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RISE OF
CIVILIZATION
Time
Think of time as being like the
“X” axis in math!
Cultural Bias in Timelines?
 BC = Before Christ
 AD = Anno Domini or
“In the Year of Our
Lord”
 Historians may use
“BCE” Before
Common Era
Paleolithic Age
 Paleo = “Old”
 Lithic = “Stone”
 2 million – 10,000
BC
 Oldest period of
human existence
 Not “history” b/c
not written down
1. Nomadic Lifestyle
2. Used simple tools
3. Learned to use fire
4. Invented clothing
5. Developed animistic religion
 Animism:
natural
objects or
forces
possess a
“spirit”
Neolithic Age
 Begins c.10,000 BC
 “Neo” = “New”
 Marked by what
historians call the
“Neolithic
Revolution” – 2
major changes in
how people
acquired their food
1. Farming
 People no longer had
to rely for survival on
gathering food that
grew in the wild
 Food production
becomes more
reliable and less time
consuming= no more
nomads!
2. Domestication of animals
More food = more people!
THINKING BREAK!
 Take 2 minutes to discuss with your neighbor
the following question:
Besides people’s eating habits,
what other things would have
changed about their lives with
the introduction of agriculture?
Question 2
 Why do you think nomads began to
stay in one place instead of roaming
for food?
 How are our lives today affected by
the Neolithic Revolution?
What would it take?
 Brainstorm with your group and think of all
the materials necessary to make a cell phone
NOMAD LIFE
Nomads before Revolution
Nomads after Neolithic
Revolution
BOTH
The Neolithic Revolution led to the
rise of “civilizations”
 BUT WHAT DOES
“CIVILIZATION” MEAN
EXACTLY?
 According to historians, a
civilization should show signs of
8 common features:
8 Features of Civilization
Something every place
has to have before
being considered
“civilized”
1. Cities
2. Organized Govt
3. Complex Religions
4. Job Specialization
5. Social Classes
6. Arts & Architecture
7. Public Works
8. Writing
1. Cities
 Developed near rivers
2. Organized government
oLeaders
oLaws
oTaxes
3. Complex religion
 Polytheistic:
many gods
 Gods = part of
nature (sun,
water,
animals)
4.Job Specialization
Division of
tasks & labor
based on
skills
5. Social classes
 Ranked
people based
on
jobs/wealth
 Do we still
have this
today?
6. Arts & Architecture
 Reflected
talents, beliefs,
& values of
people
7. Public works
 Large scale,
expensive
projects that
benefit the
people
 Ex: bridges,
roads,
protection
walls
8. Writing
 Mostly used by
government &
religion to record
info
 Ex: laws, Bible
 Our own modern
“alphabet” (named
for the Greek letters
alpha + beta) is of
ancient Phoenician
origin
What about the U.S.?
Cities?
Organized Gov’t?
Complex religion?
Job specialization?
Social classes?
Arts & Architecture?
Public works?
Writing?
What about @ SLHS?
 Cities?
 Government?
 Religion?
 Public Works?
 Job
specialization?
 Social classes?
 Art &
Architecture?
 Writing?
Summary
 Main idea/Summary of lesson
today?
Activity Options
 Choose
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of the following to complete in
your INB
#1 Concept Map of “Civilization”
#2Visual Vocab
#3Write explanation of importance of
civilization development
#4A-B-C poem of early civilizations
#5Acrostic of CIVILIZATION
CONCEPT MAP
Concept: “Civilization”
Define:
Characteristics:
Visual/Image:
Examples:
Non-Examples:
VISUAL VOCAB
Key Term
Definition
Example
Visual
Key Term
Definition
Example
Visual
Key Term
Definition
Example
Visual
Key Term
Definition
Example
Visual
#3
#4
#5
Writing
ABC Poem
Acrostic
• Choose three
concrete
details/facts from
Chapter 1 section
3
• Use these facts to
explain the
importance of the
development of
civilization
Use letters A
through Z and
create a phrase
beginning with each
letter to define,
describe, and
explain “early
civilizations”
C
I
V
I
L
I
Z
A
T
I
O
N