Writing Prompt

In this journal activity, you will write your own version of history for the period between 8000 and 600 BCE by answering the questions below. In your responses, use your own words and be as clear as possible. You will be graded primarily on the completeness and clarity of your writing.

Terms:

Neolithic Revolution

civilization

Directions

Think of a creative or descriptive name for this time period. For example, you might call the period before the development of agriculture "Life Before Farming" or "Hunting to Survive." Make this name the title of your journal entry.

Write a journal entry that is at least three paragraphs long. Each paragraph should be at least four sentences long. Make sure to also use the terms listed above at least once in your writing. Your journal entry should address each of the following:

Summarize the major turning points or "game changers" of this period; what were the biggest changes in how people lived, what they were able to do, or what they valued and believed?

Identify the major regions of the world in which these changes occurred.

Predict the major impact of these changes on human history. What effects might we see in the eras that followed this time period? What impact can we still see or feel today?

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Use these social studies terms correctly:

Neolithic Revolution

civilization

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Write a minimum of three paragraphs; include a title for your journal entry. (You can type your answer or write it by hand.)

                                      Farming into Change

   The Neolithic Revolution marked a dramatic shift in how people-built societies. People transitioned from a nomadic lifestyle of hunting and gathering to one based on agriculture and communities.  The realization that farming and herding would be more useful was a crucial turning point in the growth of agriculture during this century.  Animals would be able to acquire enough water and agriculture would be hydrated if their civilizations were built near rivers. Civilizations were able to settle down and stay in one spot near a significant water source because of these developments.  Civilizations were given the ability to evolve into more efficient societies by living near a healthy source of water.

    Mesoamerica, the Andean Region, Fertile Mesopotamia, Egypt, China, and the Indus River Valley were the primary civilizations that initiated this significant agricultural transformation. The potential to have work specialties arose because of these additional locations.  People were able to trade the things they created in their work with those around them, which helped the economy thrive, by allowing people to specialize in jobs like farming wheat and weaving garments.  They liked the specializations of their new occupations, as well as the fact that they were able to stay in one place and earn a living.

    The ability to allow civilizations to remain in the same place was a fundamental change brought about by the Neolithic Revolution.  Cities were able to flourish because of this transformation because people were able to thrive and grow in one spot rather than needing to pick up and relocate.  We can see development in cities in the following periods, as well as sources of food and resources.  Today, we still apply the concept of job specialization to assure societal efficiency.

Explanation:

after the civil war, and with the termination of slavery, the south was faced with a big problem; what was supposed to happen and how they were supposed to deal with the freedom and the rights that black people and freed slaves had gained as a result of the north defeating the south and forcing the end of slavery. first, most, if not all, of the workforce of the south came from slaves and they did not have an option to replace the loss of said workforce. second, particularly in the south, people were convinced that black people were lesser, less intelligent, less capable and less smart than whites. this posed a huge problem for them. also, southerners were faced with another issue; freed slaves now had a say in how their lives would be lived and the right to politically choose the way they would be governed. people in the south did not want to accept this, none of this and this opposition and the conflicts that arose from it, not to mention the afereffects of the war, forced the congress of the time to enact and enforce the reconstruction plans that had been proposed by president andrew johnson.