What happens when the earth reaches its carrying capacity of humans? As human populations grow, societies change from hunters and gatherers to agriculture to the industrial age and beyond. A video takes a global perspective of migration and societal development. 

Concepts

migration, human migration, agricultural revolution, farming, the industrial revolution, carrying capacity, early writing

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Additional Tags

science

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Instructional Ideas

• Display maps of the migrations of human populations over time
• Debate if writing is a critical human progress or if oral traditions filled the same need

Classroom Considerations

• Relies on prior knowledge of population limits and carrying capacity

• This video is hosted on YouTube

Pros

• Connects science and history in interesting and new ways
• Provides subtitles in four languages to make note taking easier
• Explains the importance of tea or alcohol as a life-saving measure, historically

Cons

• None

Common Core

SL.9-10.2 SL.11-12.2 RH.9-10.2 RH.9-10.8 RH.11-12.2 RH.11-12.8 RST.9-10.4 RST.11-12.4