Early Cultures

Explore world cultures before 1600 A.D.

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Primitive Tools, Part 3: Fishing This series features primitive life experts who participated in a primitive week celebration, which was coordinated by Tom Mancke and held at Hammond School in...

Part 6: Animal Skins | Primitive Tools 6

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Part 6: Animal Skins | Primitive Tools

Episode 6

Note: Teachers are advised to preview Part 6 for scenes and content that they feel may not be appropriate for use in their classrooms. Primitive Tools, Part 6: Animal Skins This series features...

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Part 4: Fire | Primitive Tools

Episode 4

Primitive Tools, Part 4: Fire This series features primitive life experts who participated in a primitive week celebration, which was coordinated by Tom Mancke and held at Hammond School in Columbia...

Theater: One Minute Art Lesson | Artopia

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Theater: One Minute Art Lesson | Artopia

Watch a brief animated history of theater. TRANSCRIPT Hey let’s put on a show! That’s theater, folks, and it’s like a human thing! Humans all over the world do plays and puppet shows and pantomimes...

Sculpture: One Minute Art Lesson | Artopia

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Sculpture: One Minute Art Lesson | Artopia

Watch a brief animated history of sculpture. TRANSCRIPT Sculpture, well, that's three-dimensional art. Sculpture hasheight , width AND depth - three dimensions, like I said - it can be big or small...

Painting: One Minute Art Lesson | Artopia

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Painting: One Minute Art Lesson | Artopia

People have created paintings in different ways in different places and times. This short animation provides a quick lesson on the history of painting TRANSCRIPT It all started when like cavemen...