15. PRE-HISTORIC - ICE AGE
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Essential questions based on the Ice Age readings
1. Where is the Chauvet cave located? Who created the drawings there and when?
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2. Where are the Lascaux caves located? Who created the drawings there and when?
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3. What is the subject matter of these cave drawings and what was their purpose?
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4. What are the various techniques that prehistoric artists used to create these artworks?
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5. What materials and tools did they use to create these artworks? How were these
materials/tools made?
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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.

16. 6. How did the artists create a sense of action and movement in the animals drawn in these
caves?
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7. What role did the natural features of the Lascaux cave walls play in the painting of the
walls?
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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.
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?
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2. What can cave art teach us about prehistoric times? What connections can be made
between the prehistoric artist and artists of today?
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