Prehistory - 3

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• Leerjaar 1

Today's planning

What do you remember?

Homework check

New info 1.3

Repetition

How do you call people without a permanent residence?

Repetition

How did hunter-gatherers get their food?

Repetition

Give two reasons why we know what we know about prehistory.

Homework check

Read paragraph 1.3 and make assignments 2, 3, 4, 6, 8a-b, 9a

1.4 The first farmers

Main questions:

• When and how did hunter-gatherers invent farming?

• How did the farmers get their food?

• How did the first farmers live together?

1.4 The first farmers

When and where did hunter-gatherers invent farming?

Ice Age

Around 10.000 BC the climate changed >> warmer & more fertile

Middle East; people started planting seeds in fertile soil

>> Agriculture

1.4 The first farmers

When and where did hunter-gatherers invent farming?

Keeping animals 

Domesticating sheep, goats, pigs and chickens

Animal husbandry (veeteelt)

For meat, but also wool, milk and eggs

1.4 The first farmers

How did they get their food?

The fertile crescent (10.000 BC)

Big rivers overflow the shores

When the water retreats

Fertile soil is left

Easy to grow crops and harvest them

1.4 The first farmers

How did the farmers live together?

Villages

Bigger groups

Specialise in other jobs

Agricultural surplus >> trade

Homework for this week

Read paragraph 1.4 and 

make assignments 2, 3a, 5, 7, 8, 9a