Unit 7, Lesson 1: Intro to the Neolithic Revolution
Learning Target: I can define the Neolithic Revolution.
Class Activities:
1. Students came in and picked up two handouts: "Intro to Unit 7" and "Comparing Hunting/Gathering to Farming/Domestication sheet". There was a do now at the top of the Intro to Unit 7 sheet. It asked students to review the Paleolithic Era lifestyle. Things students remembered included:
2. I passed out documents, and students used them to create a definition of the Neolithic Revolution. If you were absent, don't bother reading the documents, but know that the Neolithic Revolution was the switch from hunting/gathering to farming/domestication of animals. We then moved on to part 2, which addresses some common misconceptions about the Neolithic Revolution. For your notes:
Some examples of domesticated plants: wheat, corn, barley, potatoes, grapes, cabbage
Some examples of domesticated animals: cattle, chickens, donkeys, horses, pigs, sheep
3. Students worked on the back side of the handout.
Papers handed in today:
DBQ packet-- Graphic organizer, 1-sentence claim, and 2 paragraphs
Homework:
Finish "Intro to Unit 7" Handout.
Enter 3 bullet points into the "Comparing Hunting/Gathering to Farming/Domestication sheet"
Class Activities:
1. Students came in and picked up two handouts: "Intro to Unit 7" and "Comparing Hunting/Gathering to Farming/Domestication sheet". There was a do now at the top of the Intro to Unit 7 sheet. It asked students to review the Paleolithic Era lifestyle. Things students remembered included:
- they were hunters and gatherers.
- they were nomadic (traveled from place to place, following food/resources)
- they moved in smallish groups (because to move in a large group would deplete resources more quickly.)
- they probably didn't have a ton of possessions (because they moved and that was a pain)
2. I passed out documents, and students used them to create a definition of the Neolithic Revolution. If you were absent, don't bother reading the documents, but know that the Neolithic Revolution was the switch from hunting/gathering to farming/domestication of animals. We then moved on to part 2, which addresses some common misconceptions about the Neolithic Revolution. For your notes:
- The Neolithic Revolution was NOT a war among cavemen.
- The Neolithic Revolution did NOT happen all at once (it took about 3,000 years of collective learning)
- Humans were hunters/gatherers for way longer than they were farmers.
Some examples of domesticated plants: wheat, corn, barley, potatoes, grapes, cabbage
Some examples of domesticated animals: cattle, chickens, donkeys, horses, pigs, sheep
3. Students worked on the back side of the handout.
Papers handed in today:
DBQ packet-- Graphic organizer, 1-sentence claim, and 2 paragraphs
Homework:
Finish "Intro to Unit 7" Handout.
Enter 3 bullet points into the "Comparing Hunting/Gathering to Farming/Domestication sheet"
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