Transcript AP World History

AP World History
Lecture: Objective 1.1.1
Essential Question
How did early humans adapted to their ever
changing environment as they migrated around
the world during the Paleolithic age?
Overview
Objective 1.1.1: Archeological evidence
indicates that during the Paleolithic era,
hunting-foraging bands of humans gradually
migrated from their origin in East Africa to
Eurasia, Australia, and the Americas, adapting
their technology and cultures to new climate
regions.
http://www.bradshawfoundation.com/journey/
Paleolithic Age in Brief
● Means Old Stone Age from 3 million to 10,000 BC
● Characterized by simple stone tools
● Hunters and Gathers
● Equality amongst the group
● Most of human history
● Nomadic
● Early Humans move out of Africa during this time
Questions
1. What ends Paleolithic Age?
1. Why?
1. What so special about Hunting and Gathering?
Cooperative Hunting
Natural Shelters like caves. Homo
Erectus learns to make fire.
FIRE!!!!!!!!!
A. Humans used fire in new ways: to aid hunting and foraging, to protect
against predators, and to adapt to cold environments.
a. Homo Erectus was first to learn how to make fire and control fire.
b. Fire helped early man digest foods that they could not before. It
changed their diet.
c. Fire also allowed early man to stay up past sunset allow them more
time to work on other things beyond hunting and gathering.
d. Fire allowed early man to move into colder regions like Europe and
Siberia eventually allowing them to cross into America over the land
bridges.
e. Fire was also used to protect against larger predators.
Tools!!!!!!
A. Humans developed a wider range of tools specially adapted to different
environments from tropics to tundra.
a. First appeared about 2 million years ago
b. Most made of stone but also of bone, skin, and wood.
c. Environment changed technology
i. Colder environments force early man to make animal skin
clothing
ii. Lack of caves meant people built huts from branches and animal
skins
d. http://www.pbs.org/wnet/humanspark/episodes/program-onebecoming-us/video-excerpt-stone-age-throwing-spears/366/
Economy!!!!!
A. Economic structures focused on small kinship groups of hunting foraging
bands that could make what they needed to survive. However, not all
groups were self-sufficient; they exchanged people, ideas, and goods.
a. followed the animal migrations
b. Hunting (Men)
c. Gathering (Women)
d. Relative social equality among the group because of shared
responsibilities for bringing in the food.
e. Exchanged people (mainly men)
f. Ideas (different technologies)
Hunting and Gathering to Farming
● https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYbDJF_gMtw
Discussion Questions
Break up into four groups. Four corners.
Write down answer to your discussion question. Quickly
Post findings to https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mkRBbtxUyqpdA5l7eD-_q65jSAbaDIw1pi1MhTrVu1Q/edit?usp=sharing
YOU MIGHT HAVE TO ACTUAL USE YOUR BOOK TO FIND MORE
INFORMATION!!!!
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What are the characteristics of nomadic societies? Motivations?
How long ago did hominids begin to evolve? Why?
What period did people begin developing the arts? Hypothesis Why?
Effects of pastoralist on history and society? What do they bring to the
development of the human race?
If time watch
● http://www.learner.org/courses/worldhistory/unit_video_31.html?pop=yes&pid=2146#