1. Remember “How I Got My A” essay is due on Thursday!
9/11/07 BR- Describe the person you imagine when you hear the word “caveman.”
Today: Archeological Origins of Human Civilization – Hunter Gatherer Societies
Remember “How I Got My A” essay is due on Thursday!

2. Break in to small groups of 3
Get the reading on hunter gatherers
Read it as a group. Be sure to read actively (underline difficult words, write questions..)
Help each other understand the article.

3. Elements of Hunter-gatherer society
What is their habitat?(where they lived)
Small groups people, on the move, nomadic, natural formations, non-permanent structures
When did they live? 12,000 years ago, Non hierarchical, egalitarian, no government structure.
Small population meant no “specialists”

4. Vocabulary Journal #1 (9/10-14)
Subsistence, procurement, domestication, Mesolithic Period, habitat, hierarchy, egalitarian, foraging, pastoralism, neolithic, encroach,ubiquitous, nascent,

5. Assignment: Hunter-Gatherer Cartoon
By Friday, September 14 I would like you to draw a 6 panel comic strip that describes life as a hunter-gatherer. Be sure to include the details from the readings and our class discussion.