Lesson Six – Dragon Dance
This art and design teaching pack for Key Stage Two gets the children to investigate how to review and evaluate completed dragon masks against design success criteria by using them in a dance performance illustrating Chinese culture and traditions.
The class can describe some of the techniques that can be used when working with mouldable materials to create a mask of a dragon.
Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to investigate how to review and evaluate completed dragon masks against design success criteria by using them in a dance performance illustrating Chinese culture and traditions
Activities in this teaching pack include display posters to identify statements that can be used to evaluate and suggest improvements to a dragon mask and a template to review completed masks representing a dragon against selected success criteria.
The interactive presentation can be used to explore how to review and evaluate completed dragon masks against design success criteria by using them in a dance performance.
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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Changing Seasons
Investigate changes that can happen to the natural world during the four seasons of the year and reflect on similar changes that can occur in people’s lives
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Chinese Dragons
Select and combine different mouldable and other materials to create masks representing dragons that can be worn during a performance dance
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Suffix Combinations
Identify and record how to build a range of special words by using different combinations of roots and suffixes
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Ancient Greek Games
Explore the development of the Olympic Games that began during the history of Ancient Greece and make comparisons with modern competitions