First Farmers Settle
Age 11 · History
People once moved from place to place to hunt animals and gather plants. Later they grew crops, kept animals, and built villages where they stayed.
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Age 11: open this week
Browse Age 11In the picture
- A hide shelter: a light frame covered with animal skins.
- A mud-brick house: a rectangular home with a flat roof.
- A wheat field: rows of ripe grain ready to harvest.
- A sheep and goat pen: a fenced enclosure with one sheep and one goat.
Examples
- A family planting seeds in a garden and later harvesting food.
- Keeping chickens in a coop instead of searching for eggs in the wild.
Key takeaways
- Farming and herding let people settle in one place.
- Villages grew where people had fields and animal pens.
Quiz: First Farmers Settle (Age 11)
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What allowed people to settle in one place?
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Before people became farmers and herders, how did they get food?
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Where did villages grow?
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