How can the cave paintings, stone carvings, and creation myths of ancient civilizations allow us to understand their values?
What will be an ideal response?
ANSWER:
Students should be able to relate cave paintings and rock carvings to the culture of preliterate societies. They should explain how oral tradition, such as creation myths, determined religious values and regional affiliations, as well as how the cultural expressions of specific peoples, such as the Hopi of southwestern America or the Yoruba of West Africa, were based on the geographic characteristics of their location. While explaining the difference between historical accuracy and religious/cultural belief systems, students should display a degree of sensitivity for premodern peoples. Finally, they should see that ancient beliefs contributed to the formative institutions in a given society by guiding people's interactions with one another and the environment.
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