Ancient History Timeline Project

Paleolithic Cave Art Experience

Experiential Archaeology:

Creating Our Own Paleo Art
(All pictures can be downloaded from 8th Grade Announcements Page)

PALEOLITHIC  SHAMANS

Responsible for trekking deep into frightening caves and

 painting fat, yummy animals. 

(Chosen by their tribe.)

1st Hr. Tribe Shaman: Ella G.

(Alternates: Anthony and Lily tie)

3rd Hr. Tribe Shaman: Spencer

 (Alternate: Ryder)

4th Hr. Tribe Shamans: Ben & Cameron tie 

(Alternate: Emily)

5th Hr. Tribe Shaman: Daly 

(Alternate: Madeleine)

Paleolithic Art

SPELUNKING!

A Virtual Tour of 

Lascaux, Altamira, and Chavet Caves
With hard hats and passports we traveled to France and Spain where we ventured into these dark and dangerous caves to examine our first form of communication from ancient man!

Ancient History Classroom Climate

CLASSROOM

CLIMATE:

Celebrating our Differences

Never, ever apologize for:

-   Who you are

-   Where you come from

-   What you believe

-   How you look

-   Or how you learn

And you will be accepted and honored for the unique individual that you are.

                                                                                                                

WHAT DID I LEARN ABOUT LEARNING?

1) I am responsible for my own learning.  My learning is not dependent on the teacher. They can make me memorize, but only I control whether I truly learn.

2) Everyone learns differently.  We all must learn to use our strengths and to compensate for our weaknesses. Our unique learning issues are not "STOP" signs, but "CURVE IN THE ROAD" signs.  We can still reach our dreams in our own way.

3) Curiosity is the key to education. If you don't allow yourself to be interested and enthusiastic your education will suffer.

4) Failure is not a bad thing.  The things I learn from my mistakes stick with me longest. First Attempt In Learning! Someday everyone will have a failure moment - your strength is in how you handle it.

5) There is no endpoint to learning – I will never “finish” learning, and there are some tasks which are not meant to be completed. We still learn from them.

6) Collaboration means everyone learns more.

7) There are things we – must do and things we want to do – and we can balance and accomplish both. Pushing and challenging us makes us stronger.

8) A true sense of accomplishment comes from mastering difficult things - doing the easy stuff does not give the same satisfaction and growth.

 GENIUS WITHOUT EDUCATION IS LIKE SILVER IN THE MINE. Benjamin Franklin                                                                 

First Day of School Scavenger Hunt

• 8th Grade Ancient History Scholars inspected the replica artifacts they found in the Ancient History Classroom.  
• They scouted around the room to find at least three items they recognized. 
• Using their technology, they used Google Images Search to explore the items they did not know about, but were curious about.  
• They then taught their classmates what they learned about the artifacts and the civilizations which created them. 
• They also wrote about what this experience taught them about LEARNING.