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Introduction to Revolutions

Introduction to Revolutions. Unit 3 Mr. Hardy RMS IB 2013-2014. Define- Revolution. A revolution is a sudden, extreme, or complete change in the way people live, work, etc. Revolutions are momentous *and have a huge impact on society. Types Violent/ Non-Violent

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Introduction to Revolutions

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  1. Introduction to Revolutions Unit 3 Mr. Hardy RMS IB 2013-2014

  2. Define- Revolution • A revolution is a sudden, extreme, or complete change in the way people live, work, etc. • Revolutions are momentous *and have a huge impact on society. • Types • Violent/ Non-Violent • Cultural/ Political/ Economic *very important : having great or lasting importance

  3. Revolutions- Cultural • A dramatic change in the way people live, interact with others, or see their society. • Example- During the Neolithic Agricultural Revolution, people discovered farming and transformed from a hunter-gatherer society to a farming society.

  4. Neolithic Agricultural Revolution • About 10,000 to 7,000 B.C. • A period of many new ideas and inventions • Most important change was in the way people gathered food. • People changed from being hunter/gatherers or nomads to being famers and herd keepers. • Nomads followed the seasonal movement of animals to hunt and looked for wild fruits, berries, plants, nuts, and roots to eat.

  5. Neolithic Agricultural Revolution • Agriculture allowed people to produce surplus food. • Surplus food, meant some people did not have to farm. • These people became soldiers, traders, or specialized craftsmen. • People made things that they needed like hoes, sickles, clay pots, millstones and cloth.

  6. Revolutions- Political • A dramatic change in the type, form, or use of government. • Example- During the French Revolution, the people of France overthrew the monarchy and established a republic. • Very violent!

  7. Revolutions- Economic • A dramatic change in how people gain, receive, and distribute money. • Example- During the Industrial Revolution, economies focused on factories, exporting, and hiring cheap labor. • New technology was developed • Women and child labor used • Company leaders became “Kings of Commerce” • $$$$$$$$$ Keep working, sweetie. I can never be too rich!

  8. Video Clip- Neolithic RevolutionTicket Out the Door! • View the video clip then answer the following questions • What did the Agricultural Revolution do for people of this time? • Relationship with time- what does the narrator mean by this?

  9. Show What You Know • Providing of more food for families/ Domestication of animals/ Establishing homes/ no more hunter gatherers • Learn about seasons, use of day light to farm, length of time to farm

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