Prehistoric Times

Prehistoric Times Kit

(*Prehistoric Times Kit ARTIFACTS pictured above: Hand Axe * Spear Point mounted on Shaft * Nutria Pelt * Amulet * Mortar and Pestle * Paint Pigment - red ochre * Deer Hair Paintbrush * Feather Paintbrush * Graven Stone with double-sided etching)

This study of early mankind begins with Australopithecus and the discoveries of Dr.Donald Johanson and continues through to the arrival of Cro Magnon. There is a wonderful array of artifact reproductions, from a fire making hearth and stick to flintknapped spearheads, a sewing kit and cordage making kit and a sampling of stoneage art materials that would make early cave painters envious. Detailed map work helps students trace the earliest fossil finds in Africa to the migration patterns of Homo Erectus and finally to the peopling of the earth. The literature selection that accompanies this study is The Boy of the Painted Cave by Justin Denzel. Again the art materials seem ready made for the young, clubfooted hero of this story.

(* other Prehistoric Times Kit ARTIFACTS include: Flint Tool - scraper or borer * Fire Drill and Hearth * Leather and Sinew sewing display * Cordage display * Bone Fish Hook * Shell Rattle * Beaver Teeth Dice Game and Point Markers * Paint Pigment - yellow ochre & white chalk * Charcoal Stick * Fish Oil * Willow Stick Brush * ART REPRODUCTIONS: 8 class sets of seven reproductions from University Prints of Boston * PRINT MATERIALS: Teacher's Guide * Student Worksheets * Boy of the Painted Cave, by Justin Denzel * Faces, The Magazine About People, January 1988, "Becoming Human")

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