Grade VI Social Studies CBSE

1. Chapter 3

2.  Verities of Food
 The beginnings of farming and herding
 A new way of life
 ‘Storing Animals’
 Finding out about the first farmers and herders
 Towards a settled life
 What about other customs and practices
 A closer look (a) Living and dying in Mehrgarh
 A closer look (b)Daojali Hading

3. Plants that are
grown
Animals that
are reared

4. Needs More
Less water

5. Sheep and goat can survive in
dry hill
Cattle need grass lands to
survive

6. Edible
plants
were
found
Seeds
broke off
stalks fell
on the
ground
New
plants
sprouted
from them
People
protected
the plants
from birds
& animals
Plants
were
grown and
seeds
ripened
How people
became
farmers

7. Animals
were
tamed
First
animal to
be tamed
was wild
ancestor of
dog
Other animals
were
encouraged to
come near
camps
Sheep, goat,
cattle and pigs
ate grass and
came near the
camps
People
protected
these
animals
from
attacks
How people
became
herders

8. People planted
seeds and noticed
that it takes some
time to grow
They stayed in the
same place for a
long time
They looked after the plants,
watering, weeding, driving
away animals and birds till
grains ripened
Grain had to be stored for food
and seed
They began making
large clay pots and
wove baskets or
dug pits into the
ground

9. Earthen or clay jars
and pots
People wove baskets
to store grains
Dug pits in to the ground to
store grains

10. People took care of
animals
Because they provided

11. Pit houses in Burzahom,
Kashmir
Steps lead the people into
them
Provided shelter in cold
weather
Cooking hearths inside and
outside the huts were found.
People cooked both indoor and
outdoor

14. 1. They were polished to give a fine cutting edge
Mortars and pestles were used for grinding grain
Many kinds of earthen pots have also been
found, sometimes decorated that were
used for storing things
Pots were used for cooking food, like rice ,
wheat and lentils

15.  They began weaving cloth by using different kinds of
materials

16. Many of these farers and herders lived in groups called
Tribes and followed certain practices that may have existed
earlier

17.  Mehrgarh- Located in a fertile plain near the Bolan
Pass which is one of the most important routes into
Iran.
 It is one of the earliest villages that we know about.
 One of the places where women and men learnt to
grow barley and wheat and rear sheep and goats for the
first time in this area.
 Bones of animals like deer, pig, sheep, goat, cattle were
found.


19.  Several burial sites have been found at Mehrgarh.
 In some cases the dead person was buried with goats
and sheep which meant to serve as food in the next
world.

20.  It’s a site on the hills near Brahmaputra Valley close to
routes leading to China and Myanmar.

Have been
found here
Jadeite is a stone that may have been brought
from China, has been found here

21.  Our ape like ancestors had to face many challenges
from the climate, wild animals and from other human
groups; they gradually transferred from nomads to
hunters to herders to cultivators and to present
Modern Man.
 Prehistory is the period of history before the invention
of writing.
 Palaeolithic age is also called Old Stone Age, in this
age people used to live like nomads. They lived in
small hunting and gathering groups.

22.  People developed a spoken language, invented
clothing and used rocky overhangs and caves as
shelter. They also learned to build fires for warmth,
cooking and light.
 In Neolithic period people learned farming and settled
themselves in permanent villages. They also learned to
domesticate animals.
 Neolithic agriculture revolution was the change from
nomadic to farming life, this led to the development of
the civilization. Uses of grains as food lessened the
dependence on animals. Grains were used as seeds to
grow further crops.