PRE-HISTORIC - ICE AGEDate(s): __________________________________

Essential questions based on the Ice Age readings

1. Where is the Chauvet cave located? Who created the drawings there and when? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

2. Where are the Lascaux caves located? Who created the drawings there and when? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

3. What is the subject matter of these cave drawings and what was their purpose? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

4. What are the various techniques that prehistoric artists used to create these artworks? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

5. What materials and tools did they use to create these artworks? How were these materials/tools made?____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

In this area, paste 2-3 color printed images of artwork from this reading - Chauvet & Lascaux caves. Under each label which cave the the image is from.

6. How did the artists create a sense of action and movement in the animals drawn in these caves?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

7. What role did the natural features of the Lascaux cave walls play in the painting of the walls?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Focus questions based on the Ice Age readings

1. How are the works at Lascaux similar to the ones at Chauvet? In what ways are they different?______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

2. What can cave art teach us about prehistoric times? What connections can be made between the prehistoric artist and artists of today? ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

In this area, paste 2-3 color printed images of artwork from this time period and the reading. Under each label what the artwork is.