Bellringer
• What were the 3 major advances
humans made during the Paleolithic
age?
–Try NOT to use your notes!
Agenda
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Working with Maps
Neolithic Revolution
Invention of Farming
Neolithic Advances
Objectives
Students will be able to…
6. Explain the impact of agriculture
and domestication on the
Neolithic Era (New Stone Age).
7. Compare the advantages and
disadvantages of Neolithic vs.
Paleolithic human societies.
Skills Objectives
Students will be able to…
S7. Analyze important features of
political and thematic maps.
Objective #6
Neolithic Era
Neolithic Era
• Neolithic = New Stone Age
Neolithic Revolution
• Neolithic Revolution (this is an event)
–A.k.a. Agricultural Revolution
• Agriculture = Farming
–Also, domestication of animals
The Environment
• Temperatures increase
–Ice age ends
–More useable land
Invention of Farming
Ch-ch-ch-changes
• Nomadic clans form settled villages
• Greater populations
• Extra time not devoted to food
production
• New problems to worry about
• Go to the invention of farming
worksheet
#1: Solutions?
• People work not on food but for food
• Perform useful, new jobs
• They become specialized workers
–Perhaps artisans
#2: Solutions?
• Need someone to:
–Lock and guard the food
–Count it
–Give it out
• (you also have to invent record
keeping, writing, and counting)
#3: Solutions?
• Do you share equally with everyone?
• Do you own your land, or does your
clan own it?
• Where do you get your tools?
#4: Solutions?
• Laws, police, courts…
• You’ve just invented institutions, like
the government
Objective #7
Neolithic Advances
• New art!
–Pottery
–Baskets
Neolithic Advances
• Better tools!
–Including the use of metal (Bronze)
Neolithic Advances
• More food!
Neolithic Advances
• More people!