1. D’s, please get textbooks for your table.
Walk-In
Get 5 points! Take out notebook, folder, pencil box.
Put away backpack.
D’s, please get textbooks for your table.
Copy this week’s agenda. Note that Thurs. is an early release day, and will be a PM day!

2. Walk-In
Get 5 points! Take out notebook, folder, pencil box.
Put away backpack.
D’s, please get textbooks for your table.
Copy the question and answer in sentences:
What evidence do we have that early humans developed skills in using their hands?

3. Abilities of Early Humans
Early humans learned to:
Make tools out of stone.
Build large stone structures (like Stonehenge) using ropes, ramps and things to pull loads with.
Make weapons for protection.

4. Our Stereotype of Early Humans
We often see early humans depicted like this:
Is this a fair way to portray humans?

5. The Lascaux Cave Paintings
Watch this video clip about the paintings.
Read the text together on pages 6 – 7.
Wonder about:/discuss with your group:
Why did prehistoric humans from 15,000 years ago draw and paint pictures in caves?!?

6. The Lascaux Cave Paintings
What do we figure out about the painters of the Lascaux Paintings? (take notes!)
The Lascaux Paintings show early humans may have wanted to
Record their daily activities like hunting.
Keep track of how many animals they hunted.
Use their free time to be creative.
Learn to do fine-motor activities with their hands.

7. Create a Cave Painting!
Using colors that could be obtained from roots, berries and other plants, create a cave painting that helps tell the story of the hunt, and other important events in the cave people’s lives.
On the back, pretend to be a cave person and write how you might have lived, and why you used art to record events from your life! (Refer to your notes from today!)
Picture is due at end of class or do as HW.