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Farming and Complexity

Driving Question: How did the transition to farming lead to new complexity?

Humans invented farming in different places around the world. How they did it and the effects of that transition are still felt today.

Learning Objectives:

  1. Describe how agriculture and complex societies changed the Earth.
  2. Explain how complexity increased as humans began farming.

Vocab Terms:

  • agriculture
  • civilization
  • environment
  • farming
  • foraging
  • society
STEP 1

Opener: Farming and Complexity

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STEP 2

A Farming Revolution

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STEP 3

Threshold 7

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How did the move from foraging to farming make societies more complex? This video and activity will help you understand how the challenges of settling in a single location and growing food led to other innovations.

Threshold 7: Agriculture and Complex Societies External link

As the climate grew warmer and human communities expanded, big changes in how humans obtained food began.
STEP 4

Closer: Farming and Complexity

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