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Questions on Reading

Questions on Reading. 1. History, as we know it, started when humans began to _______________ 2. What are nomads? 3. When did society (people living together as a community) develop? . Questions on Reading. 4. Explain “division of labor” 5. Why is writing so important to historians?

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Questions on Reading

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  1. Questions on Reading • 1. History, as we know it, started when humans began to _______________ • 2. What are nomads? • 3. When did society (people living together as a community) develop?

  2. Questions on Reading • 4. Explain “division of labor” • 5. Why is writing so important to historians? • 6. Why is writing important to us today? • 7. In your opinion, why do you think it is important for us to study history?

  3. Guided Notes • For guided notes, you will be given a sheet with an outline of notes. • Your job: pay attention and write down the underlined word on the PowerPoint in the blanks on your notes • The notes will be part of your notebook grade, which is graded as a TEST! • Remember, you need a SEPARATE notebook! Don’t leave notes in your class folder!

  4. Warm Up • Grab a slip of paper from the table by the door and write down the answer to this question: • How do we know what people did thousands of years ago? • Agenda:

  5. Beginnings of Human Society When cavemen got classy...

  6. I. Historical Terms • A. History as we know it began when humans started to write • Why? • B. Archeology – Studying past societies by what their people have left behind (called artifacts) • 1. Artisans - skilled workers who made products such as weapons and jewelry that are often used as artifacts

  7. I. Historical Terms • C. Anthropology – Study of human life and culture • What will people thousands of years from now say about our life and culture? • How would they know?

  8. II. Earliest Human Culture • A. Paleolithic Age • 1. Time period when humans made lasting tools and weapons mainly from stone • Old, Middle, and New Stone Age • In the Old and Middle Stone Age, people were hunter-gatherers • What do you think a hunter-gatherer is? • In the New Stone Age, people began to farm

  9. II. Earliest Human Culture • B. Nomads - People who have no settled home • Can you think of a word or words that would be an antonym (opposite) of nomad? • Can you think of a word or words that would be a synonym (similar word) of nomad? • NOmads = NOhome!

  10. II. Earliest Human Culture • 1. Scientists believe modern humans came from Africa and spread to other parts of the world. • 2. Early humans adapted by following animal migrations in order to survive • a. Animals go to food and water and away from cold or other forms of danger

  11. III. Neolithic Revolution • What is a revolution? • A. People began agriculture (or farming) • Since people could farm, do you think they were still nomadic? • 1. Soil in some areas was fertile

  12. III. Neolithic Revolution • a. Fertile - describes soil that is rich in substances that plants need to grow • What are some examples of areas that are not fertile? • B. People began to domesticate (make tame) animals • This started the NEW Stone Age because people began to grow their own food

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