1. Early Human Societies, E01
Kind of like Lower Elementary Students

2. Hunter-Gatherer Hunted & gathered for their food, clothing, & shelter
Always moving around, Nomads
Lived in groups called bands (not rock bands)
Migration of people & exchange of ideas
Looking for food
Better climate
“So where do you want to go to lunch?”

3. Tools Fire, “Ouch! That’s hot!”
light, protection, cooking, making metal
Technology: the way people apply knowledge to make something
Purpose of tools?

4. Early Human Culture Language: spoken before written, no email
Religion: animist (worship of spirits in things, i.e. Starbucks Coffee)
Art: cave painting, like drawings in the bathroom…no way! Jewelry, figurines, costumes
Signs of sophisticated society

8. African Hunter Gatherer
In Papua New Guinea

9. Learning to Farm & Raise Animals
Time to settle down on the farm
Climate change, Ice Age is over.
Domesticate grasses & animals
Increase in the food supply
The beginning of agriculture
Slash & burn to clear the land
Irrigation

10. Ice Age map, what it may have looked like way back when…

11. The First Communities Surplus in stuff like food. What is the results?
People had time to do other jobs: specialization
List some specialized jobs you would not have in a hunter gatherer society

12. Simple vs. Complex Villages
Artisans (crafts)
Social classes
Simple government, one person rule
Complex
Larger population >1,000
Leaders & laws
Public buildings
Trade
More specialization due more technology