Creating persuasive railway posters

Topics Year 2/3
This unit is part of Mountains, Rivers and Coasts Oh I do like to be beside the seaside

Objectives

Art

  • To know how art and design reflect and shape our history, and contribute to the culture, creativity and wealth of our nation.
  • To improve their mastery of art and design techniques including painting.

English

  • To write for a range of real purposes and audiences as part of their work across the curriculum.

Lesson Planning

Plan and paint an attractive rail poster to entice people to travel to Blackpool.

Teaching Outcomes:

  • To use paints to create a new railway poster based on the famous ones from history.
  • To use persuasive techniques, which could include propaganda, in an advertising poster.

Children will:

  • Plan a rail poster to persuade people to travel by rail to Blackpool.
  • From their plan, create their own railway posters based on the style of the historical ‘it’s quicker by rail’ adverts used to entice people on a coastal holiday.
  • Consider what makes a poster effective as an advert.
  • Carefully paint the poster.

You Will Need

  • Individual whiteboards
  • A4 paper
  • A3 art paper
  • Paints
  • Rulers