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Why Cave Art Isn't Just Ancient History!

9/20/2014
by Glen Downey, Comics in Education, www.comicsineducation.com
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In the "Hands" of Students, it's so much more!

Recently, Erlynn Kirsch and Amanda Helfrich got in touch with Comics in Education about a fantastic project that their students put together. So here is what they did, in their own words...

Thank you Comics in Education!  After reading a great post, the "Cave Art Activity", we came up with a similar activity for our 8th grade Ancient History students. For a final project on Pre-History we had students analyze Paleolithic cave-art and discuss how it could have portrayed humans' daily lives and emotions.  Students researched the definitions of graffiti and graphic novels and thought about how it compared to pre-historic cave art. We discussed as a group the ideas of tagging public places, signatures on art, and leaving their mark on the world.  Next we had the entire 8th grade create a mural, leaving their "mark" on our school Mary Ellen Henderson Middle School in Falls Church, VA. Students reflected personally upon how they wanted to be remembered and the type of "mark" they want to leave on history.

Below I have attached some pictures of our project and of student work.The worksheet we made is attached below.

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Erlynn and Amanda also included work that their students put together while reflecting on this activity.  It's clear from what the students wrote that they had a lot to say about it!

If you're interested in trying this wonderful assignment with your own students, Erlynn and Amanda have been kind enough to include the handout that kids worked on.

What a fantastic activity for students to be engaged in. Not only are they working together to produce a piece of beautiful visual art, but they are learning about their connection to ancient cultures and traditions, and the role that visual narratives plays in all of this.

Great job, Erlynn and Amanda!

If you're interested in this activity, you might also be interested in:

  • The Cave of Altamira
  • The Cave Art Activity
  • How Do I Teach Students that Visual Narrative Has a Tradition?
  • Comics in Education Presents: A Variation on the Cave Art Activity

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    Dr. Glen Downey is an award-winning children's author, educator, and academic from Oakville, Ontario. He works as a children's writer for Rubicon Publishing, a reviewer for PW Comics World, an editor for the Sequart Organization, and serves as the Chair of English and Drama at The York School in Toronto.


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