Task Guide

While exploring the web site please print this page out. Then go back to Cave Art to find the Answers.

Have you read the novel, Maroo of the Winter Caves? ______ Author's name. ______________

Have you read chapter four of your social studies textbook, Message of Ancient Days? ________

Name the four group jobs. _______________________________________________________

What character role have you chosen? ______________________________________________

What aspect of early human life do you think is msot important to your character? ____________

_____________________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________

In what country is the cave at Lascaux found? ________________________________________

What do the majority of the paintings show? ______________________________________________

When was the cave at Chauvet, France, discovered? _____ How long ago was the art painted?_______

What materials did the artists use to paint? ________________________________________________

In the Chauvet #2 site what two animals are fighting in the cave art? ___________________________

What other web site shows those animals fighting? __________________________________________

According to The Way Cool Cave Art web site (Click on the hand when you get there)

what materials did the artists use? _______________________________________________________

Go to the "Early Humans" page to take the food quiz. Are Gooseberries safe to eat? ______________

When on the Timeline did Early Humans appear on the scene? ________________________________

Scroll around the Timeline page to learn when the first crops were cultivated in the near east. ________

Find the "Tips on Drawing" site to see about how long you think a Sabertooth's tooth might be. _____

Where would be a good place to visit in San Diego to learn more about Early Humans? _____________

Did you fill in the "rubric" fairly and honestly for some of the people in your group? _______________

What is the last step in this project? ______________________________________________________