1. Semester 1 – Unit Timeline
Unit 0: Historiography
Unit 1: Patterns of Human Organization
Types of Civilization
Dynamics of Power
Challenges to Society
Unit 2: Religion and Belief
Japanese beliefs, Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, Confucianism, Taoism, Judaism, Christianity, Islam
Conflict Between Faiths
Conflict Within Faiths
Impact on Culture
Jewish Persecution
Unit 3: Revolutions
Intellectual Revolutions (e.g., Scientific Revolution, Enlightenment)
Political Revolutions (Chinese Cultural, Mexican, American, French, Russian)
Revolution and Independence
Revolution and the People
Challenges and Successes of Revolutions

2. Unit 1: Patterns of Human Organization
Pre-Society
Unit 1: Patterns of Human Organization

3. Essential Questions
How do historians discover knowledge about the past without writing?
What were the major differences between the Paleo- and Neolithic eras?
How did systematic agriculture lead to the creation of the first civilizations?

4. How Historians Study Pre-History
Prehistory- time before writing was developed
Archaeology- Study of past societies through analysis of what people left behind
Anthropology- the study of human life and culture

5. Hominid: Human-like creature that walks upright
Homo sapiens: modern man (“wise human”)

7. Table Discussion In your table group, discuss…
What would the advantages be of the following genetic mutations:
Upright posture (walking on 2 legs)
Flexible thumbs & fingers
Large brain
Strong and sturdy ankle bones
Lighter skin
Darker skin
Blue eyes
Mastery of fire (not a mutation, but still important)

8. Out-of-Africa Theory Law vs. Theory
A law is observable (starting point of scientific theory)
Theories are used to explain how laws work
Theories are NOT educated guesses
Backed by facts/evidence
Definition: Global spread of Homo sapiens sapiens from Africa
About 100,000 years ago

9. Paleolithic Age (“Old Stone” Age)
2,500,000 BCE - 10,000 BCE
Use of simple stone tools
Objective = survival
Nomadic
Equality among sexes

10. Ice Age Most recent Ice Age began 100,000 BCE and lasted 2,000 years
Migration over frozen land
Beringia