Lesson Planning
Discovering Vincent van Gogh
Topics Reception/Year 1
This unit is part of
Famous for more than Five Minutes - NEW LOOK Artists - NEW LOOK
Objectives
History
- To learn about the life and work of the artist, Vincent van Gogh, and identify differences between life when Van Gogh was alive and life today.
English
- To answer questions by retrieving information from a story.
- To ask questions about a story and write these down, using capital letters and questions marks correctly.
Enquiry question
Who was Vincent van Gogh?
Outcomes
Children will:
- Read a story to learn about the life of Vincent van Gogh.
- Identify some differences between life when Van Gogh was alive and life today.
- Generate questions and understand research may be needed to find the answers.
- Punctuate questions correctly and take part in a role-play situation.
Provided Resources
You Will Need
A copy of the book, Camille and the Sunflowers, by Laurence Arnholt
Coloured strips of paper