Art History: Unit 1. The Stone Age

Introduction

Overview

This unit, Unit 1, will cover  the Stone Age from about 30000 B.C. to 2500 B.C. We will be traveling back in time, and will learn about the first artist. Why did they make art, for what purpose? How did they make art?

Take this practice quiz to see how much you already know about stone age art, and then take it again at the end of the unit to see how much you have learned!

https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/prehistoric-art/quiz-prehistoric/e/prehistoric-art-quiz

Task

Assignment List

Watch video on the Stone Age and discuss video as a class.

Take notes on Unit PowerPoint lecture.

Practice primitive clay pottery techniques.

Unit 1 Project, cave paintings.

Unit 1 Pretest.

Unit 1 Test.

Process

Watch video on the Stone Age and discuss video as a class. (omit video section 5.15-6.45)

https://youtu.be/Drub6TxLgv4

Take notes on Unit 1 PowerPoint lecture.

Unit 1 PowerPoint available for download on Gradelink 

Practice primitive clay pottery techniques.

https://youtu.be/KjhnLu36j4A

Unit 1 Project, cave paintings.

https://youtu.be/ub6g8jHJUhM

 

Evaluation

Unit 1 methods of evaluation

Watch video on the Stone Age and discuss video as a class.

Participation points (25pts).

Take notes on Unit PowerPoint lecture.  

Graded for completion (25pts).

Practice primitive clay pottery techniques.

Participation points (25pts).

Unit 1 Project, cave paintings

(100pts). Rubric available on Gradelink

Unit 1 Pretest 

Graded for completion (25pts) Handed back graded for studying purposes.

Unit 1 Test

(100pts).Rubric available on Gradelink

Unit 1 total possible points, 300pts.

A. = >269 - 300

B = >239 - 269

C = >209 - 239

D = >179 - 209

F = 0 - 179

Credits

1. Art of the Old Stone Age. (2015, March 31). Retrieved July 29, 2017, from https://youtu.be/Drub6TxLgv4

2. B. (2017, March 07). The Stone Age - Boundless Open Textbook. Retrieved July 28, 2017, from https://www.boundless.com/art-history/textbooks/boundless-art-history-textbook/prehistoric-art-2/the-stone-age-44/the-stone-age-270-5307/

3. Cave Painting - Project #113. (2015, February 27). Retrieved July 29, 2017, from https://youtu.be/ub6g8jHJUhM

4. Stone Age Art History, Characteristics. (n.d.). Retrieved July 28, 2017, from http://www.visual-arts-cork.com/ancient-art/stone-age.htm