World History
- Paleolithic Juvenilia
Were cave artists sex- and hunting-obsessed teenage boys? I discovered an article with the title "Paleolithic Juvenilia" in the August 2006 issue of Scientific American. It was written by JR Minkel and it covers the research of R. Dale Guthrie, a paleobiologist...
- Understating Creoles Through Casta Paintings
Studying Spanish America and the social hierarchy they developed? Spanish born Peninsulares were on top and just below them were Creoles, the sons and daughters of their European parents. But a series of paintings in the mid 19th century...
- Prehistory Web-quest
Here is a Web Quest on prehistory that I made for the first unit in World 9. It focuses on cave paintings, human origins, Ardie, Laetoli footprints, Lucy, Stonehenge and the Ice-Age. It also includes a link to a quia quiz on the material. ...
- Chauvet Cave Drawings
If you follow this blog, you know we've done a number of entries on cave dwellings this year. As a high schooler, I was lucky enough to see the now closed Lascaux cave paintings. Yesterday I saw the new movie "Cave of Forgotten Dreams." It is...
- High Resolution Images From The Renaissance
Another item I found on the Open Culture blog (mentioned below) is this set of Renaissance era paintings which have been placed online using high resolution and you can get very close for your students. They include paintings da Vinci, Botticelli...
World History
Cave Paintings Mostly Made by Women
It has long been believed that the Paleolithic painters were men, but this is an interesting article describing new research by a Penn State professor who believes most of the paintings were actually made by women!
- Paleolithic Juvenilia
Were cave artists sex- and hunting-obsessed teenage boys? I discovered an article with the title "Paleolithic Juvenilia" in the August 2006 issue of Scientific American. It was written by JR Minkel and it covers the research of R. Dale Guthrie, a paleobiologist...
- Understating Creoles Through Casta Paintings
Studying Spanish America and the social hierarchy they developed? Spanish born Peninsulares were on top and just below them were Creoles, the sons and daughters of their European parents. But a series of paintings in the mid 19th century...
- Prehistory Web-quest
Here is a Web Quest on prehistory that I made for the first unit in World 9. It focuses on cave paintings, human origins, Ardie, Laetoli footprints, Lucy, Stonehenge and the Ice-Age. It also includes a link to a quia quiz on the material. ...
- Chauvet Cave Drawings
If you follow this blog, you know we've done a number of entries on cave dwellings this year. As a high schooler, I was lucky enough to see the now closed Lascaux cave paintings. Yesterday I saw the new movie "Cave of Forgotten Dreams." It is...
- High Resolution Images From The Renaissance
Another item I found on the Open Culture blog (mentioned below) is this set of Renaissance era paintings which have been placed online using high resolution and you can get very close for your students. They include paintings da Vinci, Botticelli...