Civilization

Civilization is a word with loaded meanings. Often the word is used to describe societies that are agriculturally based, agrarian societies, like ours. To get a sense of timelines and the passage of history, answer the following questions. This link might help you and this link has some good graphics. Blog the answers below:

1. As a review, see earlier blog posts if you need help, where are the earliest Homo Sapiens (us)  remains found and how old are those remains.

2. Review again, when did people take the Great Leap forward and what was that leap. (hint, if you don't get this, you too might have to go back 50,000 years hehehe)

3. What climatic event had to end for agriculture to begin?

4. What materials did people, Homo Sapiens, need to start agriculture?

5. About when did agriculture start?

6. Is agriculture the domestication of plants, the domestication of animals, or . . . ?

7. How did agriculture affect ones lifestyle?

8. How does agriculture lead to specialization?

9. What is specialization (asked the grade 8 Manitoba Social Studies teacher)?

Early People

People

When and how we came to be has been the source of much thought. Many stories exist in various cultures about how we came to be.  Read the Greek Creation story. Scientists have also weighed into the debate, and though evolution isn't proven, here are dates that are widely accepted in the scientific world. Timeline 1   Timeline 2

Some major dates are:

1.When us, Homo Sapiens, appeared on the scene.

2. The eruption of Mt Tobo

3. The 'Great Leap Forward' in Homo Sapiens's ability to adapt, think, communicate.

4. When the land bridge developed to enable people to travel to North America

5. When the last ice age ended
6. From your readings, what was the fate of Prometheus?
7. What was the last thing to leave Pandora's box?
Blog the answers to the above 7 questions.

If done early, review how we talk about time. Edmodo has been down today, otherwise you would have had another test on that. Also peruse the iTunes textbook. 

Timeline

Time Line

Using photoshop, or the other programs shown by the teacher, or doing it by hand, create a timeline. Be sure to include graphics and have the timeline easily readable.

-Have the year of your birth as your starting point. Remember, there are no 0 years on a timeline.

-Have at least 3 dates from before you were born

-Have at least 3 dates after you were born

-Have at least 10 dates

-Have at least 4 dates that have no personal connection to you
The dates must all be referenced by when you were born. The math for this would be (Year of event)-(year you were born)+1
Marked out of 15. 10 proper dates, some type of BCE-CE, graphics (links?), and ease of reading.

A review of the math-example for 9/11  year of birth 2002-2001+1= year 2
-example for the 2015 federal election 2015-year of birth 2002+1= year 14

NB-Keep the timelines neat, keep the timeline proportional or use a squiggly line.