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5.1 Origins and Hearths of Agriculture
Objective: SWBAT describe how the Neolithic revolution fundamentally changed human society by creating
a before and after collage.
Word Wall: Hunters and gatherers, Neolithic revolution, agriculture, domesticate, vegetative planting,
seed agriculture
Two-Columned Note Making for Vocabulary
Directions: Today we will learn a new method to make notes. Follow these steps for each
slide:
Step 1: Write the vocabulary word on the left side of your notes.
Step 2: Write the key word on the right side of your notes.
Step 3: Below the key word, write modifiers.
Follow the “Rule of Five” by limiting each note to five words or less.
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LOCATION OF FIRST SEED AGRICULTURE HEARTHS
Western Hemisphere
Hearth
Mexico
Peru
Ethiopia
Southwest Asia
India
China
Eastern Hemisphere
Crop
5.2 Agricultural Revolutions
Objective: SWBAT analyze the causes and effects of the three agricultural revolutions by creating a cause and effect
diagram.
Word Wall: Hunters and gatherers, Neolithic revolution, agriculture, domesticate, vegetative planting,
seed agriculture
Two-Columned Note Making
Directions: Earlier today we made two-columned notes on a lecture. Now you will make
two-columned notes on a reading.
Step 1: Read one paragraph. Write the main idea on the left side of your notes in five
words or less.
Step 2: Write important details on the right side. Each detail should be five words or
less.
The Second Agricultural Revolution
The second agricultural revolution coincided with the Industrial Revolution; it was a revolution
that would allow agriculture to feed thousands of people working in factories instead of
simply feeding people who worked fields. The second agricultural revolution was composed
of a series of innovations, improvements, and techniques in Great Britain.
By the 17th and 18th centuries, new crops came into Europe from trade with the Americas,
including corn and potatoes. The governments of Great Britain promoted agricultural
production by passing laws such as Great Britain’s Enclosure Act that combined small farms
into larger ones. Farmers increase the size of their farms, piecing together more contiguous
parcels of land, fencing in land, and instituted field rotation. Methods of soil preparation,
fertilization, crop care, and harvesting improved.
New technologies such as the seed drill enabled farmers to avoid wasting seeds and to
easily plant in rows, making it simpler to distinguish weeds from crops. Advances in breeding
livestock enabled farmers to develop new breeds that were either strong milk producers or
good for beef. By the 1830s, farmers were using new fertilizers on crops and feeding artificial
feeds to livestock. Increased agricultural output made it possible to feed much larger urban
populations, enabling the growth of a secondary (industrial) economy.
The Green Revolution
The Green Revolution was a period in time when new agricultural practices were created to
help farmers all over the world. It was an international effort that was planned to eliminate
hunger by improving crop performances. This plan provided new practices that allowed
farmers to produce more of the same product within the same amount of land. This meant
that the farmers could get more out of their land than they used to.
This rapid diffusion of more productive agriculture techniques occurred throughout the 1970s
and the 1980s. The plan had two main practices: the introduction of newer higher-yield
seeds and the expanded use of fertilizers. This would lead to the increase of the agricultural
productivity at a global scale, which increased faster than population growth. The Green
Revolution answered questions from experts about massive global famine. Hunger and
starvation rates around the world decreased thanks to the Green Revolution.
Title: The Second Agricultural Revolution
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Title: The Green Revolution
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Timeline of Revolutions
Directions: You will now use your class notes to create a timeline of the agricultural
revolutions. For each of the three revolutions we studied, you will answer three questions.
When did the revolution happen?
Neolithic Revolution
What caused the revolution?
What effects did the revolution have?
Second Agricultural Revolution
When did the revolution happen?
What caused the revolution?
What effects did the revolution have?
Green Revolution
When did the revolution happen?
What caused the revolution?
What effects did the revolution have?