Introduction

Thesis

Analysis

• tells the reader how you will interpret the significance of the subject matter under discussion

• directly answers the question asked of you

• is an interpretation of a question or subject, not the subject itself. (The subject, or topic, of an essay might be the Sumerian achievements; a thesis must then offer a way to understand these achievements.)

• makes a claim that others might dispute

• is usually a single sentence

A Thesis Statement

Discuss whether or not the Neolithic Revolution was really a revolution.

Your Task:

•Beginning of human life-10,000 BCE

•Nomads

•Lived in groups of 20-20

•Hunting & gathering

The Paleolithic Period

•Agriculture

•Permanent settlements

•Social classes

•Eventual rise of civilizations

•Technologies -better tools/weapons

•Calendar to keep track of planting

The Neolithic Revolution

•People feel helpless & held down by restrictions

•Scholars & thinkers give up on current way of life

•Change, overturn, overthrow

•Often associated with violence

•A revolution is a sudden overthrow of established political, economic, social and cultural institutions and their replacement with new ones, usually accompanied by violence.

Revolution:

•Neolithic Revolution-Background information•Define revolution•Thesis

Introduction

• The Neolithic Revolution can be considered a revolution because it resulted in a radical, fundamental change in the way people lived.• The Neolithic Revolution cannot be

considered a revolution because there is no overthrow of established political, economic, social and cultural institutions and their replacement with new ones, usually accompanied by violence.

Sample Thesis Statements

One reason in each, accompanied by evidence and analysis.

Body Paragraphs (2)

Wrap up ideas and extend

Conclusion