1. Mr. McEntarfer * HSLPS
Aim: How did the Neolithic Revolution change society?
Do Now: What do you know about cavemen? Jot down up to three bullet points under the title “cavemen”.

2. The Paleolithic Age Paleolithic – Old Stone Age
Paleolithic people lived in small hunting and gathering groups of about 20 to 30 people. Everyone contributed to feeding the group. Men hunted, while women and children hunted and gathered.

4. Nomads
Paleolithic people were nomads, they moved from place to place following game animals and ripening fruit.

6. Cave Paintings

7. The Last Ice Age
The last Ice Age ended about 12,000 B.C. The weather became warmer and as the ice glaciers receded (melted) it fed new rivers throughout the northern hemisphere.
The end of the Ice Age caused the ideal warm weather and water sources for farming.

8. Ice Age Ends 12,000 B.C.

10. The Neolithic Revolution
Neolithic – New Stone Age
About 10,000 B.C. nomadic women realized how to farm from scattering seeds and discovering plant growth. They discovered farming or agriculture. By producing their own food they could stay in one place.

11. Effects of Neolithic Revolution
Farming and the domestication (taming) of animals
Farmers settled into permanent villages instead of moving around
Food surpluses (extra food) created population explosions
Settlements and villages began to develop for the first time.
Specialized jobs developed, since farming took fewer people and new settlements needed warriors, leaders, businessmen, construction workers...

12. What’s Happening Before the Neolithic Revolution?

13. What Change Took Place?

14. What Change took Place?

15. What Change is taking place?

16. The Neolithic Revolution
Before
People were nomadic
People gathered plants
People hunted animals
Food shortages
People lived in small bands
People were either hunters or gatherers
After
People settled down in one place
People grew vegetables (farmed)
People domesticated (tamed) animals
Food surpluses (extra)
Large populations lived in villages
People farmed and had many specialized jobs.

17. Activity – Neolithic Advertisement
Answer Questions on Cartoon Document
What hardships do the nomads face in the cartoon?
Why is the Neolithic way a better way of life?

18. Project
Create a advertisement for the Neolithic Revolution in which you try to convince the nomads to go the Neolithic Way.
Be original from the ad we did together in class
Use color and detail
Make sure your ad addresses the change in lifestyle that happened during the Neolithic Revolution.

19. Assessment
How did people live and get food during the Paleolithic Age?
How did the end of the last Ice Age cause the Neolithic Revolution?
What is a food surplus?
How did the Neolithic Revolution change the way people…
Got their food
Lived
Worked

20. How did things change after
The Neolithic Revolution