1. Early Humans
Chapter 1 Sec. 1

2. Warm-Up
Answer the following question in your binder in at least 3 complete sentences:
If someone 100 years from now were to stumble upon the remains of your house, what would they learn about you and how would they learn those things?

3. Warm-Up
Nomads are people that move from place to place. Do you think there are nomads in today’s society? Why or why not? If yes, what makes people want to move from place to place in today’s society?

4. The Code of Easterwood
Be Respectful
Be Responsible
Be Resourceful

5. Global Map

7. Early Humans Chapter 1 – Section 1 (Day 1)
What we’re going to learn today: Today we are going to learn how people lived during the Old Stone Age period of time. We will see how they functioned day to day.

8. Ancient Civilizations

9. Studying the Past Prehistory- the time before writing was developed
Historians began studying the past from the point that writing was found
What we know about the past comes from what people left behind
Archeologist
Person who hunts for evidence of the past buried in the ground where settlements might have once been

11. Artifacts
Journals
Artwork
Tools
Weapons

12. Fossils
Traces of plants or animals that have been left behind in rock

13. Paleolithic Age ????? - 8000 B.C. “Paleo” = Old “lithic” = Stone
The early period of human history before writing was developed is known as the Stone Age
Nomadic??
Those who regularly move from place to place

15. Paleolithic People Nomadic Hunter-Gatherers
Usually traveled in groups of 30 or more
Hunter-Gatherers
Hunted animals, caught fish, ate insects
Gathered nuts, berries, grains, and plants

16. Thrill of the Hunt How did men hunt for animals??
Drove animals off cliffs or used clubs to kill
invented spears, traps, and bows and arrows

17. Discoveries and Inventions
Warmth
Light
Protection
Cook
Tools
fishhooks, needles, nets, baskets
Fire made food healthier and easier to digest. Archaeologists believe the first humans made fire by rubbing two sticks together.

18. Language, Art, and Religion
Art for expression
Crushed rocks for cave paintings
Paintings to their gods for luck during the hunt
Development of a spoken language
communication became easier

19. Cave Paintings

21. Ice Age 100,000 B.C – 8000 B.C Adaptation Fire for survival
Caves for shelter
Hides for clothing

22. Before the Bell Rings…
Directions: You are to answer the following four questions fully and thoughtfully. Write answer in composition book.
What type of tools did the Paleolithic people use?
When did the Ice Age occur?
What was crucial to the survival of the Paleolithic people during the Ice Age?
On page 12, what did Otzi’s clothing say about his environment?

23. Warm-Up
Technology is any tool or method to help humans perform tasks. Give an example of technology in today’s society and give an example of technology in the paleolithic age. How are they similar? How are they different?

24. Early Humans Chapter 1 – Section 1 (Day 2)
What we’re going to learn today: We’re going to learn how early humans created communities, created trade, and advanced their lives.

25. What Did We Learn Yesterday?
1. What is the name given to people who regularly move from place to place?
A. Ramblers
B. Nomads
C. Anthropologist
D. Domesticators

26. Did We Learn It?
1. What is the name given to people who regularly move from place to place?
A. Ramblers
B. Nomads
C. Anthropologist
D. Domesticators

27. What Did We Learn Yesterday?
2. What word is used to describe tools and methods that help humans perform tasks?
A. Fossils
B. Historians
C. Technology
D. Neurology

28. Did We Learn It?
2. What word is used to describe tools and methods that help humans perform tasks?
A. Fossils
B. Historians
C. Technology
D. Neurology

29. What Did We Learn Yesterday?
1. Prehistoric cave paintings were primarily of what?
A. Angels
B. Friends and family
C. God
D. Animals

30. Did We Learn It? 1. Prehistoric cave paintings were primarily of what?
A. Angels
B. Friends and family
C. God
D. Animals

31. Neolithic Age 8000 B.C. – 4000 B.C. People began to domesticate
- tame animals & grow their own food
Farming Revolution
- farming replaced hunting and gathering

33. Neolithic vs. Paleolithic
The benefits of a settled life
- security
- larger food supply
- larger population

34. Newfound Time Specialization Crafts- Pottery, Woven material
Metals- Copper & Bronze (Copper + Tin)

35. Villages Thousands of People Examples:
Jericho: One of the earliest known community located in the
Middle East
Catal Huyuk- well-known Neolithic community located in present-day Turkey
people
Homes – built of mud-brick

38. Civilizations Emerge Domestication??
Taming plants and animals for human use
Domestication / Farming → Civilizations
Civilization - Complex societies develop

39. All Civilizations Have…
Cities
Government
Art
Religion
Class Division
System of Writing
What does a civilization include?? 39

40. 3-2-1 Review 3 – Characteristics that all civilizations have
2 – Discoveries or inventions from the Paleolithic Age
1 – Main reason civilizations emerged

41. Match Game PALEOLITHIC NEOLITHIC 1. Growth of villages 2. Nomadic
3. People learned how to grow food
4. Complex tools for specific purposes
5. Tamed fire
6. Carved pottery out of wood
7. Used copper and bronze
8. Cave paintings
9. Development of spoken language
10. Mud-brick houses
11. Considered the “Farming Revolution”
12. Domestication of animals
13. Simple stone tools
14. Lasted from about 8000 B.C. to roughly 4000 B.C.
15. Often lived in caves
PALEOLITHIC
NEOLITHIC