English homework

Lascaux – The video

A Watch the video and answer the questions:

What do we see in the cave paintings?

Where were they situated ? Why ?

What might their purpose have been ?

When do you think they were painted ?

What would you imagine about the lifestyle of the people who painted them ?

B Watch the video again and take notes on the following :

1 Similarities and differences between the Lascaux and other caves :

2 Complete the following sentence :

The images are both ………………………. of ……………………………..to a particular………………………,

and complex images linked to a ……………….. ………….. …………………………….

3 Describe the different parts of the Lascaux cave and their use :

The rotunda and the painted gallery :

The main gallery and the chamber of engravings :

The chamber of the felines:

The shaft:

4 What other things can we imagine took place here?

5 What is shamanism/ a shaman?

What examples are given of other peoples using shamanic techniques?