1. Please turn in the CCOT Chart.
When You Arrive
Please turn in the CCOT Chart.
Please pick up the reading and read it. Have out some paper and a writing utensil to use.

2. Review How did people live during the Paleolithic Age?
What was the Agricultural Revolution? How did it change life?
How did people live during the Neolithic Age?
How did life change and remain the same between these two ages.

3. Unit Overview
How did humanity transition from a nomadic life style to an established life style and establish an advanced way of life called “Civilization”.
Paleolithic Age
Humanity was nomadic, moving from place to place.
Basic Culture and Technology existed
Neolithic Age
Humanity begins to settle in small villages.
Culture and Technology become more advanced.
Humanity creates cities and an advanced way of life called “Civilization”
The Agriculture Revolution
2 million BCE ……………………………………………….500BCE

4. The 5 Characteristics of Civilization

5. What are you going to learn today?
Describe and analyze the term “Civilization”.

6. Introduction
Civilization is a term that is used to describe how people have lived and are living now.
It is defined by 5 characteristics.
After the Agricultural Revolution, people were able to spend time on things other that hunting and gathering.

8. THINK!!!!
How was the group of people talked about in the video civilized?????????????????
(Hint: How was their life advanced???????)

9. Characteristic #1

10. Characteristic #1 Advanced Cities Advanced cities: Planned
Larger Population
Public Works

11. Characteristic #2

12. Characteristic #2 Specialized workers: People learn skills.
Social Hierarchy: A social systems of ranks based in ancient times on the importance and specialization of a person’s job.

13. Characteristic #3

14. Characteristic #3 Complex institutions:
patterns of organization in a community that helped to allow the civilization to survive.
Government, Religion, Economy, Culture, Education

15. Characteristic #3
Governments were needed to organize the tasks needed to survive
Economies: trade developed when a society used their food surplus to trade for needed resources
Religions: At first they were polytheistic
After the invention of iron weapons, Monotheistic religions developed.

16. Characteristic #4

17. Characteristic #4 Record Keeping:
Writing systems developed to keep track of taxes

18. Characteristic #5

19. Characteristic #5 Technology:
The skills and tools people use to meet their basic needs

20. Cultural Diffusion
Cultural Diffusion: The spread of ideas through contact
This contact comes from
Trade
Migration
Conquest
Media

21. How is Gainesville High School a civilization?
Review
How is Gainesville High School a civilization?
How is Gainesville civilzation?

22. Homework
What is a civilization? Give examples from Gainesville/Hall county.