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)
Take notes on Unit 1 PowerPoint lecture.
Unit 1 PowerPoint available for download on Gradelink
Practice primitive clay pottery techniques.
Unit 1 Project, cave paintings.
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