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Agricultural Literacy Curriculum Matrix


Illinois Agriculture in the Classroom

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Jared Diamond

Guns, Germs, and Steel

Both a book and a movie, Guns, Germs and Steel lays a foundation for understanding human history. Enter a 10,000 year journey through history and across every continent of the world to learn how and why human civilizations evolved from hunter-gatherers to a growing civilization and why some civilizations progressed faster than others. Learn how farming and the domestication of plants and animals impacted this evolution. 

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Jared Diamond
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