Houghton Mifflin Social Studies
Chapter 5, Lesson 1: Learning to Farm (pp. 120-126)
I. Living in Settled Communities
B. The discovery of agriculture led to a surplus of food and a rise in population.
II. Taming Animals and Sowing Seeds
B. As people tamed animals, they were able to herd them and use them as a renewable resource.
III. Farming as a Way of Life
B. Agriculture allowed farmers to grow surplus food for trading, and to support more people on small plots of land.
C. Agriculture allowed people to specialize in different jobs, leading to the beginnings of village life.
Lesson at a Glance Outline
A. People eventually stopped wandering in groups and settled down in one place.
A. By carefully selecting and sowing seeds of productive plants, people influenced the plants in their environment.
A. By 7000 B.C., people had developed agriculture, growing plants and raising animals for food.
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