■Essential Question:

–What was the significance of the Neolithic Revolution?

■Warm-Up Question:

– Chalk Talk: When you hear the words “early human” what do you think about?

The Early Man!!!!

Who do you think they were???

August 12, 2013

■In 5 words describe early man….

It’s so easy, a caveman can do it!!

Class Activity #1 ■Overview: You & your team are members

of an ancient tribe known as “Duluthians” ■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

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

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?

Neolithic Revolution Early humans were nomadic hunters & gatherers

& had to move around to find their food

Some hunters & gatherers were advanced, but were never able to develop complex societies

because they had to migrate to find food

Neolithic Revolution Around 8,000 B.C., the Neolithic Revolution occurred & early humans discovered how

to farm & domesticate animals

Farming changed the way humans lived:

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

Neolithic Revolution: Spread of Agriculture

Bell Ringer Grab a Neolithic Revolution Graphic Cartoon from the cart and

begin reading and answering the questions

Bell Ringer Grab a Modern Day Hunter-Gathers reading from the cart and

begin reading and completing your t-chart

The Wild Duluthian’s

■ The Wild Duluthians was an ancient civilization that lived from around 1980-2013 A.D. Very much is unknown from this short lived civilization. Archeologist and Anthropologists believe that they died out sometime in the year 2013. They do not know what killed them off, more than likely a disease from the famous Chattahoochee River (possibly Typhoid Fever). They were an advanced civilization with cities and technology. However, sickness and disease overcame their civilization.

What we are going to do!!

■ We are newly graduated archeologists and anthropologists from the highly pristine Underwater Basket Weaving University.

■ We are going to be in groups of three and each group will come up to the front of the room to look into the “shoe box” and pick out an artifact from the ancient civilization of the Duluthians. We will tag the artifacts and categorize them in our baggies.

■ Each student will have to look at the artifacts and see where they need to be categorized according to where they think that they should be placed. Students will have their own category sheet.

■ Please write the name of the artifact on your sheet. What do you think that it was used for?

Shoe Box Dig

■Its time to get our Indiana Jones game face on!!

■http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bTpp8PQSog

Closing

Ticket Out the Door

Think about your own personal lives and our civilization. What do you think archeologists will find when they dig through our “stuff”? How will they be able to explain the artifacts?

Neolithic Revolution Around 3,000 B.C., some farming villages became complex civilizations.

Brainstorm: What characteristics are needed to makes people a “civilization”?

• 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

Civilizations must have technologies that make their lives easier

Civilizations must have writing in order to keep records of taxes, laws, or trade

Civilizations must have specialized workers that create a class system

Civilizations must have complex institutions like government & religion to keep order

■Label the following SWAC2 and provide an example

S W A C C

■Name all 4 River Valley Civilizations

Closure Activity

■Now that we have defined “civilization”:

–Is the United States a civilization? Give evidence to support your answer.