Agriculture in Education:
an educational resource for the Year 7 History Curriculum
PowerPoint Resource:
Ancient Societies: from hunting to cultivation
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Activity 1: Investigating technology in the Ancient World
Work Task 1: Finding the Ancient World and technologies
It all started in Mesopotamia. Where is Mesopotamia?
In pairs or small groups you are to access the interactive map.
http://ecuip.lib.uchicago.edu/diglib/social/mideast/atlas/index.html
Find the Middle East.
1. Select ‘The Ancient World’ from the table of contents.
2. Then select, ‘Ancient Technology’ and make a summary of the information.
3. What were the tools they used made from? How did this demonstrate an advancement in
technology?
4. Discuss your findings with the class
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Activity 2: Life in Ancient Mesopotamia
Source 1 – Life in Ancient Mesopotamia
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Activity 2: Life in Ancient Mesopotamia
Source 2 – Settling in Villages
Mesopotamia From Nomads to Farmers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ki8S5I83Ccc
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Activity 2: Life in Ancient Mesopotamia
Work Task 2: Agriculture in Ancient Societies
After looking at the picture in Source 1, reading the passage in Source 2 and/or viewing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ki8S5I83Ccc
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Make observations about these key ideas and be
prepared to record some explanations and share
them with the class:
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domestication of plants and animals
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inventions – tools and equipment
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permanent settlement
Place your key ideas and explanations into a
mind map or Prezi. http://prezi.com/
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Activity 3: Agricultural Changes in Australia
Did our First Nations People Farm?
We are going to view
First Australians were also the first farmers – Science (6) - ABC Splash
(3mins 27 secs)
and talk about – Things to think about
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Can you think of any other examples?
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Is this farming as Europeans understand it to be?
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What is farming?
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Capture your thoughts in notes under the heading:
Did our First Nations people farm?
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Activity 3: Agricultural Changes in Australia
Work Task 3: Timeline of Technology Used in Agriculture
Select 6 or more of the tools and equipment from the
photographs (or choose your own) and conduct research on:
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When were the tools/equipment invented?
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Write/record the events in chronological order and
then construct a timeline using these events.
This can be done electronically using
http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/timeline_2/ or
http://www.tiki-toki.com/ or another program or app.
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