Saturday, December 6, 2008

12/6/08 ROAR

A History of Costume
By: Rachel H. Kemper

5comments:
  • Society doctors tell of drastic changes to the body to permit physical beauty.
  • Men in Africa are splendidly draped in ornaments like trophy skins attesting his skill as a hunter.
  • Men often hunted animals and used their fur as a costume and used for their flesh.
  • A thick bearskin once the bear no further use for it went a long way toward keeping out the cold.
  • Paleolithic costume probably evolved into an outfit similar to traditional Eskimo attire-a semi fitted jacket and pants.

4questions:

  • What did the animal skin do for these people?
  • Did it show some kind of power?
  • How did this create Eskimo attire?
  • What did the bearskin do for them?

3vocabulary:

  • Attest:To affirm to be correct, true, or genuine; To certify by signature or oath; To certify in an official capacity; To supply or be evidence of; To put under oath
  • Splendidly:excellently: extremely well; "he did splendidly in the exam"; "we got along famously"
  • Paleolithic:An early part of the Stone Age, before the so-called Mesolithic and Neolithic Stone Age periods (lithic meaning stone or rock)

1overview statement:

  • Men hunted animals to show their strength in their community.