1. Do Now:
Imagine you are in a contest to win a million dollars. In order to win you will be dropped alone on a seemingly deserted island. You must survive 6 weeks to win the money. You can take one very small backpack with 7 items in it. What 7 items would you take? (Items cannot be people and MUST fit in a normal sized backpack)

2. Do Now: What do you think it means to be civilized?
What does it mean when something is revolutionary?
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3. Period 1: Technological and Environmental Transformations
8000 b.c.e – 600 b.c.e
5% of The Test

4. What does BCE Mean?
Before the Common Era. (b.c.e.) and Common Era (c.e.)
A non-religious alternative to BC (Before Christ) and AD (Anno Domini – Year of Our Lord, Latin)

5. Key Concept 1.1
Big Geography and the Peopling of the Earth

6. Paleolithic Era (“Old Stone Age”)
Nomadic Hunter-Gatherers migrate from Africa to Eurasia, Australia, and the Americas.
Why do you think people were migrating?

7. Paleolithic Era
Hunter-Gatherer Clans composed of small groups (30- 50)
Were nomadic; always in search of animals and edible plants
NO permanent shelters or many personal belongings.
Moved because:
Lack of food and/or water
Climate Changes
Natural Disasters

8. Paleolithic Era (Social)
Believed Social Equality. Why?
No concept of private property
Status determined by: age, hunting skill, fertility
Possible gender equality related to food production
Men and women did the same work.

9. Paleolithic Era (Social/Culture)
How would archeologists know that there was social equality?
ART! Venus figurines demonstrate that early humans valued fertility (ability to reproduce)

10. Paleolithic Era (Technology)
Use of fire!
For light
Cooking
Heat in cold environments
Protect against Predators
Aid hunting and Foraging
How could fire help hunting?

11. Paleolithic Era (Technology)
Tools were adapted to different environments.
Made from stone and wood
Scrapers
nets
rafts
axe

12. Paleolithic Era (Culture)
Big game hunting implies that Paleolithic people had spoken language. Why?
Hunting trips required planning/communication
Development of weapons
Use of disguises
Strategy/tactics
Using fires to drive animals into kill zones

13. Paleolithic Era (Culture)
People had a lot of “down time”
7 hours of hunting every 2-3 days
Developed animistic religion
Believed that animals, rivers, other natural elements embodied spirits
Displayed on cave paintings

14. Paleolithic Era (Economic)
Labor structure based on gender
Women forage, men hunt
Little specialization and trade occurring
Art, beads, tools, animal skin clothes.

15. Paleolithic Era
What do you think is the greatest achievement of Paleolithic Peoples?

16. Paleolithic Era
Most historians believe the greatest achievement of Paleolithic Peoples was the distance they migrated over the Earth’s surface.

17. Paleolithic Era
Human groups from the Paleolithic Era are not considered a “civilization” why do you think so?
What do you think civilization means?
What are Paleolithic Peoples lacking?