THE FIRE BEAST 1 In what sort of a climate may we expect to find prehistoric man during the period of Lower Savagery, when he was without tools or weapons except of the most primitive kind? Why? 2 Since agriculture in that early day was wholly unknown and unnecessary, on what did the people subsist? 3 Did they cook their food? Why not? 4 Imagine yourself placed upon an uninhabited island without food, clothing or shelter in answering these questions. What sorts of shelter did the tribes possess, if any? 5 What sorts of weapons can you fancy people would be able to make without tools, metals or fire? 6 What would you consider the very greatest discovery made by early man? Why? 7 How was man able to protect himself from the wild beasts during the periods of Savagery? 8 How were the enemies of man captured and slain in these days? 9 Why do we find the tribes of this period always dwelling close to lakes, rivers or other bodies of water? 10 How do we gather that people in the period of Lower Savagery must have lived either in tropical or semi-tropical regions? II 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. III 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?