Rock Art and Rock Relief (EN-CUR-612) - Teaching With Europeana

Heritage is explained in UNESCO documents as “our legacy from the past, what we live with today, and what we pass on to future generations.” A heritage is something that is, or should be, passed from generation to generation because it is valued. In this learning scenario students will learn the importance of preserving cultural heritage for current and future generations. It is also aimed to teach them the ancient civilizations and their artworks such as rock art and rock relief. They will work individually or in groups to search Europeana’s digital cultural heritage resources and share the works of rock art and rock relief in the class.

This learning scenario has been developed during the “Digital Education with Cultural Heritage” online course. The course aimed to improve teachers’ understanding of cultural heritage in order to efficiently integrate it into their lessons and practices. The courses can be accessed here.

Author: Vesile Uslu

Age of students: 15

Subject and topic: English and History/World Heritage and Ancient Civilizations

Learning Scenario

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CC BY 4.0: the featured image used to illustrate this article has been found on Europeana and has been provided by the Wellcome Collection.

DONATA FEDERICI MONESI says:

January 29, 2022 at 10:01 am

This scenario on rock art and rock relief is, in my opinion, quite innovative. Little is known about this early form of art and cultural heritage, since it was developed at a time when writing was still not a common practice and human beings expressed themselves mostly through the inscription of rocks, depicting scenes of battles, animals, sacrifices to the Gods they worshipped and so on. However, I guess it is interesting to notice that writing on hard surfaces such as rock or walls is as old as life, since nowadays it is still possible to witness this kind of art through murales or graffiti.This mode of expression proves to be quite effective when an artist wants his work to be public and shared by its viewers; by painting or inscribing on a rock or wall, the artist establishes an immediate connection with his/her audience, therefore his/her work becomes part of a common heritage, leaving a trace for future generations. By looking at the Europeana resources used for this scenario, I discovered there is a whole treasure of pictures that can be used for a CLIL module on art and history. Having the students visit virtual museums to learn more about this kind of art is a good way to make the lesson more interactive, since they become the protagonists of their own research while getting familiar with the idea of a shared cultural heritage which organizations like Unesco or the Europeana collections promote.

AYNUR says:

March 12, 2022 at 10:41 pm

My Art is your art. My project id Name Ecco Homo. Ankara Anatolian Civilizations Museum have cave Art. Good job

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