8/21/15
Topic: Beginning of Civilization
EQ: What was life like before and after the
Agricultural (Neolithic) Revolution?
Bellwork: Set up your Cornell notes (using your
own paper), then write two sentences that
explain what comes to mind when you hear
these words
– Prehistoric
– Stone Age
– Village
The Beginnings of Human Society
Prehistoric People
&
The Agricultural Revolution
Early Human History
• Prehistory: (noun) The time of human history
before written records.
• Divided into two main parts
– Old Stone Age – Paleolithic
• ~? Until 8000 BCE
– New Stone Age – Neolithic
• 8000 BCE - ~4000BCE
– These dates are different depending
on location.
Paleolithic – Old Stone Age
Neolithic – New Stone Age
What Caused these
Differences?
• About 10,000 years ago a group of people made a
remarkable discovery
– After having left for a year they returned to find crops
growing where they had once scattered seeds
• This shift from food-gathering to food-production
was a great breakthrough that came to be known
as the Neolithic Revolution or the Agricultural
Revolution
• As people began growing their own food they
also began to domesticate animals
– Horses, dogs, goats, pigs
Important Vocabulary
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Paleolithic – Old Stone Age
Neolithic – New Stone Age
Agriculture – Farming
Agricultural or Neolithic Revolution - Change
from hunting and gathering to farming
• Domestication – process of taming (not wild
anymore) usually animals but also plants.
Stories from the Stone Age
• Watch this video showing the change from the
Paleolithic era to the Neolithic.
Closure
On a separate sheet of paper, write a paragraph
(6-8 sentences) that discusses 3 main
differences between life in the Paleolithic and
life in the Neolithic eras.