Prehistoric Art Planning
Introduction
Living in a cave is pretty cool! And the food, although it's not fast food, isn't bad. The Time Machine has dropped you in a prehistoric era. Enjoy the adventure.
Imagine that the Time Machine is sponsoring a contest to see who can create the best museum display of the art of prehistoric times. You have one museum room and can show 10 pieces.
1.Enter the contest by writing an essay on what 10 pieces you
would display and why.
2. Create your own painting in the style of prehistoric people.
(Only use 8.5 x 11 plain white paper).
3. On the bottom of your essay write the URL (web address) of two sites
that you visited.
4. On the bottom of your painting write a short one or two sentences
explaining what you think cave drawings have in common.
Be sure to use Times Roman typestyle - size 12 - double spaced.
Use the planning sheet at the end of this webquest. (The planning sheet will be passed out in class).
Click on link "To Learn is to Gain"
Walk thru the Museum of Early Man
Scroll down to "If art is the calling..."
Click on picture in the website
Be sure to check out the weaving as well. Just look for the the picture entitled artifacts.
Other websites for information:
Prehistoric Art 1
Prehistoric Art 2 (The Hermitage)
Prehistoric Art 3
When you view the cave paintings, remember, they are at different areas of the world, however, many of them have much in common. Can you figure out what is common to most cave paintings? On the bottom of your cave drawing in one or two sentences tell what you believe is most common in cave paintings.
Prehistoric Art Planning Directions: Imagine that the Time Machine is sponsoring a contest to see who can create the best museum display of the art of prehistoric times. You have one museum room and can show 10 pieces. Use this sheet to plan which 10 pieces you will have in your room. Then compile this information into an essay on which 10 pieces you would display and why.
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Good Luck and have fun!
Rubric for Grading
| | 5 pts | 4 pts | 3 pts | 2 pts | 1 pt | Total |
Pieces of Art | All 10 pieces of art have been identified | 8-9 pieces of art have been identified | 5-7 pieces of art have been identified | 3-4 pieces of art have been identified | 1-2 pieces of art have been identified | |
Reason for including | All 10 reasons listed | 8-9 reasons listed | 5-7 reasons listed | 3-4 reasons listed | 1-2 reasons listed | |
| Essay | Essay includes all 10 pcs of art | Essay includes 8-9 pcs of art | Essay includes 5-7 pcs of art | Essay includes 3-4 pcs of art | Essay includes 1-2 pcs of art | |
| Grammar | Essay has no grammatical errors | Essay has 1-2 grammatical errors | Essay has 3-4 grammatical errors | Essay has 5-8 grammatical errors | Essay has more than 9 grammatical errors | |
| Spelling | Essay has no spelling errors | Essay has 1-2 spelling errors | Essay has 3-4 spelling errors | Essay has 5-8 spelling errors | Essay has more than 9 spelling errors | |
| Punctuation | Essay has no punctuation errors | Essay has 1-2 punctuation errors | Essay has 3-4 punctuation errors | Essay has 5-8 punctuation errors | Essay has more than 9 punctuation errors | |
| Capitalization | Essay has no capitalization errors | Essay has 1-2 capitalization erros | Essay has 3-4 capitalization errors | Essay has 5-8 capitalization errors | Essay has more than 9 capitalization errors | |
| Drawing | Drawing is complete with commonality statement | Drawing is complete with partial commonality statement | Drawing is complete with no commonality statement | Drawing is incomplete with no commonality statement | No Drawing but has a commonality statement | |
| URL's | Both URL's are cited correctly | 1 URL is cited correctly 1 incorrectly | Both URL's are cited incorrectly | Only 1 URL is given cited correctly | Only 1 URL is given cited incorrectly | |
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GRADES
37 - 45 = A
28 - 36 = B
19 - 27 = C
10 - 18 = D
0 - 9 = F
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