Do now With a quarter sheet of blank
Do now With a quarter sheet of blank paper do your best to create an imitation of cave art that shows one of the following events ● A group of people hunting deer ● A family around a campfire ● A thunderstorm
Do now Trade your cave art with someone near you and talk with them briefly about what you both put into your drawings ● Does it look anything like this picture?
Unit 2 Early Humans and the Rise of Civilizations
Essential Question How does archaeology provide knowledge of Early humans? Archaeology: Analyzing human history and prehistory through the study of artifacts ● What is an artifact?
Examples of artifacts
Homo Sapiens Africa is considered the Cradle of Mankind or where mankind originated. the earliest human artifacts found there are thought to be over 200, 000 years old
Essential Question What were the characteristics of the paleolithic era?
The Paleolithic Period Old Stone Age: Time period between 70, 000 years B. C. E. to about 10, 000 years BCE ● Make a timeline
Lifestyles of Early Man Hunter/Gathers: a member of a nomadic people who live chiefly by hunting, fishing, and harvesting wild food. Nomad: someone who lives moving place to place
Lifestyles of early man Clan: Family, or group with a common interest Family roles in societies of early man - Men were typically hunters - Women and children would search or gather wild food (nuts, berries) - Why would language be important?
Tools used by Early Man Bone Fish hooks Spears bows fire
Essential Question What were the push/pull factors that influenced the movement of people throughout the world?
Talk about this with someone near you What is the term for moving from one place to another?
Factors causing early man to migrate Climate change Ice age: a period of cold weather and advanicng glaciers Availability of resources ● What is a resource?
Push/ Pull Factors
After you finish the questions Create two examples. One that would push a group from an area and another that would pull a group to an area and trade with someon ene near you.
Do now ● Create an example of both a push factor and a pull factor
Do now. . . Using the Neolithic revolution comic ad, answer the following questions on a small piece of paper 1. What do neolithic people do for food differently than hunter/gatherers? 2. Why is plant and animal domestication key? 3. What does edible mean? 4. list two keys to better your life for both plants and animals 5. What is the main point of the comic?
Essential Question What factors influenced the location of the earliest civilizations?
Locations on civilizations ● Availability of resources ● Rivers ● Trade
Take out your packets… Open to Rise of Civilizations Reading. -We will go through the reading together as a class. -You will answer both questions 1 and 2 in your notes
Essential Question What are the characteristics of the Neolithic revolution?
Neolithic Revolution: A wide scale transition from humans living as hunter/gatherers to living as farmers New Stone Age: beginning around 10, 000 B. C. E. it marked a transition from the Paleolithic lifestyle to the Neolithic lifestyle.
Characteristics of the Neolithic Revolution -Early Humans began to farm instead of live as nomads or hunter/gatherers What would the benefits of farming be as opposed to living as a nomad?
Domestication of animals Domesticate: to tame an animal and keep it as a pet or farm produce (meat, milk, etc. ) During the Neolithic revolution people started to keep animals as pets as opposed to strictly hunting animals for food.
Shared Labor and pooled resources Talk about this with the people around you… 1. What would be some advantages of dividing up work between groups? 1. What are some advantages to sharing materials?
New Stone age tools ● In the New Stone age different cultures began to make advancements in tools ● What are some types of tools used in the Old Stone age? Metallurgy: The Science of using metals
Advancements in tools Please turn the technology worksheet in your unit 2 packet. Complete the fill in the blanks and answer both questions.
Do Now. . . Complete the technology worksheet in the Unit 2 packet
Story Time ● Muskrat
Essential Question What did the religions of the early civilizations have in common? Religion: A system of faith or worship ● Can you think of any examples?
What did the religions of the early civilizations have in common? creation myth a symbolic narrative of how the world began and how people first came to inhabit it. ● World on the turtles back story What about other cultures? https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=u. Ty 49 Jlg. JZE
Doesnt this have to do with religions? ● What is a religion? Early humans developed their systems of faith based on nature and the world around them. Animism: the belief that everything in nature is spiritual ● How is your religion different?
Two different types of faith systems Polytheism: The belief in more than one god ● Poly-many Theism-belief in a god Monotheism: The belief in one god ● mono-one Theism- belief in a god ● Early humans were typically polytheistic Create a Venn Diagram of monotheism and polytheism in your notes.
Do now: creating a timeline make a timeline of your life. In that timeline include at least six important points along the way. Make sure you label years and least the events on a clear timeline in order. ● When were you born? ● How old are you now? ● What were key events in your life along the way? (sibling was born, moved to a new city, picked up a hobby that is very important to you, etc)
Do now: Create a Venn Diagram that compares the similarities and differences between monotheism and polytheism Monotheism Polytheism
Essential Question How did the Neolithic Revolution improve the lives of humans? ● Make a table in your notes Old Stone age Category New Stone age
Old Stone Age v. New Stone Age Old Stone age Category When Method for obtaining food Where did they live? Size of groups they lived in New Stone age
Old Stone Age v. New Stone Age Old Stone Age Category New Stone Age 70, 000 BCE to 10, 000 BCE When 10, 000 BCE 4, 000 BCE Hunting Gathering Method for obtaining food Farming Animal Domestication Nomads Where did they live Near Rivers 20 or so people What size groups did they live in? cities
Essential Question: How were most of the early civilizations governed? Government: the ruling body of a nation, state, or community. ● What types of governments have we learned about?
How Were Early Civilizations Governed? ● Many of the earliest civilizations were governed by a monarchy Monarchy: A form of Government where a monarch (king/queen) is the ruler. ● Why would anyone allow someone to control them?
Why is that guy in charge? Divine right: The right to rule by god ● Power was often passed down by heredity, meaning power stayed in the family by being passed down generation to generation ● What is the comic to the right telling us?
Unit 2 Test Breakdown 1. What you need to study 1. What you need to be able to do 3. the structure of the test
Study each of the following - Mr. Help The differences and similarities between monotheism and polytheism What do the earliest civilizations have in common? Where are they? In what ways did early man communicate? lifestyles and gender roles of Hunter/Gatherers Religion in early human cultures The types of government that was dominant in early human civilizations What is a creation myth? Unit 1 and Unit 2 vocabulary
Be able to do each of the following - Explain the significance of the neolithic revolution - Create examples and explain push/pull factors - Explain the difference between the old stone age and the new stone age - define divine right and explain how it affected early governments - Make a timeline
Test Structure - 40 points total 5 multiple choice (2 points each) 5 True/False (1 point each) 10 Matching (1 point each) 1 Reading comprehension question (5 points) - 3 Short answer, choose 2. (5 points each)
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