Paleolithic vs Neolithic

AIM: What are the characteristics of the Paleolithic and Neolithic?

Do Now: Paleolithic & Neolithic Worksheet

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Terms:

• Paleolithic - Old Stone Age
• Nomadic - Move from Place to Place
• Neolithic - New Stone Age
• Neolithic Revolution - A change from Hunting & Gathering to Farming & Herding
• Agriculture - Farming
• Surplus - an Extra Supply of Something
• Subsistence - just enough for your needs
• Specialization - Different people started producing/making different things and had different jobs.
• Trade - an Exchange of Goods

Paleolithic

• People Hunted and Gathered for food
• People were Nomadic since they had to move once their food supply ran out
• People often lived in Caves for shelter
• People Painted scenes on Cave Walls.
  • Well known cave paintings include those of:
    • Grotte de Cussac, France
    • Lascaux, France
    • Pech Merle, near Cabrerets, France Official Site
    • La Marche, in Lussac-les-Châteaux, France
    • Chauvet Cave, near Vallon-Pont-d'Arc, France
    • Cave of Niaux, France
    • Cave of Altamira, near Santillana del Mar, Cantabria, Spain
    • Cueva de La Pasiega, Cuevas de El Castillo, Cantabria, Spain
    • Cosquer Cave, with an entrance below sea level near Marseille, France
    • Font de Gaume, in the Dordogne Valley in France

Neolithic

• People settled in River Valleys (Yellow River/China, Tigris & Euphrates/Mesopotamia, Nile/Egypt,Indus/India)
• People lived in Villages
• People were Farming
• People were Domesticating Plants & Animals
• People started to Specialize their job duties
• People started Religion
• People started Cities
• People created Government
• People traded/barter
• People created technology (writing to keep track of trading, tools for farming/irrigation)
• People created laws to keep their society in order

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Additional Information/Resources: Comparison of Paleolithic vs. Neolithic

Classwork & Homework

Lesson PowerPoint: Neolithic Revolution

Classwork: Create a "T" Chart of the Paleolithic and Neolithic Ages T-Chart