Paleolithic and Neolithic

Unit 1

Bellringer• Practice walking in, picking up papers by the

door and placing your homework in the in box before the bell rings.

ALL CELL PHONE SHOULD BE

TURNED OFF!

Review Procedures• Entering class– Take today’s papers– Sharpen pencils, etc.– Start the Bellringer

• “On time” means in your seat working when the bell rings

Procedures• Leaving the room– Bathroom/water/nurse ask before leaving. • Wait till all instructions have been given. • Interrupt class for emergencies

– End of class: clean up supplies, move desks to where they belong, wait for teacher to dismiss you

Agenda1. Bellringer2. Stations– Station 1: Time and Timelines– Station 2: Charts and Graphs– Station 3: Textbook scavenger hunt– Station 4: Vocabulary Words m(1-18)/ Maps

3. Review 4. Begin on Homework

Day 2

Skills ObjectivesStudents will be able to…

1. Identify and locate key features of the textbook.

2. Take effective notes from textbook readings.

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Textbooks• You break it (or lose it), you bought it!• Make sure your name is in it• Make sure my name is in it• Make sure the Textbook List is filled out

completely and legibly

Stations Directions• You will have 15 minutes at each station• Complete packet located in each folder• You may work in pairs within your group NO

MORE than 3 per group• When time is up pass folder to the next group

Stations Review • Station 1: Time and Timelines• Station 2: Charts and Graphs• Station 3: Textbook scavenger hunt• Station 4: Vocabulary Words/ Maps

VOCABULARY WORDS

Prehistory• Prehistory – the time in human history before

the invention of writing• What sources can we use to understand the

“prehistoric” world?

Objective #1

What this? This help you identify which objective this

slide is related to!

VOCABULARY word!With definition!

Unwritten History1. Oral histories2. Drawings3. Stuff they left behind

Oral Histories• Storytellers prized in many cultures, and

stories are passed down for generations• Problems:– “Whisper down the lane” effect– Dead people don’t tell stories

Drawings• Mostly, cave paintings– Famous pictures from Lascaux (France)

Cave Paintings• Art is in the eye of

the beholder– Stories?– Actual events?– Religious beliefs?– Nice pictures?– Textbooks?

Artifacts• Something made by people

VOCABULARY word!

Fossils• Solidified remains of living things

Using Artifacts• Some assembly required– Like a giant puzzle with no idea what the picture

will be• What if we use things for different purposes?• If we know what, do we know when?• Some things get lost

Studying the Past• Archeology • Anthropology

Objective #2

Archeology• The study of the human past by examining artifacts

and remains– Excavation– Hoping to find ancient settlements, burial sites, tools,

etc.

Carbon Dating• A scientific test used to

analyze the age of artifacts and fossils

• (based on the half-life decay of Carbon-14… ask a science teacher)

• Pretty accurate for the last 40,000 years or so

Anthropology• Study of human origins, relationships, and

cultures– Try to determine how humans evolved (physically

and culturally)– Archeology is a subfield of anthropology

• What is culture?

Culture• Culture is a system of beliefs, values, and

assumptions about life that guide behavior and are shared by a group of people

• Everyone has culture• What does culture include?

Objective #3

Homework • Buy a notebook. Bring by next class• Read: Paleolithic, Mesolithic and

Neolithic Societies – Read Directions carefully!

Bellringer • Pull out the following items– Syllabus – Your homework– Vocabulary words

• Grab the following (will need to share!)– Glue– Scissors

Agenda• Bellringer: Setting up interactive notebook• Preview (aka: Bellringer)• Notes– Working with book– Working independently – Discussion

• Process• Homework

Objectives • 1: Identify the characteristics of Prehistoric

man, and their migration patterns throughout the prehistoric world

• 2: List the major advances early humans made during the Paleolithic Era.

• 3: Describe hunter-gatherer life.

Interactive notebook • Why:– To help student to be organized– Allow student to become more active with their

learning • Expectations – Placing all required work in notebook– Leaving notebook in class room – Will use a folder to carry homework in

Notebook Set up • On the back of the front cover:

– Syllabus• First page

– Front: table of contents (pg1)– Back: level of questioning (pg2)

• 2nd Page – Front Ms. Heath’s Rule of World History (pg3)– Back: Page one of Vocabulary words (pg 4)

• 3rd page – Front: page two of vocabulary words (pg 5)– Back: Preview activity (pg6)

Notebook Set up• Glue the notes and Process on the next pages

Any Questions???• From now on when you walk – Collect your notebook – Glue homework in – Cut and glue in Preview– I will give you directions on the notes and process

• Either in the powerpoint or after I get class started

Early Humans

Objective #2

Early Humans• Start our story at the dawn of the Paleolithic

Era, about 2.5 million years ago– the Old Stone Age– Humans created the first tools made out of stone

Better than Monkeys• Early humans developed

1. Simple stone tools2. Control of fire3. Oral language

• All keys to cooperating in hunts, which bring food and resources

Wise Man• Smarter, larger-brained humans known as

homo sapiens (Latin for “wise man”)– Developed technology• Clothing• Shelter• Art

• Homo sapiens are modern humans

Out of Africa• Homo sapiens arose in Africa about 200,000

years ago• Migration to all continents (except Antarctica)

beginning around 100,000 years ago

Hunter-gatherer LifePeople Profiles

Objective #3

Source of Food• Hunting– Main source, whatever they could catch, kill, and

cook!• Gathering– Wild fruits, vegetables, nuts, grains, etc.

• Get it? Hunter-gatherers!

Size of Groups• Small groups – Clans: 60-100 people, one or a few extended

families

• Why?

Permanent Settlements• No! They were nomads• Why move?– Follow herds– No food left– Seasons change• Too cold or hot• No water left

Location Factors• Mainly, Paleolithic (and prehistoric) people

followed their food– Animals migrate, so did the people

• Overpopulation (of people)• Overconsumption (of resources in one spot)

Getting Along• Cooperation was necessary for survival• Knew everyone in their clan – all relatives• No private property – no where to put it• No fighting other groups – no one around• Finding food…just not that hard

Bellringer– Have completed 10minutes after the bell – Collect your notebook – Cut and glue all items into notebook– Finish Process from last class and begin working on

Preview for lesson 2 – REMEMBER the order! • Preview (can begin once completed)• Notes • Process• homework from last night

Agenda• Preview: Discussion• Activity• Lecture• Reading• Process

Homework • Study for Test • Will be allowed to take home your notebook

DO NOT LOSE IT!

• Neolithic Age means:– New Stone Age

• How did Neolithic Age differ from Paleolithic Age?– Learnt to polish tools– Make pottery – Grow crops and domesticated animals

Neolithic Age

• Shift from hunting and gathering to farming

Neolithic Revolution

• Provided a steady source of food and extra– Causing

• Need to store food – Causing

• Permanent Settlement– Causing

• Population growth– Causing

• Specialization and Organization

Neolithic Revolution Cont.

Crops• Slash and burn faming• Cut tree or grass and burnt

them to clear a field• Ashes fertilized the soil

• Domestication taming of animals

• Happened slowly • Human being to control

some animals lives

Early Farming MethodsAnimals

• First seen in the fertile crescent • Later in river valleys

Where did it happen?

• Stonehenge – Started during the

Neolithic Age and completed during the bronze Age

• Aleppo– Ancient City which

was a regional trading post

Example of Neolithic Activity

Homework • Study Guide