Monday January 8th

Objective: To reacclimate to school and refresh on some important info from the year so far.
Entry: Welcome back please share your answers to the following with your table.
- How was your break?
- What was one (or a few) highlight(s) from break?
- How does it feel to be here today?
Activity:
- Kahoot!

Tuesday January 9

Objective: To be able to explain how, why, and where humans transitioned from nomadic foraging societies to settled agricultural societies.
Entry:
- What are the 9 areas where humans developed independent agriculture and what were the staple crops in each area?
Activity Periods 1 & 3:
- Video:Farming and the State
  - Why is the development of farming so vital to the world as we know it?
- Close read (SCUBA): Transition to Farming: Differing Perspectives
  - Discussion Questions (Annotate with these in mind):
    - Why did people start farming?
    - Why did farming change the ways that humans lived in community?
Periods 4 & 6 Activity

Wednesday/ Thursday January 10/11

Objective: To be able to explain how, why, and where humans transitioned from nomadic foraging societies to settled agricultural societies.
Entry:
- What is a highlight or celebration you have from 2023?
- What is something you're looking forward to or a goal you have for 2024?
Activity:
- Assignment: Close Reading: The Agricultural Revolution
Closing: What has been the most interesting piece of information you learned in close reading the last two articles?

Friday January 12

Objective: To be able to explain how, why, and where humans transitioned from nomadic foraging societies to settled agricultural societies.
Entry:
- How did the Agricultural Revolution impact the two themes of the unit; human movement and human hierarchies?
Activity:
- Close Read: Data Exploration: Urbanization
- Questions:
  - What is urbanization?
  - How has urbanization impacted human movement over time?
  - How are urbanization and farming related?