We looked at a comic strip that relates to a key point about communal cultures' valuing elders and why relative to our global culture today in the "western world." We also looked at images of 6 slides to see the ways that National Geographic defined what it means to be human -- to see commonality amid the diversity ("The Best of 30 Years of National Geographic"). We then began our new unit -- "Agri-cultures" by adding a few notes with discussion to our Mental Map timeline (see a reliable classmate). We set up our Agri-cultures E.Q. and C.Q. pages. The E.Q. for this unit is "What was the Neolithic Revolution?" We added the easy, starter definition for clarity -- that it is "the historical start of farming." Then, we added a clarifier on the question itself -- in other words, "What was the Neolithic Revolution LIKE...paint a detailed picture." (It's the "time machine question -- would you want to go/live there?) Next, we read over the new handout "Agri-culture Outline of Popular Details," marking certain items as we discussed together and adding cheat notes for definitions of some terms. (See a reliable classmate.) Then, pull info from the top 1/2 of that handout onto your E.Q. page to get your descriptive notes on the E.Q. started. Finally, read over the list of different Agri-cultures, and except for the dotted ones we'll use as required case studies in class, pick 3-5 to write on your C.Q. page as possible research options later.
