Topic: History of Agriculture

Jared Diamond wrote a paper in 1987 stating that hunter-gatherers making the change to agriculture development by domesticating plants was the "worst mistake in the history of the human race" (Diamond, 1987). His controversial paper by the same name has garnered many different opinions that we will consider this week.

You will work on developing the following skill(s):

Justify your opinion
Imagine another perspective

Activities & Assignments

Read the paper: "The Worst Mistake in the Human Race" by Jared Diamond.
- Access your Perusall account by either going to Perusall.com or clicking on "Perusall" in the left-side menu
- Open the "The Worst Mistake in the History of the Human Race" assignment
- Create 2 original annotations
- Respond to 2 peer annotations

If you are interested, check out this review: The Worst Mistake in the History of the Human Race Essay (studysaurus.com)

NOTE: Ensure the above tasks are completed BEFORE the start of synchronous lab next week. There is no lab this week.

How will you use this next class?

We will discuss the paper during lab.

Consider the following topics to help you engage more purposefully in the discussion:

Hunter-gatherers versus agriculture production.
How sustainable was agriculture in the past versus the present?
Can we continue to feed the world?