Truly a "hands-on" art project, this fun activity gets the entire class collaborating on a group work of art. This art project is the perfect complement to the Cave Art PowerPoint introduction (see my products) . Prehistoric cave art is truly a topic that captures students' imagination and stirs their creative impulse! The goal of this collaborative, “hands-on” class art project is to create a collective work of art similar to that of the prehistoric communities that left their mark on the interior of cave walls. Tens of thousands of years ago, in many parts of the world, prehistoric artists made handprints on the walls of caves. These handprints are often reverse images or stencils. In other words, the artist began by placing one hand on the cave wall, then blowing pigments (ground-up minerals or clay) through a blowpipe made from a hollow bone. When the artist pulled the hand away from the cave wall, the traced image of it was left behind for us to marvel at thousands of years later. When combined with the PowerPoint overview, this art project aligns to Common Core standards for Speaking & Listening, and History/Social Studies: SL.K.1, SL.K.5 SL.1.2, SL.1.3 SL.2.2 SL.3.1C, SL.3.1D, SL.3.2, SL.3.3 SL.4.1 SL.5.1 SL.6.1, SL.6.2 SL.7.1, SL.7.2, SL.7.3, SL.7.4 SL.8.1, SL.8.2, SL.8.4, SL.8.5 SL.9-10.1, SL.9-10.2, SL.9-10.5 SL.11-12.2, SL.11-12.3, SL.11-12.4, SL.11-12.5 CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.6-8.7 CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.9-10.9 CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.11-12.9 Prehistoric Cave Art Project: The Cave of the Hands, by Art History with Dr Laura, is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License. Based on a work at www.teacherspayteachers.com. Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available at www.teacherspayteachers.com.