Get ready for an exciting adventure through the history of farming! Students will dive deep into the 3 Agricultural Revolutions, starting with an exhilarating hike to hunt for wild, edible plants.
What’s Covered
Students will step back in time as they explore a farm and discover how ancient civilizations thrived through innovation in agriculture, and how a food surplus allows specialized roles to develop. They’ll experience firsthand the farming techniques of the past and see how people worked within the limits of their time to survive.
Next, the journey jumps forward to the game-changing developments from the 1500s to the 1800s that revolutionized commercial farming. Students will get hands-on with the groundbreaking tools and technologies that transformed food production and made global trade possible. Finally, they’ll see how modern farming techniques have skyrocketed crop yields and allowed us to feed a booming global population.
But that’s not all—students will tour a cutting-edge farm using state-of-the-art practices and explore a futuristic hydroponic garden, learning how new innovations are turning once-unfarmed land into thriving food sources. This is more than just a lesson; it’s a hands-on, mind-blowing journey into the evolution of food production!
Educational Standards
Applicable Standards:
- SS-8.12: Students analyze the transformation of the American economy and the changing social and political conditions in the United States in response to the Industrial Revolution.
- 8.12.1: Trace patterns of agricultural and industrial development as they relate to climate, use of natural resources, markets, and trade and locate such development on a map. Identify the reasons for the development of federal Indian policy and the wars with American Indians and their relationship to agricultural development and industrialization.