Lesson Planning

Explore the evidence that suggest some people in the Palaeolithic and Mesolithic probably pretended or believed that they could turn into animals and back again. Make props and improvise a scene.

Teaching Outcomes:

To find out about the religious beliefs of Palaeolithic and Mesolithic hunter-gatherers.
To make wearable art.
To improvise a hunter-gatherer religious ceremony.

Children will:

Interpret evidence of hunter-gatherer beliefs.
Make wearable art inspired by prehistoric images.
Take part in an improvised scene of a hunter-gatherer ceremony.

Planning