Supporting Questions:

• How do we learn about humans and human ancestors in pre-historic times, before there was writing?

1. How and why did humanity spread across the earth?
2. How did the natural environment shape the ways people lived in the Paleolithic Era?
3. How and why did many humans begin to shift from full-time foraging to living in settled villages?
4. How did environmental changes and new technologies affect the development of agriculture?
5. How did the development of agriculture in Mesopotamia lead to the development of writing?
6. What were the consequences of agriculture for humans?

Lesson 1: Introducing Reading Strategies

Lesson 2: The Study of Pre-History

Lesson 3: Anthropology & Early Humans

Lesson 4: The Peopling of the Earth

Lesson 5: The Paleolithic Age

• What Evidence Do We Have About Life in the Paleolithic Era? Source Activities
• What Was Life Like During the Paleolithic Era? Source Activity

Lesson 6: The Agricultural Revolution

• What was the Neolithic Revolution? Source Activity

C3 Agriculture Inquiry

Lesson 7: Neolithic Settlement, Surplus, Specialization, & Social Institutions

• What was Life Like During the Neolithic Era? Source Activity
• Comparing & Contrasting The Neolithic & Paleolithic Eras Graphic Organizer

Lesson 8: Global Patterns of Early Human Settlement

Taking Informed Action: The Consequences of Modern Developments