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Thursday, October 12, 2017!

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homeroom
assignment.
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 Do-Now: 10/12/17 - A Day
Turn your HW in with your name on it!!!
1. What is a nomad?
a. A person that settles by a river
b. A person that hunts and gathers food
c. A person that moves from place to place without
settling
d. A person that changes their environment

2. What is the greatest discovery of the Paleolithic

Era?
a. fire
b. hominids
c. Stone tools
d. farming

3. How can you give information without using

words?
Affirmation and Announcements

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• Homework Wars
• Academic
ASD/Extra Help
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• IB Profile:
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• Letters Tomorrow
Turn and Talk: Describe what you see.
• How did early humans leave
information for us to study without
words?
CAVE ART
This cave painting is
called “Wounded Bison
Attacking a Man.”

• May have been asking for

successful hunt, recording an
event, or simply decorating.
Imagine you wanted to post this image, make a #HASHTAG
that summarizes what’s happening in 25 characters or less.

My Hashtag...#YouGoodBro
 Cave Art
• Provides clues about what life was like in
prehistoric times, before writing was invented
• Is decorated with paint made from crushed rocks
or soil mixed with water
– Common colors
• Black, White,
Browns
Yellows, Reds
Cave Painting
• Offers hints about early human beliefs
Animism – belief that all living things have spirits
Paintings are mostly
of animals - Why?
Possibly:
– to capture the “magical
powers” of animals
– to honor their gods
– To tell stories
 Locations of Cave Art
• Cave Paintings are found
all over the world and
especially in Europe.
• Many paintings are deep
inside caves and on high
ceilings.
– early humans used scaffolding, or
planks to reach and lamps to see
in the dark.
Locations
of Cave
Art
The Lascaux
Cave is in
France.

Look how
high!
 Shapes and Handprints

• Shapes and Handprints are

fairly common in cave
paintings.
• Their meaning is a mystery.
– Many believe handprints were a
way for early humans to sign
their paintings.
– Some think geometric shapes
had special meanings in rituals.
 Other Works
• Early humans art showed mastery of basic
artistic elements: engraving, sculpture,
painting and drawing.
• They created tools to make art.
 Close Reading
You have 8 minutes to read
Section 1.8: Clay Sculptures
and Section 1.9: Cave Art
Tools then answer the
question and make a quiz
question AND provide an
answer.
• Then independently read
the Chapter Summary.
 Virtual Tour of Lascaux
• You are going “Expert Archaeologists” for the
Axial Gallery of Lascaux. We will capture the
experience of discovering the cave!
• You will be assigned the left or right side.
• Take notes on what you see! (shapes, colors,
designs, etc.)
• Lascaux Cave (click Visite a la grotte)
 Exit Ticket
1.What is animism?
2. Write a 4-5 sentence
journal entry as an
Archaeologist who
discovered this cave.
Discuss what you think
happened to cause early
humans to create the
paintings you observed.