The Paleolithic Era and Early Humans

The Paleolithic Era and Early Humans

A Slideshow by Mr. Schneider

Open Ended

REVIEW:

What is the study of the Earth and its people called?

According to the map in your notes, where did human civilization begin?

The First Americans (probably)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRzuKCqmF_k

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/when-did-humans-reach-america-mexican-mountain-cave-artifacts-raise-new-questions-180975385/

In what direction did humans have to travel to walk from Asia to North America?

While watching the video, Mankind: The Story of All of Us, look for the answers to your notes.

• Listen for key vocabulary words like hunter-gatherer and nomad.

• What does the video tell us about them?

According to the video we know that hunter-gatherers are people whose food supply depends on hunting and collecting plants.

According to the video, we know that a nomad is a person who wanders from place to place. They also...

1.) lived in the early part of the Stone Age (about 14,000 years ago).

2.) moved away from one place when the food was gone.

Open Ended

Tell me one thing about how people lived during the Paleolithic Era.

And now for some important vocabulary...

What is prehistory?

Prehistory is the time period before writing.

What are historians?

Historians are people who write about history using fact and historical interpretation?

Think:

What's an interpretation?

Why might history be important?

What are anthropologists?

Anthropologists are people who study human behavior, human biology, and human societies.

What do archaeologists study?

Archaeologists study material remains.

What does "Neo" mean?

Neo is a Latin word that means "new."

So how did people live during the Paleolithic Era?

People were nomadic.

People hunted, fished, and foraged for food.

People lived in small groups of less than one hundred.

At some point in the past, people learned how to farm. This drastically changed the way people lived.

The transition of societies from hunting and gathering to farming is called the Neolithic Revolution.

Revolution means a BIG CHANGE.

• Neolithic Revolution

• American Revolution

• French Revolution

• Russian Revolution

Open Ended

How might societies have changed when people learned how to farm?

So what changed during the Neolithic Revolution?

• People discovered farming.

• Social classes developed (i.e. rich and poor).

• Animals were domesticated.

• People began to settle down and build cities.

The 5 Factors of Civilization (a sign of things to come)

• Large cities will create a need for government.

• People's spirituality will create a need for an organized religion.

• Big cities will create a need for architecture and public works like roads and bridges.

• People's interest in money will create the need for trade. Trade allows for the exchange of not only goods but also ideas.