1. Agriculture Revolutions: GR Justice Squad
AP Human Geography
Agriculture, Food Production, and Rural Land Use Unit

2. For today, 03/23
Turn in your projects to the counter. They are due as soon as the bell rings. Please don’t try to work on them after the bell rings.
You have 7 minutes to take notes over the powerpoint titled “Agriculture Revolutions: GR Justice Squad” found on my website under today’s date.

3. Do you get it? This cartoon is funny. And sad? Sadly funny, maybe?
The goal is to get you thinking about where a lot of America’s food come from. “Home baked apple pie” made by a chemist. Look at the ingredients of one of your favorite snacks and see if you can pronounce all the ingredients correctly. 

4. First Agricultural Revolution
About 8,000-10,000 years ago – referred to as NEOLITHIC REVOLUTION
Intentional domestication of plants and animals – vegetative and seed planting
Created surplus of crops like wheat and barley
Surplus of food allowed specialization of labor, which created civilization as we know it
Subsistence based

5. Second Agricultural Revolution
Around : it coincided with the Industrial Revolution
New technologies yield more crops (wheat, corn, rice)
Farming equipment, refrigeration, railroads
Larger farms – could do much more with much less
Think about its role in the DTM…

6. Third Agricultural Revolution
Also know as the Green Revolution and Gene Revolution
1940s and 50s - today
(1.) Higher-yield seeds (rice, wheat, corn)
(2.)Expanded use of fertilizers and pesticides
(3.) GMO/GE crops and animals
Created agribusiness
Major effects on “hungry areas” (LDCs)

7. Now that you’ve finished:
You will need a sheet of printer paper!
Get ready to tap into your artistic side!

8. Create your own GR superhero!
Use the links on my website to create a GREEN REVOLUTION superhero or villain. You must provide a brief summary of what the GREEN REVOLUTION is and 3 PROS and 3 cons.