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La Vie en Cave!
Students investigate the cave paintings of France. They explore various websites, recite and discuss french vocabulary terms, create a painted cave wall, and view and discuss images of French cave paintings.
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Cave Art Revisited: A Lesson on Recreating Prehistoric Art
This could be a very enriching and beautiful project for your class. They learn about the amazing prehistoric Lascaux Cave and view images of the art found there. They review vocabulary common to both Anthropology and ceramics, then...
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Lascaux Cave Art on Ceramic Stones
Here is a great way to incorporate art into your next unit on prehistoric people. The class makes stones out of ceramic clay and then creates paintings like those found in the Lascaux Caves in France. A video link, full day-by-day...
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Cave Art Revisited
Students research the sources of prehistoric cave paintings and engage in an activity of creating their own cave art. The lesson focuses on the design, composition style of the art, and importance of cultural contributions cave painting...
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La Vie en Cave!
Young scholars explain the purpose of cave paintings and rock art, identify some of the animals that roamed France in prehistoric times, appreciate the methods used by ancient civilization to create cave and rock art, and use appropriate...
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Cave Painting
Students research ancient cave art in France via the internet. They apply the skills and information by creating their own cave art.
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Ancient Times
Students create a mural depicting modern life. For this ancient civilizations lesson, students view images of wall painting from ancient civilizations showing aspects of their daily life. Students discuss the ways our life today is...
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Murals With a Message
Students recognize historical and cultural influences in art and appreciate art as a vehicle for public expression of ideas. They develop group skills, working together to produce a single mural or several related murals.
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French Government Site: The Cave at Lascaux
This official government site for the Cave at Lascaux can be viewed in English, French, German and Spanish. This site provides a virtual tour, fun facts, a timeline, and more.
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: Cave Art
This site contains very detailed lesson plans for teaching about cave art, specifically the Lascaux Cave. Within the site there are links to the Lascaux Cave website where students can explore the caves. The site also contains detailed...