1. Hand In:
Mikva
Letters
How I Got My A
9/8/08 BR- Describe the person you imagine when you hear the word “caveman.”
Today: Archeological Origins of Human Civilization – Hunter Gatherer Societies

3. 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.
15 Minutes

4. Elements of Hunter-gatherer society
What is their habitat?(where they lived)
When did they live?
Describe their social structure living situations (houses? What they ate? government?)

5. Vocabulary Journal #1 (9/10-14)
Primary subsistence, procurement, domestication, Mesolithic Period, habitat, edible, significant recourse, domestication, demarcation, transition, nascent, originated, perpetually, unrestricted, encroached, ubiquitous, sufficient, population densities, cultivated, non-hierarchical, egalitarian, artisans, social structure, sedentary, ethnographic, archaeological, mobility,

6. Hunter Gatherer Societies
When
Where’d they live
Describe their habitat
Social Structures
Questions
Words to look up
12, 000 years ago
Nomadic, mobile
Subsistence economy, hunting, gathering food(follow the food
Small groups
Non-hierarchical, egalitarian
Summary statement

7. Assignment: Hunter-Gatherer Cartoon (30 Points)
By Friday, September 12 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.