2. The Stone Ages and Early Cultures The First Towns & Villages Ancient Civilizations Mr. Magnificent – World History

3. Alabama Course of Study EExplain how artifacts and other archaeological findings provide evidence of the nature and movement of prehistoric groups of people. Identify terms used to describe characteristics of early societies and family structures.

4. Today’s Learning Targets II can define the vocabulary terms specific to this region and time. II can outline the developments of prehistoric people into structured societies.

5. Warm-up Questions  What event changed human society from hunter-gatherers? Development of agriculture  What was the purpose of Neolithic megaliths? Used in religious ceremonies

6. Key Terms Review  The time before a written language… Prehistory  Early ancestor of humans hominid

7. Key Terms Review  When people first used stone tools… Paleolithic Era  A community of people who share a common culture… society

8. Key Terms Review  People who hunt animals and gather wild plants, seeds, fruits, and nuts to survive… Hunter-gatherers  to divide among a group of people… distribute

9. Key Terms Review  A relative who lived in the past… ancestor  An object that has been modified to help a person accomplish a task… tool

10. Key Terms Review  To move to a new place… migrate  The middle part of the Stone Age; marked by the creation of smaller and more complex tools… Mesolithic Era

11. Key Terms Review  Long periods of freezing weather… ice ages  A huge stone monument… megaliths

12. Key Terms Review  The process of changing plants or animals to make them more useful to humans… domestication  Farming… agriculture

13. Key Terms Review  The New Stone Age; when people learned to make fire and tools such as saws and drills… Neolithic Era  Creation of… development

14. First Towns & Villages  You are now going to watch a video on the development of towns and villages and complete a one-pager video report.

15. Timeline  Any time left over will be used to continue working on your timelines from yestertday.

16. Today’s Learning Targets II can define the vocabulary terms specific to this region and time. II can outline the developments of prehistoric people into structured societies.