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History of Our World

Podcast History of Our World: 5 Neolithic Revolution

9th - 10th
Rob Monaco's podcast [18:42] talks about the Neolithic, or New Stone Age period, in which hunter-gatherer society gave way to agriculture or farming allowing for greater numbers of people and civilizations to flourish.
Instructional Video
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Tree of Life: Agriculture Rocks Our World

6th - 8th
A video showing how change in the Earth's climate 14,000 years ago led to the development of agriculture. Learn how this development provided more food to feed a larger population, changed the social structure of communities, led to the...
Instructional Video
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Transition to Agriculture

9th - 10th
Craig Benjamin explains how agriculture drove change and why humans took the risk of abandoning foraging. [6:51]