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Reading Quiz Today. Stephen Hawking Reading. Today’s Objectives. Finish Presentations Cave Man Notes Assign Reading Quiz. Review Questions. Have you ever heard of Stonehenge? If so, what do you think its purpose was? T or F: Wilhelm Schmidt was the author of the theory on animism .
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Reading Quiz Today Stephen Hawking Reading
Today’s Objectives • Finish Presentations • Cave Man Notes • Assign Reading Quiz
Review Questions • Have you ever heard of Stonehenge? If so, what do you think its purpose was? • T or F: Wilhelm Schmidt was the author of the theory on animism. • Explain why are science & religion often at odds with one another? • Do you agree with Freud when he said a truly healthy person stands alone & faces problems without religion? Why or why not? • What is your favorite Geico cavemen commercial?
Basic Religions OBJECTIVES: By studying basic religions of the past, we can learn more about the basis of contemporary religions Differentiate between Neanderthal, Cro-Magnon, and Neolithic
I. Characteristics Stereotypes
A) Neanderthal Religion VDO Neande-rthal
Venus of Willendorf – greatly exaggerated female figure • What does this suggest?
VDO: Neolithic VDO: Stone Age Stories C) Neolithic Religion • Late Stone Age, 7,000 to 3,000 B.C. • Development of agriculture changes life (How?) • More free time devoted to mysteries of religion
What do you think the purpose of Stonehenge was? • Monuments of huge stone in England, *Stonehenge • No one knows exactly why people went to great lengths to set them up One theory thinks they were connections to dead
Your Homework… • Create a comic strip involving cavemen/cavewomen & religion • Incorporate 1 thing from today’s lesson (Stone Henge, Venus of Willendorf, Cave paintings, etc.) • Set your comic strip in 1 of 3 periods (Neolithic, Cro-Magnon, Neanderthal) • Be creative! • TOTAL = 20 points • Extra Credit = Act it out in next class