Change from Nomadic to Agriculture

 

Read The Worst Mistake in the History of the Human Race

by Jared Diamond

 

Analytical Intelligence:

Compare and contrast the lives of people before, during, and after the transition from the nomadic and agricultural lifestyle.  Analyze the causes and effects of ten positive and ten negative consequences including whether it was social, economic, and/or environmental. 

 

Practical Intelligence:

Describe all the life skills (similar and different) needed by the nomadic and agricultural people indicated in the story.  What are the results today of this lifestyle change?  Include whether the positive and negative impacts were social, economic, and/or environmental. 

 

 

Creative Intelligence:

Imagine life about 10,000 years ago during the initial transition from nomadic and agricultural lifestyle.  Describe the day to day life of the individual and the group in each lifestyle by making a model (drawings, storyboard, narrative fiction, etc) including a plot line or scenario of why the people made the transition.  Use this to explain the positive and negative consequences described in the reading and whether the impact was social, economic, and environmental.