The emerge of

agriculture
UNIT 1-CLASS 2
• TO APPRECIATE THE ROLE OF WOMEN IN THE INVENTION OF
AGRICULTURE AS AN EFFORT OF KNOWLEDGE AND ACCUMULATED
LABOR.
 VISIBLE THINKING

WHAT I
KNOW

WHAT I WANT
TO KNOW

WHAT I
LEARNT
 KEY TERMS
DOMESTICATION: to convert (animals, plants, etc.) to
domestic uses
EVOLUTION: a gradual change in the characteristics
of a population of animals or plants over successive
generations
HARVEST: the gathering of crops
Let´s analyze!!
Choose a partner and mention the
process of planting a plant
1st. 2nd. MAKE A
3rd. PLACE 4th. WATER
CHOOSE A HOLE IN THE
GROUND THE SEED THE PLANT
SEED
Create a hypothesis of what would have
happened to humanity if agriculture had not been
discovered
 Way of life
The Mesolithic period of transition between the Paleolithic and
Neolithic, approximately 10.000 BC. The first agricultural
activities started in the Middle East; in Europe and in the rest of
Asia were produced later. This period also coincides with the
end of the last glaciation, resulting in a warmer weather and
more favorable for the development of life conditions. Initially,
the activity was based on hunting, gathering and fishing,
therefore, this life was nomadic. Nomadism gradually modified
as the stayed in one place, reinforcing family ties, becoming
sedentary. The sites chosen were generally placed on the banks
of rivers or on the coast. Men began using some techniques for
survival like building shelters, which focused on human groups
of 30 people or so.
 Evolution of man
Paleolithic Age Mesolithic Age Neolithic Age

-Stones were used -Aguriculture and

-They learnt to hunt
to make tools and hungting was the
and fish together
weapons most important
-Learnt to
-Longest part of development
domesticate plants -These groups of
Stone age -Men went from a
and animals nomads settled
-Paleolithic men food gatherer to a
-dogs were the first in one place
lived in caves, they producer
animals to be began forming
were nomads and -Moved to larger
domesticated then families with
didn´t know how to settlements and
followed sheep, beliefs and
produce food grew corps and
goats and cattles customs, TRIBES
-Realized the cultivated fields,
-People became -They started
importance of living they lived a settled
farmers workshipng
in groups and life
-Tools made of rock different gods
hunting big animals -Community life
helped them hunt
to be shared took shape
COLLABORATIVE ACTIVITY

We know that

agriculture was
discovered.
As a team, brainstorm
about the this
discovery.
 DEVELOPMENT OF
AGRICULTURE
Archaeological research has allowed us to find very old evidence
of cultivated plants.
The regions with older remains are known as growing fertile and are
in the Middle East, and Mesoamerica, especially in central Mexico.
It is estimated that the cultivation could have started 11000 years
ago.
Agriculture emerged independently in each place.
Agriculture means sedentarization of societies, changes in diet.
People specialize in the cultivation of land.
The population increased
 GATHERING CULTIVATION
VS
Involves the
process by which
Implies the direct
nature is
harvest of natural
transformed and
products
food procurement
is controlled
The agricultural activity includes some form of manipulation of the environment and its purpose is
to create an artificial environment in which the human being seeks to control: quantity of
nutrients, humidity, light, temperature, pests and other factors in order to ensure the harvest
 Domestication

Plant Animal
domestication domestication

-The first selective -Only adult male animals

gathering was included were hunted.
thorugh domestication
-Different animal packs
and humans modified the
were put together.
genetic of plants creating
new species. -Main objective: have
reserves for lean times.
-the first grain of rice in
India and China. -First evidence of
domestication were:
-Religious rituals began
dogs, sheep, cattles,
and that was the
goats and pigs .
beginning of the god of
lighting, thunder and rain.
 WOMEN & AGRICULTURE
"It is generally accepted that, as a derivation of her former function as a collector of plant foods, it
was the woman who invented and developed agriculture" (Di Bernardo, 2009).

The global vision of the universe of the ancient

people, related the female fertility with the
productive potential of the earth.
For pre-Columbian societies (cultures of the
Americas) the land is known as “Pachamama”
The connection woman-fertility of the earth, gave
characteristics of goddess, leading rituals.
 Study the
Unit 1-Class 1 and 2
Don´t forget your
glossary!!!
Go through the ppt and
write down all of the new
words that you do not
understand and then find
their definition in the
dictionary!!