1. How do you win? identify disadvantages and advantages of nomadic and early farming lifestyles (6.2.3)

2. Advantages and Disadvantages
Advantage: Something Good
Disadvantage: Something Bad
What are the advantages and disadvantages of living in nomadic and agricultural communities?

3. Advantages and disadvantages of Nomadic and Agricultural Communities

6. Which community would be easiest to attack?

7. Advantages of which community: Agricultural or Nomadic?
More food
If one area had a fire or flood, they could easily move to another area.
People lived in larger groups, so they were able to protect themselves from attackers
Specialized workers produced varied good
Permanent shelter
Living in small groups lowered their risk for disease.
Reliable food supply

8. Disadvantages of which community: Agricultural or Nomadic?
Unstable food supply
At risk of fire, disease, and flood destroying the community and their crops
Faced the dangers of hunting, gathering, and migrating to new places

9. Advantages of agricultural communities
Disadvantages
More food
People lived in larger groups, so they were able to protect themselves from attackers
Specialized workers produced varied good
Permanent shelter
Reliable food supply
At risk of fire, disease, and flood destroying the community and their crops.

10. Nomadic Communities Advantages Disadvantages
If one area had a fire or flood, they could easily move to another area.
Living in small groups lowered their risk for disease.
Unstable food supply
Faced the dangers of hunting, gathering, and migrating to new places

11. Left Side Activity: Page
Answer the following questions in a paragraph: Which type of early community would you rather live in: a nomadic community or an agricultural community? Use the advantages and disadvantages on page _____ to support your answer. You may also come up with your own ideas. You may sketch out scenarios.