INSTRUCTIONS
The student should begin a Journal Entry by describing what they saw in the Virtual Tour. Please
use the textbook and library resources for further research and analysis. A Journal Entry must include one citation – a direct, in-text quote – of an external academic source (an academic book or an essay published in a scholarly journal) on the topic, in the current MLA Style format. Follow these steps:
1. Please see the Virtual Tour and Journal Entry: The Caves as Lascaux Resources section of the assignment prompt. Visit the cultural heritage site Lascaux via the Internet, click “Menu,” and complete all facets of the Virtual Tour. To learn more about the Lascaux cave paintings visit the Lascaux Cave Paintings site also listed in the Resources section.
2. Compose a Journal Entry of at least 400 words based on this prompt: Discuss how prehistoric humans communicated through the visual images featured in the Virtual Tour. These images are some of the only clues we have about life during this time, especially since there were no written
records left behind (hence, the term pre-history or “before written history”). What stories do these images tell us about our prehistoric ancestors? Analyze the formal elements and principles of design and focus on possible meaning(s) and purposes.
3. Begin a Journal Entry by describing what you saw in the Virtual Tour. Use the information in the textbook and library resources for further research and analysis.
4. A Journal Entry must include one citation – a direct, in-text quote – of an external academic source in the current MLA Style format. An academic source is either an academic book or an
essay published in a scholarly journal. Use the library catalog and databases such as JSTOR and Project MUSE to find external academic sources in art history. Do not cite the Virtual Tour, the textbook, the Bible, websites, popular magazines and books, encyclopedias, or dictionaries.
5. Edit and proofread your Journal Entry before submitting it.
Note: Your assignment will be checked for originality via the Turnitin plagiarism tool.
