The document discusses the Paleolithic and Neolithic periods of prehistory. In the Paleolithic period, men hunted and women gathered food. People lived nomadic lifestyles, moving from place to place to find food and living in caves. They invented the use of fire. In the Neolithic period, people began farming and domesticating animals. They settled into permanent houses made of wood or brick and invented agriculture.

1. Paleolithic and Neolithic
PREHISTORY
Social Science
4th
Primary

2. Food
Paleolithic Age
• Men hunted for food ,
and women recollected
food from the trees .
• They invented the fire
Neolithic Age
• People learned how to grow
the food , and people
domesticated animals
• They invented
AGRICULTURE and
FARMING .

3. Houses
Paleolithic Age
• They were nomads.
• They don’t have permanent
houses . They live in caves
• They had to move from one
place to another, where the
food was .
Neolithic Age
• They were sedentary
• They had permanent houses .
• Homes were usually made
from wood or bricks .

4. Clothing
Paleolithic Age
• Clothing was made from fur
(skin of the animals).
• The weather during the time
was very cold , so people
dressed to stay warm .
Neolithic Age
• They started to use clothes
made by the skin of the
animals
• People were knittles.

5. Questions
• In which period of the prehistory
people were sedentary?
• In which period of the prehistory
agriculture ?
• What’s the name for the people who
travel from one place to another to
look for food?
• In which period of the prehistory
people invented the fire?

6. Activities
1. Classify these words in two groups
2. Complete the sentences
In the ________________, people live in
______________, they were _____________, that is,
they move from one place to another. They __________
and ____________ fruits from the trees. They invented
____________. In the _______________, people were
_____________, that is, they live in their houses. They
invented ____________ and _____________.
SEDENTARY – FIRE – AGRICULTURE – NOMADS – HUNTING –
CAVES – HOUSES – FARMING
NEOLITHIC - SEDENTARY – FIRE – AGRICULTURE – NOMADS –
HUNTED – PALEOLITHIC - CAVES – HOUSES – RECOLLECTED -
FARMING

7. JOURNAL
1. Write two sentences about Paleolithic and
two sentences about Neolithic. Then, make a
picture of each.