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Domesticating Animals: Cattle, Sheep, Goats, and Pigs
Evaluate leading theories explaining how and why humans domesticated key animal species.
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The Transition to Agriculture
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Learners will evaluate theories on plant and animal domestication and compare the economic, social, and lifestyle impacts of the shift from hunting-gathering to farming.
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WH-ERA-1.S1.6National Center for History in the Schools Standards · 6th Grade[Grades 9-12] Describe leading theories to explain how and why human groups domesticated wild grains as well as cattle, sheep, goats, and pigs after the last Ice Age. [Evaluate major debates among historians]
WH-ERA-1.S2.2National Center for History in the Schools Standards · 6th Grade[Grades 9-12] Describe leading theories to explain how and why human groups domesticated wild grains as well as cattle, sheep, goats, and pigs after the last Ice Age. [Evaluate major debates among historians]