Form

Know and understand significant aspects of the history of the wider world: the nature of ancient civilisations; characteristic features of past non-European societies. Improve their mastery of art and design techniques, including drawing, painting and sculpture with a range of materials

Teaching Outcomes:

• To explore the forms of bronze vessels.
• To make a blank of the vessel they want to recreate in clay.

Children will:

• Explain how bronze vessels were made in the Shang period.
• Use sketches to decide how to decorate their sculpture.
• Use clay to create a sculpture.

• Different types of bronze vessels to be used as sorting cards
• Different types of bronze vessels sorted into categories
• How to make a blank

• Air-drying clay
• Sculpting tools

Information and a video about the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco from asianart.org