Chalkboard Lesson Era 1 The Beginnings of Human Society.

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Era 1 The Beginnings of Human Society

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Blueprint Skill: History Grade 6Blueprint Skill: History Grade 6Blueprint Skill: History Grade 6Blueprint Skill: History Grade 6

• Recognize major historical time periods (i.e., Early Civilizations, Classical Period, Dark Ages, Middle Ages, and Renaissance).

• Era 1

• Recognize major historical time periods (i.e., Early Civilizations, Classical Period, Dark Ages, Middle Ages, and Renaissance).

• Era 1

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Humanity’s Story

The Peopling of the Earth

Agricultural Revolution

The Stone Age

Ages

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Humanity’s StoryHumanity’s StoryHumanity’s StoryHumanity’s Story

• So far as we know, humanity’s story began in Africa.

• For millions of years it was mainly a story of biological change.

• Then some hundreds of thousands of years ago our early ancestors began to form and manipulate useful tools.

• So far as we know, humanity’s story began in Africa.

• For millions of years it was mainly a story of biological change.

• Then some hundreds of thousands of years ago our early ancestors began to form and manipulate useful tools.

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• Eventually they mastered speech.

• Unlike most other species, early humans gained the capacity to learn from one another and transmit knowledge from one generation to the next.

• Eventually they mastered speech.

• Unlike most other species, early humans gained the capacity to learn from one another and transmit knowledge from one generation to the next.

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• The hunter-gatherer society lived in clans and were nomadic

• Nomadic groups were people who have no fixed home and move according to the seasons from place to place in search of food, water, and grazing land.

• The hunter-gatherer society lived in clans and were nomadic

• Nomadic groups were people who have no fixed home and move according to the seasons from place to place in search of food, water, and grazing land.

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• Archaeologists have found the remains of what may have been the first tools used by humans in East Africa.

• Archaeologists have found the remains of what may have been the first tools used by humans in East Africa.

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• Stone tools were the most common tools until about 12,000 years ago.

• Stone tools were the most common tools until about 12,000 years ago.

Flint Tools

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The Stone AgeThe Stone AgeThe Stone AgeThe Stone Age

• The period of time when people used simple stone tools is called the Old Stone Age or Paleolithic Era.

• During the Old Stone Age, people also learned to make fire.

• The period of time when people used simple stone tools is called the Old Stone Age or Paleolithic Era.

• During the Old Stone Age, people also learned to make fire.

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The New Stone AgeThe New Stone AgeThe New Stone AgeThe New Stone Age

• The period of time when people began to settle permanently in one location is called the Neolithic Era, or the New Stone Age.

• In the Paleolithic age, men were hunters and gathers. In the Neolithic age, people became scavengers, herders, farmers, or producers.

• The period of time when people began to settle permanently in one location is called the Neolithic Era, or the New Stone Age.

• In the Paleolithic age, men were hunters and gathers. In the Neolithic age, people became scavengers, herders, farmers, or producers.

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The New Stone AgeThe New Stone AgeThe New Stone AgeThe New Stone Age

• People were able to live in larger groups.

• They learned to domesticate plants and animals.

• This meant they also learned which plants provided a higher yield and how to breed animals to better suit their needs.

• People were able to live in larger groups.

• They learned to domesticate plants and animals.

• This meant they also learned which plants provided a higher yield and how to breed animals to better suit their needs.

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AgesAgesAgesAges

•2.5 million to 8000 BCE Paleolithic - old stone age (cave art, fire, hominids (earlier human like creatures), stone tools, nomads, hunters and gathers)

•B.C. - the time period before Jesus was born

•2.5 million to 8000 BCE Paleolithic - old stone age (cave art, fire, hominids (earlier human like creatures), stone tools, nomads, hunters and gathers)

•B.C. - the time period before Jesus was born

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•8,000 BCE to 3,000 BCE Neolithic - new stone age (looms for weaving, domesticate animals, agriculture, people shifted from hunting and gathering to agriculture and herding)

•Age of the Earth - 4 to 5 billion years

•8,000 BCE to 3,000 BCE Neolithic - new stone age (looms for weaving, domesticate animals, agriculture, people shifted from hunting and gathering to agriculture and herding)

•Age of the Earth - 4 to 5 billion years

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•Mesolithic Age - created pottery• Ice Age - long period of cold

climate•Stonehenge - archaeological

site begun in the Neolithic Age and completed in the Bronze Age

•PREHISTORY - time before written history

•Mesolithic Age - created pottery• Ice Age - long period of cold

climate•Stonehenge - archaeological

site begun in the Neolithic Age and completed in the Bronze Age

•PREHISTORY - time before written history

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The Peopling of the EarthThe Peopling of the EarthThe Peopling of the EarthThe Peopling of the Earth

• The first great global event was the peopling of the earth and the astonishing story of how communities of hunters, foragers, or fishers adapted creatively and continually to a variety of contrasting, changing environments in Africa, Eurasia, Australia, and the Americas.

• The first great global event was the peopling of the earth and the astonishing story of how communities of hunters, foragers, or fishers adapted creatively and continually to a variety of contrasting, changing environments in Africa, Eurasia, Australia, and the Americas.

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•Anthropology - the study of the remains/skeletons/bones of people

• Archaeologists - people who study things USED by people who lived a long time ago; eating utensils, houses, tools

•Anthropology - the study of the remains/skeletons/bones of people

• Archaeologists - people who study things USED by people who lived a long time ago; eating utensils, houses, tools

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•Archaeology - the study of things used by people who lived a long time ago; tools, eating utensils, homes

•Culture – the ideas, beliefs, and customs of a group of people.

•Archaeology - the study of things used by people who lived a long time ago; tools, eating utensils, homes

•Culture – the ideas, beliefs, and customs of a group of people.

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The Agricultural RevolutionThe Agricultural RevolutionThe Agricultural RevolutionThe Agricultural Revolution

• Over a period of several thousand years and as a result of countless small decisions, humans learned how to grow crops, domesticate plants, and raise animals.

• The earliest agricultural settlements probably arose in Southwest Asia, but the agricultural revolution spread round the world.

• Over a period of several thousand years and as a result of countless small decisions, humans learned how to grow crops, domesticate plants, and raise animals.

• The earliest agricultural settlements probably arose in Southwest Asia, but the agricultural revolution spread round the world.

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• Human population began to soar relative to earlier times.

• Communities came into regular contact with one another over longer distances, cultural patterns became far more complex, and opportunities for innovation multiplied.

• Human population began to soar relative to earlier times.

• Communities came into regular contact with one another over longer distances, cultural patterns became far more complex, and opportunities for innovation multiplied.

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• One reason people migrated from place to place was the search of food.

• One reason people migrated from place to place was the search of food.

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•Early man developed farming and herding because it provided a reliable source of food, man was not as dependent on nature and man was no longer nomadic.

•Early man developed farming and herding because it provided a reliable source of food, man was not as dependent on nature and man was no longer nomadic.

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•Early man’s crops consisted of wheat, potatoes, rice and maize

•Early man’s crops consisted of wheat, potatoes, rice and maize

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• The earliest known permanent agricultural community was established in: Mesopotamia near the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.

• The earliest known permanent agricultural community was established in: Mesopotamia near the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.

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• The development of agriculture took place during the Neolithic Age.

• The development of agriculture took place during the Neolithic Age.

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ResourcesResourcesResourcesResources

• World History Standards• World History Standards

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