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Prehistory

Prehistory. The Road Toward Civilization…. Warm Up. Describe two things you learned about the Middle East from last week’s map quest. (Possible topics: economics, social issues, geography). Warm Up . What do you think was the most important invention in human history ? Why?

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Prehistory

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  1. Prehistory The Road Toward Civilization…

  2. Warm Up • Describe two things you learned about the Middle East from last week’s map quest. (Possible topics: economics, social issues, geography).

  3. Warm Up • What do you think was the most important invention in human history? Why? • Write in complete sentences and include 2 reasons to support your response.

  4. Warm Up 2 • What stereotypes do we have about people who lived in prehistory (think cavemen)? • Take a look at the beginning of chapter 1, section 2. Are these stereotypes fair? What skills did prehistory people need?

  5. Review: Gender Inequality What is gender inequality? What issues does the Map Quest discuss? Now take a look at a story that broke over the weekend on this issue… in this region: http://www.cnn.com/2013/10/24/opinion/begum-saudi-women-driving/ http://www.cnn.com/2013/10/26/world/meast/saudi-arabia-women-drivers/

  6. Tasks • Finish your map quest. • Now it’s time to go back into history. Take out a gold text book. Read chapter 1, section 2 (pg. 14-18). • As you read, take notes on the following: • Identify 3 turning points in human prehistory (events that significantly changed life) • Write one sentence explaining how each turning point changed life. • Make a running list of skills people who lived in the prehistoric period needed to have in order to survive.

  7. Turning Points in Prehistory

  8. Setting the Scene • About 2.6 million years ago, the Earth was in an Ice Age.

  9. The Stone Age • People who lived during this time relied on hunting large animals such as mammoths for food. • These people were nomads. To make sure they always had food nearby, they never stayed in one place. They followed the herds of animals. • To help them hunt they used stone tools.

  10. Turning Point #1 • Discovery of Fire! • Fire allowed early people to move into cold climates. • This helped people spread all around the world.

  11. Turning Point #2 • As the Ice Age began to end around 11,500 years ago, the climate became drier and large animals headed north. • People needed to find new sources of food.

  12. Turning Point #2 • People needed to find new sources of food. • This led to the invention of farming, which first started in Southwest Asia • What invention makes this possible?

  13. Turning Point #2 • People needed to find new sources of food. • This led to the invention of farming, which first started in Southwest Asia The Plow!

  14. Look carefully at this map. Identify 2 areas where farming began. How do you think farming spread around the world?

  15. Why is farming such a BIG deal? • People start settling down in one place instead of moving around. • Farming creates a surplus of food—not everyone has to hunt or gather to survive. • Families could have more kids. • Land ownership / controlling land starts to become more important. • Cities begin to be built in areas where the soil was good for farming. • Governments needed to form to make rules and establish order for a rising population.

  16. Turning Point #3 • Taming– or domesticating—animals • This helped increase nutrition and gave people access to resources like wool, leather and other animal products. • Animals could also be used in farming, carrying heavy loads, hunting or controlling pests.

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