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THE ORNAMENT OF BIG NOSE
1 How did primitive man convey his wants and his ideas to his fellow creatures before he possessed a wide articulate language? 2 Can you suggest any sharp weapons the Cave Men could make without the use of tools? Name some. 3 Do you imagine the Cave People possessed longer arms than civilized men? Why? 4 Was this period the Golden Age of Peace and Plenty that some people suggest? 5 Do you imagine Cave Men were care free or that they were forced to be cunning and furtive creatures of the forests? 6 Were the early savages superior to the other animals of that period in running? In swimming? In fighting? 7 Had they longer teeth? Sharper claws? Greater physical protection for the soft and delicate portions of their bodies? 8 To what do you attribute man’s survival amid a world of savage enemies? 9 Was man more cunning? Was he more social? 10 If you have classes of children, suggest pantomime plays in which they can convey ideas or desires to the others by means of gestures.
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WHEN RUN-FAST WENT HUNTING FOR A WIFE
1 Suggest ways for catching fish during this period. 2 Do you imagine that at this time man had any method for preserving meat? 3 Would the low order of man’s tools and weapons restrict him in his wanderings from place to place over the earth’s surface? Why? 4 Did primitive man first ornament or first clothe himself? 5 What were ornaments used to signify? 6 Which men would you imagine secured wives during early savagery? 7 Would you expect to see the strong and brave men win wives, or the weak and cowardly?
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LITTLE LAUGHING BOY
1 During what season would you imagine the Cave People learned, invented, discovered most? Why? 2 What was the season of greatest danger? Why? 3 Were the feet of the Cave People prehensile? Were the Cave People agile? Why? 4 Can any of the children of to-day walk up a slanting tree by encircling its trunk with their arms? 5 What is a boomerang? Make one. 6 Why did wise Cave People always travel in groups? 7 Why was extreme individuality discouraged among the members of the tribes? 8 What happened to the youth who was determined to “go it alone” in those days? 9 Was the Cave Man the King of the Forests, Monarch of all he surveyed that we sometimes read about? Why not? 10 It is true that the Cave Man was weaker than most of his enemies and yet he has managed to outlive and outthrive them all. Give some reasons for this.
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HUNTING AN ECHO
1 Did the Cave People know what an Echo is? 2 Could they explain their reflections in the rivers and lakes?
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THE FLOOD
1 What were some of the great early catastrophes? 2 What was probably the earliest sort of power used to propel a boat or raft? 3 What would we naturally expect the first boats or floats to be? Why? 4 Would it be possible to build a raft with nothing but stone tools? 5 How would you fasten such a raft together? 6 What were the first natural paddles? 7 Can you propel a boat through the water with your hands? 8 How could a boy live in a great banyan tree for several days? 9 Where would he secure food? 10 Could you make a hollow in a log without steel knives or saws or other modern tools? How? 11 Would such a hollow log serve as a crude boat?