Wednesday, January 23rd, 2013

Today we discussed more on the Paleolithic and Neolithic Ages in human history, or in other words, the "old stone age" and the "new stone age". We also discussed a bit about the essays we had to write last night. Mr. Schick told us that some of us are a bit behind on out blogs, and that we should catch up before some of us get a bad grade starting the second semester. During the class period, we learned about the Agricultural Revolution, also known as the Neolithic Revolution. During this time, people first started to learn how to grow their own food, and started more permanent settlements and villages. During this time, the populations rose dramatically and new tools and skills were developed. The wheel and the plow were first invented during this time, and people started to make use of fire. Back then, the men usually did the hunting, and the woman usually did the gathering. As a result of more hardworking and laborious jobs for the men, it was considered that the men were stronger and more dominant than the woman. This idea had been passed on from the generations, and the idea still exists in some parts of the world today.