Lesson Plan: Neolithic Revolution U2.L5 Compare and Contrast Paleo/Neo
Dates: Sep 9-10
Classes: ALL
Objectives:
Content:
Skills:
SWBAT define “Revolution”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrkwgTBrW78
SWBAT to differentiate between hunting and gathering vs. farming and agriculture
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Vocabulary –
Annotation
Document-based question
Participating in class
Group work
Assessment Exit ticket tomorrow
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Formal: Brochure on transition from hunters/gatherers
Unit exam fri/next Monday
Informal: Alternative check-ins
CFU: If you were an early human, whom would you live with? What would you eat? How would
you get food?
Current event connection: http://thepaleodiet.com/the-paleo-diet-premise/
Question of What is a timeline? A timeline is a line of events that take place in order from oldest to newest.
the Day: We call this chronological order.
How do you think Early Humans lived? Answers will vary
Homework: Current event: Africa
Agenda
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I.
Hunter gatherer article (15 minutes)
Neolithic Revolution Notes & Brainpop video (20 minutes)
Students will watch the video about the Neolithic Revolution:
http://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/worldhistory/agriculturalrevolution/ (PROS AND
CONS GRAPHIC ORGANIZER)
While watching video…students will fill in crossword puzzle
http://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/worldhistory/agriculturalrevolution/activity/
Answers:
Across: 5. Villages 7. Agriculture 8. Trash
Down: Domestication Neolithic Surplus Hunter Crescent
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VENN DIAGRAM Compare and contrast Paleolithic to Neolithic life (10 minutes)
Exit ticket: Paleolithic Revolution >>> backside cause effect to Neolithic revolution
(10 minutes)
Homework assignment (current event) (5 minutes)
In 10.000 BC, a group of people in western Asia made an amazing discovery that changed all of
human history. They learned that they could farm the land and herd animals for food instead
of wandering around trying to find it. They learned to use agriculture instead of hunting and
gathering for food. This allowed them to stay in one place for a long time and to build villages.
Archaeologists found tools and artifacts left behind by the very first farmers. Their population
grew and grew because they had a lot more food to go around. The Neolithic Revolution
changed how humans on earth lived.
What words did you CIRCLE?
INTERPRET – Write the main idea in your own words.
What is the Neolithic Revolution?
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Why did the human population grow after the Neolithic Revolution?
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How do archaeologists know about the first farmers?
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Archaeologists believe that the Neolithic Revolution happened in western Asia in an area they
call the Fertile Crescent. They call it the Fertile Crescent because there is plenty of water and
good soil for planting food. The area is between the Tigris and the Euphrates River. People
needed a region with plenty of physical features and natural resources that would help them live
there permanently. They had water for drinking and for watering their crops. These first
farmers decided to give up their hunter-gatherer life and stay in one place. Archaeologists say
that human life, as we know it today, started in the Fertile Crescent. After the Neolithic
Revolution, people could live in villages and cities.
What words did you CIRCLE?
INTERPRET – Write the main idea in your own words.
Why would archaeologists say that life, as we know it began in the Fertile Crescent?
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A small group of farmers created the first village. They build small huts out of tall grass reeds
and used water buffalo droppings and water to cement their houses together. They fished on
the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers and had small farms for growing their own food. They began
shaping a town. These first settlers paved the way for humans to have cities, states, and
countries. They are the very first to stay in one place and live together as a community.
What words did you CIRCLE?
INTERPRET – Write the main idea in your own words.
What are two characteristics of the life of the first farmers?
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DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:
1. How did hunter-gatherers survive?
2. How did the Neolithic Revolution begin?
3. Why was the Fertile Crescent so important to the people of the Neolithic Revolution?
4. Why did the population grow during the Neolithic Revolution?
5. Why did diseases spread during the Neolithic Revolution?
6. Why do you think the first villages invented laws?
PROS
HUNTER-GATHERER
(PALEOLITHIC)
Effects of Agrarian Lifestyle
COMPARE AND CONTRAST LIFESTYLES
similarities
CONS
AGRARIAN
(NEOLITHIC)