Paleolithic to Neolithic

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Paleolithic to Neolithic

• A Webquest

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DIRECTIONS Use the websites below to answer the
questions listed on slide .

• http//www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A2054675
• http//www.wsu.edu/gened/learn-modules/top_agrev/3
  -Hunting-and-Gathering/hunt-gathering1.html.
• http//www.texasbeyondhistory.net/kids/hunting/ind
  ex.htmlmain
• http//www.turizm.net/turkey/history/paleolithic.h
  tml
• http//www.regentsprep.org/Regents/global/themes/c
  hange/neo.cfm.
• http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paleolithic.

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QUESTIONS

• What are the differences between hunting and
  gathering and agriculture as modes of life?
• When and why did agriculture emerge as a way of
  life?
• Why is agriculture necessary to the development
  of civilization?
• What are some of the advantages of sedentism as a
  way of life?
• What were the technological changes necessary to
  sustain the new sedentary, agricultural mode of
  life?
• What are some of the advantages of economic
  specialization? Why did it begin to occur shortly
  after agriculture emerged as a way of life?

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CULMINATING ACTIVITY

• GLOBAL HISTORY NINE
• TAKE HOME QUIZ
• DIRECTIONS For a quiz you must create a comic
  strip that depicts life during the PALEOLITHIC OR
  NEOLITHIC times. Use the text book pages 8-12,
  your words of the day (on-line version has
  website connections), in-class web quest and
  notes or your own research. Your cartoon must
  meet the following content criteria
• CONTENT CRITERIA
• ____Clearly depicts Paleolithic OR Neolithic life
• ____Uses a comic strip format with 5-6 panels
• ____Includes a title
• ____Includes at least 5 talking bubbles
• ____At least 1 thinking bubble
• ____Realistic behavior by characters
• ____Rough draft
• (See Mr. McIntosh for a complete packet)

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Works Cited

• Awarni, Ashley. Aug. 14, 2006. Ancient
  Civilizations.
• http//tiger.towson.edu/awarni1/neolithic_revolu
  tion.htm.
• Board of Regents, Washington State University.
  2005. Aug. 14, 2006. Welcome to the Agricultural
  Revolution Student Module. http//www.wsu.edu/gene
  d/learn-modules/top_agrev/3-Hunting-and-Gathering/
  hunt-gathering1.html.
• Hitchcock, Don 02 August 2006. Aug. 14, 2006.
  Don's Maps. http//donsmaps.com/neolithic.html
• The University of Texas at Austin. Texas Beyond
  History 6 June 2006. Aug. 14, 2006.
  http//www.texasbeyondhistory.net/kids/hunting/ind
  ex.htmlmain
• Turizem.net. 1998-2005. Aug. 14, 2006.
  Introduction to Anatolia.
• http//www.turizm.net/turkey/history/paleolithic.
  html
• Watkins, Jeffery. 1999-2003. Aug. 14, 2006.
  Regents Exam Prep Center.
• http//www.regentsprep.org/Regents/global/themes/
  change/neo.cfm.
• Wikipedia. 11 August 2006. Aug. 14, 2006.
  http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paleolithic