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Neh: Edsit Ement: Cave Art Discovering Prehistoric Humans Lesson PlanNeh: Edsit Ement: Cave Art Discovering Prehistoric Humans Lesson Plan
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National Endowment for the Humanities
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Neh: Edsit Ement: Cave Art Discovering Prehistoric Humans

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By studying cave paintings, students learn about prehistoric cultures and the stories and ideas they wished to communicate to others through art. The lesson plan presented on this website aims to show young students the significance of art, namely the importance of symbolism and visual forms of communication, things still valued in today's culture.

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cave art, culture, pictographs, europe, france

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ancient art, ancient humans, cave paint, cave painting, cave paintings, caverns, cultures, prehistoric art, prehistoric humans, cave of chauvet-pont-d'arc, cave of lascaux, cosquer cave, edsitement, lascaux, marseilles, national endowment for the humanities, paleolithic caves, pyrenees mountains, prehistoric peoples, prehistoric rock art

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