Sickle

High school (ages 12+)
Making & Design

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/sickle

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the societal transformation?Facilitated agricultural surplus, enabling population growth, sedentary lifestyles, and labor specialization
2. Why did people start using sickles?People used sickles to harvest wild grains more easily, which allowed them to stay in one place and grow more food.
3. How did sickles change over time?Sickles began as stone blades, then were made from bronze, and later from iron, making them stronger and easier to use.

Neolithic Revolution: The fundamental change in human lifestyle from nomadic hunting and gathering to settled agriculture.
Lithic Technology: The use of stone tools, particularly in prehistoric periods.
Social Stratification: The division of society into hierarchical layers or classes based on factors like wealth and status.
Biomechanics: The study of the mechanical laws relating to the movement and structure of the human body.