6.2c - First Humans Through Neolithic Revolution in the Eastern Hemisphere - Practices A through E

Using two specific details from the document, explain how this artifact provides evidence of changes associated with the Neolithic Revolution (agriculture and domesticated animals).

Which inference is best supported by the part of the document that says “2 baskets set aside as seed for next planting”?

A student claims: “This document proves the people were still nomadic because it mentions goats.” Do you agree or disagree? Use evidence from the document to support your reasoning.

Which detail from the document is the strongest evidence that this community practiced agriculture rather than only hunting and gathering?

Which conclusion is most supported by the document’s emphasis on counting and recording baskets of barley?

Use two pieces of evidence from the reading stimulus to explain the sequence of changes at this site (earlier vs. later).

A student argues: “Because the tool was found near storage pits, storage came before farming.” Which response best evaluates this argument using chronological reasoning?

Which detail provides the strongest evidence for the chronological claim that the site changed over time?

Explain how this artifact can be used to place the Neolithic Revolution on a timeline between hunter-gatherer life and settled farming communities.

Use evidence from the stimulus.

Based on the reading stimulus, which development most likely happened after people began using this harvesting tool regularly?

Explain how a historian could use this document alongside a farming tool or storage record to build a stronger claim about changes during the Neolithic Revolution.

Use evidence from this document.

Using two specific visual details from the painting (or label), compare how people got food in the two scenes.

A student says: “This image proves people stopped hunting as soon as they began farming.” Which response best contextualizes and evaluates the claim using evidence from the document?

Which comparison between the left and right sides of the painting is best supported by the document?

Which detail is the strongest evidence that the right side of the painting represents a Neolithic (farming/herding) context rather than a Paleolithic (foraging) context?

Why might the houses be placed on slightly higher land rather than directly on the floodplain?

Which inference best connects the map’s layout to the Neolithic Revolution described in the standard?

Explain how the arrangement of fields, grazing areas, homes, and storage could make a community more likely to become sedentary.

Use evidence from the stimulus.

Which location on the map would most directly support crop farming in a Neolithic settlement?

Use two specific details from the field note/map description to explain how people adapted their land use to different physical environments (river valley vs. drier ground).

Using two details from the curator note, explain how this artifact provides evidence of an economic system in an early farming village.

Explain how increased food production (farming and domesticated animals) could lead to changes in labor and trade in a Neolithic settlement.

Use evidence from the stimulus to support your reasoning.

A student claims: “These tokens prove the community had a money-based economy like today.” Which response best evaluates the claim using evidence and context?

Which inference best explains why record-keeping became more necessary in many Neolithic communities?

Which economic activity is best supported by the artifact and curator note?