CULTURAL AND

SOCIOPOLITICAL
EVOLUTION
 PAIR-SHARE !
CHOOSE A PARTNER

Exchange ideas about yourselves.

Share your insights about how you perceive life nowadays.
CONCEPT MAPPING
Think of any words/ concept that you can
associate with the word “Evolution”.
 Evolution
Changes development
progression
growth transformation
improvement
 CULTURAL AND
SOCIOPOLITICAL
EVOLUTION
 from hunting and
gathering to the rise
of civilization
PALEOLITHIC
EVOLUTION
 PALEOLITHIC EVOLUTION

Lasts from the beginning of human life until about 10,000 BCE
During this period people were NOMADS.
NOMADS- they have no permanent settlements, they live in groups of
20-30 and spent most of their times hunting and gathering

Work was divided between men and women, with the men
hunting animals and the women gathering fruits, berries and
other edibles.
Paleolithic Per iod

People during this period

developed simple tools
such as spears and axes
made from bones, wood
and stones
NEOLITHIC
EVOLUTION
 NEOLITHIC EVOLUTION

There is a fundamental change in the way people live

People started to cultivate crops and domesticate animals.

The shift from hunting and gathering to agriculture led to

permanent settlements, the establishments of social classes, and
the eventual rise of civilization.
 NEOLITHIC EVOLUTION

There is a rise of Neolithic Villages, which led to permanent settlements.

Neolithic Villages continued to divide works between men and women.

However, women's status declined as men took the lead in most areas of
these early societies.

Villages were usually run by a COUNCIL OF ELDERS composed of the

heads of various families
 NEOLITHIC EVOLUTION

There is a rise of Social Class. Where in a person's social

class was usually determined by the work they did ,
such as farmer, craftsman, priest and warrior.
Depending on the society, priests and warriors were
usually at the top , with farmers and craftsman at the
bottom.
CIVILIZATION
 CIVILIZATION

Characterized by:
 Urban development

 Social Stratification

 Symbolic
Communication Forms
 CIVILIZATION

Human community develops to the level of

sophistication
 the rise of towns and cities
 Food production

 Specialized activities: creation of imposing

buildings or work of arts, and a civil service.
DEMOCRATIZATION
 DEMOCRATIZATION

The transition to a more democratic political regime

From authoritarian political system to democratic

political system.
 Application:
 Divide the class into 3
 Assign each group for every period:
1. Paleolithic
2. Neolithic
3. Civilization
4. Democratization

 Each group will prepare for a skit

showing Cultural and Sociopolitical
Evolution for every period.
 ASSESSMENT

LET'S HAVE A SHORT

QUIZ.
 ASSIGNMENT

Interview an old folk. Ask them how people during the

last decades live life in terms of social and political
aspects, and try to compare your findings to the present
society.
Present your outputs in an essay form with a minimum
of 100 words. Do these in your notebook.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH!