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 young scholars can explore the caves. The site also contains...
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Kim's Korner: The Educator's Reference Desk
A great cross-curricular lesson that focuses on humanity in the time of the Stone Age. Students will study prehistoric cave paintings and then produce their own paintings as part of a large mural.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Paleolithic Art, an Introduction
Humans make art. We do this for many reasons and with whatever technologies are available to us. This essay describes some of the earliest forms of art made by humans.
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Khan Academy: Lascaux
The Caves of Lascaux are the most famous of all of the known caves in southwestern France because of what is contained inside - painted and engraved walls. These cave paintings have shown the very human need to communicate in the form of...
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Khan Academy: Nude Woman (Venus of Willendorf) (Quiz)
How much do you know about Venus of Willendorf? Find out by answering this five-question multiple-choice quiz. Check each answer before moving to the next question. Hints are available for each question.
New York Times
New York Times: Timeline of Art From the Late Stone Age
Find examples of Paleolithic art, including a recently discovered Venus figurine, drawings from the caves at Chauvet and Lascaux, and the Venus of Willendorf in this brief timeline. Examples span a 30,000-year range, approximately, from...