Essential Question:

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• Essential Question
• What was the significance of the Neolithic
  Revolution?
• Warm-Up Question
• Lets take a look at our Unit 1 Organizer!
• Find 5 phrases or ideas that you recognize

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Class Activity 1

• Overview You your team are members of an
  ancient tribe known as Lanierians
• Working with your tribe, complete the following
  activities in order
• Step 1 Collect at least 4 food tokens 1 water
  token
• Step 2 Gather resources build a temple to
  honor the food god
• Your grade will be based on completing these
  tasks the creativity of your temple

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Class Activity 2

• New discovery FARMING!
• Working with your tribe, complete the following
  activities in order
• Step 1 Collect at least 4 food tokens 1 water
  token
• Step 2 Gather resources build a temple to
  honor the food god
• Your grade will be based on completing these
  tasks the creativity of your temple

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Debriefing Questions

• Discuss with your team write down your answers
  to the following questions
• What were your experiences like during Round 1
  of this activity?
• How did the discovery of farming change your
  experiences in Round 2?
• How do you think these activities relate to
  early human beings?
• What advantages do you think farming gave to
  early humans?

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Neolithic Revolution
Some hunters gatherers were advanced, but were
never able to develop complex societies because
they had to migrate to find food
Early humans were nomadic hunters gatherers
had to move around to find their food
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Neolithic Revolution
Farming changed the way humans lived
Around 8,000 B.C., the Neolithic Revolution
occurred early humans discovered how to farm
domesticate animals
People no longer had to be nomads
Food surpluses led to population increases
Farming villages became established along river
valleys for their good soil irrigation
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Neolithic Revolution Spread of Agriculture
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Neolithic Revolution
Around 3,000 B.C., some farming villages became
complex civilizations.Brainstorm What
characteristics are needed to makes people a
civilization?
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• Advanced cities

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Characteristics of Civilizations
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Civilizations must have cities that are centers
of trade for large areas
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Civilizations must have technologies that make
their lives easier
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Civilizations must have writing in order to keep
records of taxes, laws, or trade
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Civilizations must have specialized workers that
create a class system
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Civilizations must have complex institutions like
government religion to keep order
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The Neolithic Revolution
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Closure Activity

• Now that we have defined civilization
• Is the United States a civilization? Give
  evidence to support your answer.