Stone age art

My 6th grade curriculum follows art history, and I tie into our students' social studies curriculum as well. We begin the year with...the beginning: when pictures were first made in Prehistoric times. I start the first day of art with the first 15 minutes of this series called "How Art Made the World," which goes over how important images are to our society and the earliest cave paintings discovered. Here's is a video of what I show to the classes: Here's the materials for the project…

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Primitive people vector primeval neanderthal character and ancient caveman fire in stone age cave illustration prehistoric man with stoned weapon and mammoth set isolated on white background

Vector rock painting. Cave man and animals anthropology primitive stone age paintings

As well as looking at art from our modern age, I also try to introduce children to folk art and tribal art from around the world, as well as the imagery created by ancient civilisations and prehist…

Stone Age artists loved drawing horses. One possible explanation is that this was because they believed horses were the most important of all the animals

For the deeper meaning of Mesolithic inventions (and the mythic/psychological meaning of the bow) see p.7 of James Harrod's essay at: originsnet.org/bow.pdf

I have been fascinated by the caves at Lascaux, France, since I learned about them in one of my very first college art history classes. I wanted to see if my sons would find them equally fascinating.

Students love creating cave art paintings! Lots of art materials are used for this layered project. I like to have my students create these projects at the beginning of the year to build their conf…

Judging by the preview pages on the website, Let's Make Some Great Art by Marion Deuchars looks like an absolute must-buy.