Social Studies Homework: None Social Studies Warm Up 8: -Write? And answer 1. What is prehistory? 2. What is life like for a nomad?
Mankind the Story of All of Us Fire: https://www.youtube.com/watc h?v=ygpzm0s_rpq
THE PALEOLITHIC ERA AND THE NEOLITHIC ERA From hunter-gatherers to farmers
THE PALEOLITHIC ERA The Paleolithic Era (Old Stone Age) began when hominids first made tools. These tools were used to make their lives easier.
Humans living during the Paleolithic Era were hunter-gatherers. This means they moved around hunting animals and gathering plants to eat.
Hunting and gathering did not always provide the people with a steady supply of food. If there were no animals and plants where the people were the people would have to leave to find plants and animals to eat.
Paleolithic people lived in temporary shelters like tents or caves because they were nomads. A nomad is a person who does not have a permanent home and moves around a lot.
Prehistoric human footprints! They were on the move A LOT! Paleolithic people were nomads because they moved around to follow their food sources.
Paleolithic people lived in small groups of no more than 60 people because being nomadic made living in large groups difficult..
VIDEO Mankind: The Story of All of Us https://www.youtube.com/watch?v= rmotzejzpf4&t=8s Flocabulary: Hunter Gatherer
THE NEOLITHIC ERA The Neolithic Era (New Stone Age) began when humans invented agriculture and started making tools out of metal instead of stone.
Neolithic people learned how to farm and domesticate animals. Domesticate means to train a wild animal to be useful to humans. Sheep were among the first animals to be domesticated by humans!
Growing crops and domesticating animals is called agriculture and this began in the Neolithic Era. These people farmed in Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Americas. Humans domesticated wheat. They would harvest it, grind it up, and use that to make other foods!
A lot of Neolithic people began living in the Fertile Crescent. The Fertile Crescent was a place where the land was fertile (good for growing plants). Sometimes historians call the Fertile Crescent the Cradle of Civilization
Neolithic people were not nomadic. They settled down in towns and built houses because they were able to farm and needed to be close to their fields.
Neolithic Homesite They began to form villages around the fields they farmed and they learned how to make many new things like: jewelry, pottery, bigger houses, better clothing, and stronger tools.
Once people began building houses and living in towns life got easier. They divided up the work; some people farmed, some took care of animals, some built houses, some made tools, some made clothing, some made pottery, and others traded. Wall painting from a Neolithic village of a man with cattle and deer.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhzqfizunfy FARMING VIDEO
After starting agriculture Neolithic people began to focus on making their lives comfortable and beautiful. They began decorating their clothing, pottery, and jewelry; some women even began wearing makeup!
Trade began during the Neolithic Era. Trade is buying and selling/exchanging goods. Neolithic people began to trade for things they wanted, so some people became traders. They wanted resources they did not have.
Carvings of bull s heads found in a Neolithic village These resources could be used to make things in their own villages. These traders would meet with traders from other villages and exchange or sell goods for things their village did not have.
SO TO SUM EVERYTHING UP! Overall, life during the Paleolithic Era was tough. Paleolithic people moved around a lot, depended on wild animals and plants for food, and did not have permanent homes.
Life improved greatly during the Neolithic Era when people began farming, settling down in permanent homes, and trading.