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Part 2 , chapters 4 through 10, examines the rise and spread of food production, noting many proximate causes of food production.  Which ONE proximate cause is the most important contributory element that guarantees the rise and spread of domesticables enabling food production?

Required Components:
*3 paragraphs of 8 sentences minimum
*1 direct quotation from the text in each paragraph (include internal citation)
*1 paraphrase of the text in each paragraph (include internal citation)
*2 links in paragraphs 2 and 3 to online sources that establish firmly your thesis statement (always 1 concept)

Extra Credit Option 1:
*Create a Blinklist account (free, fast, easy) at home (blocked at school because of proxy settings) and include 5 pieces of solid research about the rise of food production that supports your thesis; tag your research GGS
*When you have completed tagging your GGS research, do an internal search inside Blinklist for GGS; all your new research for GGS will appear together; use this URL to link to Extra Credit Blinklist
*On your blog, label your extra credit work Extra Credit Blinklist; link your GGS URL to Extra Credit Blinklist
*If you already have a Blinklist account, you will simply follow the same directions for tagging your GGS research and linking your GGS URL to Extra Credit Blinklist on your blog
*If you have a del.icio.us or diigo account, you would follow the same directions for tagging and use your GGS URL to link to Extra Credit del.icio.us (or Extra Credit diigo) on your blog

Extra Credit: Option 2:
*Create a survey (include 5 content-based questions) using Quimble or PollDaddy.  Click here to learn more about both survey options. (The link will take you to Discovery Education’s Digital Passports, and you are looking for the blog entitled: Audience Participation Required: Online Polls).

*Your final edited test is due 3-21 by 8:00 AM.