Lesson One – Dragons in Art

This art and design teaching pack for Key Stage Two gets the children to explore how to identify, describe and compare some of the different ways that dragons are illustrated and presented in Chinese culture and traditions.

The class can select and sketch some of the special shapes that can be observed in artwork showing a dragon in a range of situations and scenarios.

Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to explore how to identify, describe and compare some of the different ways that dragons are illustrated and presented in Chinese culture and traditions

Activities in this teaching pack include display posters to identify and describe how dragons can be represented in different forms of artwork and a table display card to explore and compare how dragons are illustrated and presented in Chinese culture and traditions.

The interactive presentation can be used to explore how to identify, describe and compare some of the different ways that dragons are illustrated and presented in Chinese culture and traditions.

This lesson is part of an art and design scheme of work to get the children to select and combine different mouldable and other materials to create masks representing dragons that can be worn during a performance dance. There are teaching activities for shared learning, differentiated worksheets to support independent learning and interactive presentations to introduce concepts and key skills.

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