important? How did it lead to the development of cultures. Use religion as an example in support. 7. How did key discoveries, fire & animal skins, facilitate the greatest Paleolithic achievement? 8. Summarize the migration dates of humans in the Paleolithic. 9. List the 5 improvements made during the Mesolithic (Middle Stone) Age. This led to population growth and what else?

9. Today’s Lesson brought to you by The Clash’s 1979 hit, “Should I Stay or Should I Go?”

10. Small Group Discussion 2-5 people near you
What does a “civilization” look like?
2. Choose one (1) of these scenarios and respond
a) you are shipwrecked on a deserted island---you want to get back to “civilization”. What do you mean by that? Write down five (5) things that you miss
b) You hear that a “new civilization” has been discovered in space. Describe what you’d imagine this new alien civilization to be like. Aim for five (5) details

11. Key Concept 1.2: Beginning about 10,000 years ago, the Neolithic Revolution led to the development of new and more complex economic and social systems. A. Possibly as a response to climatic change, permanent agricultural villages emerged first in the lands of the eastern Mediterranean. Agriculture emerged at different times in Mesopotamia, the Nile River Valley and Sub-Saharan Africa, the Indus River Valley, the Yellow River or Huang He Valley, Papua New Guinea, Mesoamerica, and the Andes. B. Pastoralism developed at various sites in the grasslands of Afro-Eurasia. C. Different crops or animals were domesticated in the various core regions, depending on available local flora and fauna.

12. How did this change the environment?
D. Agricultural communities had to work cooperatively to clear land and
create the water control systems needed for crop production.
E. These agricultural practices drastically impacted environmental
diversity. Pastoralists also affected the environment by grazing large
numbers of animals on fragile grasslands, leading to erosion when
overgrazed.
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT plant selection, irrigation, and domesticated animals
How did this change the environment?
II. Agriculture and pastoralism began to transform human societies.
A. Pastoralism and agriculture led to more reliable and abundant food
supplies, which increased the population.
B. Surpluses of food and other goods led to specialization of labor,
including new classes of artisans and warriors, and the development of elites.

13. Reflect
How does a skill, like say a software developer , have an advantage in society? What is an “elite”? This is the beginning of social class, upper, middle, and lower class. It depended on your VALUE to society

14. C. Technological innovations led to improvements in agricultural production, trade, and transportation. examples of improvements in agricultural production, trade, and transportation: • Pottery • Plows • Woven textiles • Metallurgy • Wheels and wheeled vehicles D. In both pastoralist and agrarian societies, elite groups accumulated wealth, creating more hierarchical social structures and promoting patriarchal forms of social organization.

15. Collaborative pairs: “my Way is better than your way”
GOAL: You will create a T-Chart that compares the pluses and minuses of living in a Hunter Gatherer society and a Farming society in the year 5000 BCE. You are in SW Asia. I will pair you I will also give you a “way” “way 1” Hunters and Gatherers/Pastoralists “way 2” Farmers/Agriculturalists Discuss with your partner the advantages and disadvantages of your “way”. Refer to last night’s reading, pages for ideas. Then we will discuss in fours, with both ways being discussed in small groups. HOMEWORK: Mapping the Core Civs and River valleys--handout