1. Prehistory Goals for Today:
Learn how hunter-gatherers lived during the Stone Age.
Learn about the beginning of farming.

2. Stone Age Hunting & Gathering
-Period of time when hominid made tools and weapons mainly from stone / wood / bones
Stone Age: Lasted 1,000s of years until man used METAL.

3. Stone Age Hunting and Gathering
The Stone Age can be put into 3 periods
Old Stone Age-Stone/bones
Middle Stone Age: Stone
New Stone Age: Farming

4. Stone Age Hunting & Gathering cont…
Fire??????
Ward off dangerous animals.
Because of fire, they can begin moving to colder regions in search of food.

5. Stone Age Hunting and Gathering
Settling New Areas
Fire allowed these people to move and become NOMADS.
Started in Africa and Spread out
What are Nomads?
What do you think life was like during the Stone Age?

6. The Beginning of Farming
First Farmers
11,000 years ago there was an AMAZING DISCOVERY!!
They figured that if they plant seeds, new ones would grow.
No longer need to be Nomads.

7. The Beginning of Farming
Farming Around the World
Soon they discovered that some places are better for farming.
Plant Selection
They planted the bigger and tastier seeds
That’s why we plant our seeds today.

8. The Beginning of Farming
Raising Animals
These early farmers learned to tame animals
By taming larger animals like sheep, goats, and pigs people developed a source for meat, milk, and wool.

9. The Beginning of Farming
The Challenges of Domestication
Not every animal tames easily
In Ancient India, people tamed elephants for use in battle.

10. Chapter 1 Section 2
How did hunter-gatherers live during the Stone Age?
What new discoveries led to the beginning of Farming?