Then vs. Now
WORLD HISTORY PROJECTORIGINS/ LESSON 2.1OPENERTHEN VS. NOWUnless otherwise noted, this work is licensed under CC BY 4.0. Credit: “Then vs. Now,” OER Project, www.oerproject.com/PurposeComparing where your food comes from today with how people got their food thousands of years agowill get you thinking about one of the biggest changes in human history: the shift from foragingto farming.Process1.Brainstorm how you get your food. Consider where your food comes from, the steps that happen before it reaches your plate, and who is involved in that process. Write a short (two-or three-sentence) summary of this process.2.Consider life 10,000 years ago. How do you think people got their food then?Consider how this process would be different compared to today, how it might be more difficult, and what skills or tools people might need. Write a short (two-or three-sentence) summary of this process.3.What do you think are the biggest differences between how people got their food 10,000 years ago and how we get it today?4.What questions do you have about how people lived before farming?5.Make a prediction: What might cause people to switch from foraging to farming?