Monday, July 28th

Welcome Back!

Collecting: Parent letter Snapshot Assignment

Part I: Brochure with instructions Part II: Interview – will look at these more

Wednesday

Warm Up

What were some similarities/differences between the story you wrote and the story of your relative or friend in the snapshot project?

Did anything surprise you about their story?

Maps

Need a few volunteers to get books

Map Activity Entire class period

Map Quiz: Friday, August 8th Will Review before then

Tuesday, July 28th

Timeline Activity Early Civilizations

Today: Going over early civilizations Different activities and notes History of the World in 7 minutes

Get out your maps….

Going over continents…

Timeline Activity

See Powerpoint

Wednesday, July 30th & Thursday July 31st Open house Thursday! 6-9pm Finishing timeline stuff Notes History of the World Activity DBQ activity

Goals for today:

Explain how and where complex societies evolved and describe their significant characteristics.

Describe ways in which the rate of change accelerated between 10,000 BCE and 1,000 BCE.

Describe the changes in Paleolithic life and the impact they had on modern humans.

Warm Up!

1.You have five minutes to:• Come up with a list of all of

the things that might be found in the trash of your home every week.

• Include recycling as well.

Now… pair up with someone sitting next to you.

If all the items they come up with were taken to the dump, covered

with ten feet of earth, and left there, what would still be

identifiable if someone dug the items up after 100 years? After

20,000 years? After 100,000 years?

EARLY HUMANS

What do you know about early civilizations?

Early Civilizations were…

Stepping stones for: legal system democratic form of government many of the world’s major religions

important inventions such as the alphabet.

How do we know about early humans?

How do we know about early humans? ARCHEOLOGISTS Archeology- the study of past

societies through analysis of what people left behind.

Anthropology- the study of human life and culture

Fossils – rocklike remains of biological organisms.

Modern Archeologists

2001- Kenya, hominid species completely in tack (3.5 million years old)

China- bird like dinosaurs 100 million years ago!

2007- intact baby mammoth in Russia

Lascaux Cave paintings

The POINT:

Does archeology, fossils and artifacts tell us everything about a culture or civilization?

How do we analyze ancient cultures with the little information that we have about them?

History of the World in 18 minutes

You have questions to respond to As you are watching the video, carefully

listen for the answers

The author uses different analogies and things to describe human life over the last million+ years- pay attention!

TED talk

https://www.ted.com/talks/david_christian_big_history

What do these objects tell you?

Tools? Cups? Weapons?

Do they tell you the whole story of a society?

EARLY HUMANS

Hominids

Human-like creature that walked upright

Lived in Africa 4 million years ago

Existed for millions of years; changed over time

Louis and Mary Leaky discovered them

“Lucy”

Homo Habilis

2.5-1.6 million years ago

“Handy Human” May have used stone

tools Discovered near

Olduvai George

Homo Erectus

“Upright Human”

1.8 to 100,000 years ago

Had arms and legs in modern human proportion

First human to leave Africa

Homo Sapiens “Wise Humans”

Rapid brain growth

Mastered fire 200,000 B.C. to

present

100,000 B.C. to 30,000 B.C.

Buried their dead; believed in afterlife?

Wore animal skins

Homo Sapiens Sapiens Neanderthals

Where did humans come from? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cwc0

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PALEOLITHIC WAY OF LIFE

Characteristics of Paleolithic Age 2,500,000 B.C. to 10,000 B.C. Humans used simple stone tools Often called “Old Stone Age”

Early Housing of Paleolithic Area

Hunting and Gathering

Relied on hunting and gathering Close relationship with environment

Berries, plants, fruits, nuts, grains Hunted horses, bison, buffalo, fish and

shellfish

Paleolithic Way of Life

1. Made stone tools from flint Hand axes were most common

Handles made them easier to use Spears were later used

Later, invented: Bow and arrow Spear Fish hooks Bone needles

Paleolithic Way of Life cont.

2. Had to follow animal migrations and vegetable cycles Nomads- people who

move from place to place to survive.

Lived in small groups of 20-30.

Hunting depended on careful observation and group cooperation

Roles of Women

Women: bear and raised children; stayed closer to camp Acquired berries,

nuts, grains. Taught children

what was edible. Trapped small

animals, kept camp safe

Roles of Men and Women

Main job of people: finding enough to eat Parents: passed on skills to children to

survive Men: Hunt herds of animals

Traveled far distances EQUALITY

Adapting to Survive

Shelter in natural caves

New types of shelter: Wood with animal

hides Large bones of

mammoths

Use of Fire

Homo Erectus was the first Piles of ash in caves As long as 500,000 years ago

Provided: Warmth Protection from animals Light Cooked food

Occurred differently at different places and times

Ice Ages

100,000 B.C. Fire was important for survival Thick sheets of ice moved down Europe,

America and Asia Serious threat to human life

Had to adapt

Monday, August 4th , Warm Up! What does farming give the world?

Name at least 5 things

What would the world look like without farming?

THE NEOLITHIC REVOLUTION

How does agriculture affect our society?

How does agriculture affect our society? Is a foundation

because it provides food for populations

Without agriculture, people would have to hunt and gather to survive.

Standard of Living

Definition: refers to a measure of what we have relative to what we need .

Objective Examples:Shelter,

food, clean water, and access to health care.

How it is measured- life expectancy, daily caloric intake, and literacy rates.

Quality of Life

Definition: refers to the degree of satisfaction we feel about our lives.

Subjective. Example:

Happiness, family, love

To measure: how one feels in relation to others

Neolithic Revolution

8000 B.C.- 4000 B.C. Shift from hunting and

gathering to systematic agriculture Began planting crops Domesticating animals Can live in settled

communities What kind of influence

does farming have in our lives?

Domestication of Animals

Growing of Crops

Southwest Asia- wheat, barley, pigs, cows, goats, sheep.

Spread to South-eastern Europe

4000 B.C.- farming established in Europe and Mediterranean Sea.

Growing of crops

6000 B.C.- wheat and barley in Egypt and Africa Yams, bananas

Moved to India 5000 B.C. –

Meso-Americans Bean, squash,

maize

Farming Villages

Catalhuyuk In modern turkey Covered 32 acres

6700 B.C.- 5700 B.C. 6,000 inhabitants

Food surpluses Specialization Had homes

Farming Villages

Beginning of a Traditional Economic System Based on

agriculture and limited trade`

Shrines to god and goddesses Women nursing

or giving birth figurines

Effects of the Neolithic Revolution

Cause Effect

Settling in small towns and villages

Build walls for protection , store houses for goods

Storing surplus products

Encouraged trade

Artisans more skilled Made more refined tools

Men more active in herding and farming; women cared for children, clothes and home

Women stayed in one place; men moved around; men more dominant in society

People mastered farming

Complex societies and villages with armies, walls,

End of Neolithic Age

4000-3000 B.C. Discovered heating rocks could turn into metal Liquid metal could be made into tools with

molds Use of metal=new level of control of

environment. 1st- Copper 2nd- Bronze

Bronze Age- 3000 B.C. to 1200 B.C. Iron Age- 1000 B.C.

Activity:

Pick up the article, “Was Farming a good idea?” from the front room. Read it silently and begin to answer the

questions throughout the reading.

Advantages/Disadvantages?

Write as many advantages and disadvantages for each way that you can think of (in the text, on your own!)

Do this with ONE partner.