Viking Longships
This computing scheme of work for Key Stage Two gets the children to select, combine and adjust different graphic shapes to create the design for a replica Viking longship sail. The class can practise different ways of moving, shading and resizing graphic shapes which can be combined into an illustration of a Viking.
Select, combine and adjust different graphic shapes to create the design that could be used on a replica Viking longship sail
Lesson One : Changing Shapes
Investigate and practise some of the different ways of inserting and adjusting a range of 2D shapes using a graphics software program
Lesson Two : Line Shapes
Practise and record some of the different ways of drawing curved and straight lines as part of a graphic design representing an aspect of Viking life
Lesson Three : Mixing Shapes
Investigate and illustrate some of the different ways of layering and ordering shapes in a graphic design that can be used to represent an aspect of Viking life in the past
Lesson Four : Sail Design
Explore and record how to insert and adjust a range of different shapes to create the matching design for a Viking Longship sail
Lesson Five : Design Edit
Practise changing and editing the selected design of a graphic shape that can be used to represent a Viking Longship sail
Lesson Six : Sail Presentation
Produce and perform a class presentation to explain reasons for graphic design choices when creating a shape representing a Viking longship sail
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