What You’ll Learn: Prehistory
In Module Two we will examine the Prehistoric period with a focus on the Paleolithic and Neolithic eras.
Learning Activities
The learning activities for this module include:
What is Prehistory?
- READ: Key Learning Terms (5 minutes)
- READ: Prehistoric Art — An Outline (20 minutes)
- WATCH: History and prehistory | The Origin of Humans and Human Societies (11 minutes)
- READ: Introduction to Prehistoric Art, 20,000–8000 B.C.E. Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History (15 minutes)
Paleolithic
- WATCH AND READ: Prehistoric Art: Paleolithic Origins (10:00 minutes)
- WATCH: Nude Woman (“Venus” of Willendorf) (4:19 minutes)
- READ: Paleolithic Art Explained (5 minutes)
- EXPLORE: VIRTUAL tour of Lascaux Caves (15 minutes)
- EXPLORE: VIRTUAL tour of Chauvet Cave (15 minutes)
- READ: Were the First Artists Mostly Women? (5 minutes)
- READ: African Hunting Ritual (5 minutes)
- WATCH: Traditional Knowledge of the Jaguar Shamans of Yurupari (10 minutes)
Neolithic
- READ: The Neolithic Revolution (5:00 minutes)
- READ: Jericho (5:00 minutes)
- READ: Çatal Höyük (5:00 minutes)
- LOOK AROUND: Çatal Höyük Research Project (10 minutes)
- WATCH: In Focus: Skara Brae (5:31 minutes)
- READ: Stonehenge (5:00 minutes)
- WATCH: English Heritage Film on Stonehenge (9 minutes)
