Unit of Learning Art History 3rd Year Zoe Lennon 

 

ST Name: Zoe Lennon

Year: 3nd year

Theme

Pre-Christian Ireland

 

Scenario

Engage in a table quiz

 

Class Year Group/Name

5th year

 

Class profile including AEN

12 Mixed gender

 

Aim of Unit of Learning

 

“To explore the lifestyle, work and rituals of the Pre Christian period , with a focus on the Stone age and Bronze age  tools, buildings and ornaments.”

Literacy: Write up keywords, read/research about Stone Age and Bronze Age, Fill out questions on handout,

Annotated drawings, self-evaluation sheets.

 

ORACY: Class discussion on time periods, Q&A, Group crit, peer discussion and learning, Presentation & Evaluation of visual boards.

 

Learning Outcomes for Unit of Learning

 

At the end of this Unit of Learning students should be able to…

 

• Answer questions based on life in Ireland in the neolithic period by completing their handout.

• List the comparison and similarities  in the lives of the hunter gathers and beaker people

• Use the Stone Age and the Bronze Age techniques to create the different style of motifs at that time

• Use the techniques discussed during this Unit ie Stone Carving, Repousse and Incision.

• Complete worksheets to reiterate the knowledge gained in class and keep it in a folder for revision

 

Lesson No: 1/6

Date: 25/02/19

Time: 9:40-10:20

Duration: 40mins

 

Teaching and Learning content

 

Process: Discussion of hunter gatherers with primary sources . 

Stone Age

Megalithic Tombs

Newgrange

 

Resources/Vis Aids:

Powerpoint of New Stone Age, book, Visual aid of megalithic tombs and site, map of Ireland, Hand out of keywords and notes, folders.

Learning Intentions

 

Student will be able to:

 

Understand how Irish people used to live during the Neolithic period

 

Know what Neolithic means and what time period this was

 

Know about the life and craft at the time

 

Identify reasons Megalithic tombs and court cairns were made

 

Discuss what type of megalithic tombs were in Ireland and where

 

 

Lesson No: 2/6

Date: 4/3/19

Time: 9:40-10:20

Duration: 40mins

 

Teaching and Learning content

 

Process: 

Newgrange

Corbelling, kerbstones

Knowth, Dowth

Rock Art

 

Resources: Handout with key terminology and notes, Powerpoint of Newgrange, Images taken by me at Newgrange, Drawings of Stone art, Visual aid of stone tools, Stone slates.

 

Learning Intentions

 

Students will be able to annotate the various important facts about Newgrange

 

Name the techniques on the entrance stone and kerbstone 52

 

Draw the different techniques into their notes and annotate each.

 

Understand the struggles of creating these carvings into stone by using the tools themselves

 

Discuss their own interpretations of the meanings of the tombs and passage graves

 

 

Lesson No: 3/6

Date: 25/3/19

Time: 9:40-10:20

Duration: 40mins

 

Teaching and Learning content

 

Process: 

Stone Age Recap

Bronze Age

Repousse

Tedavnet Disc

 

Resources/Vis Aids:

Powerpoint of Early Bronze Age, book, soaps and tools, foil plates for repousse, Hand out of keywords and notes, folders.

Learning Intentions

 

Students will be able to discuss and use  various techniques used in the Bronze Age

 

Use the Repousse and incision techniques into aluminum and describe the differences 

 

Create their own objects using the techniques discussed in the lesson

 

 

Lesson No: 4/6

Date: 01/04/19

Time: 9:40-10:20

Duration: 40 mins

Teaching and Learning content

 

Process: 

Lunula

Middle Bronze Age

Ribbon torc, Derrinabo

 

Resources/Vis Aids:

Powerpoint of Middle Bronze Age, book, map of Ireland, Hand out of keywords and notes, folders.

Learning Intentions

 

Recall facts from the previous lessons

 

Understand about the functions and style of these objects 

 

Know about the type of people who would have used these

 

 

Lesson No: 5/6

Date: 08/04/19

Time: 9:40-10:20

Duration: 40 mins

Teaching and Learning content

 

Process:

Late Bronze Age

hoards, Clones

Gleninsheen Gorget, hair lock rings

 

Resources/Vis Aids:

Powerpoint of Late Bronze Age, book, Images for recapping,  Hand out of keywords and notes.

 

Learning Intentions

 

Recall information  from the previous lesson to create a visual board working as a group

 

Understand how to use their book to research 

 

Know how these objects were made and the instruments they would have had at this time

 

 

Lesson No: 6/6

Date: 29/05/19

Time: 9:40-10:20

Duration: 40 mins

Teaching and Learning content

 

Process:

Loughnashade Trumpet

Petrie Crown

Recap

 

Resources/Vis Aids:

Powerpoint of New Stone Age, book, Visual aid of megalithic tombs and site, map of Ireland, Hand out of keywords and notes, folders.

Learning Intentions

 

Recall dates and facts regarding the Bronze Age and Iron Age discussed in the previous lesson

 

Describe the textures seen on the Loughnashade trumpet and the petrie crown

 

Understand the use of these objects and identify where they are located now