Iron Age art and music

Topics Year 2/3
This unit is part of Stone Age to Iron Age Britain Culture and Art

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Objectives

History

Address and sometimes devise historically valid questions about change, cause, similarity and difference, and significance.
Understand how our knowledge of the (prehistoric) past is constructed from a range of sources (including archaeological excavation, and the reliability of such sources).
Develop a chronologically secure knowledge and understanding of British history.

Art

Improve mastery of art and design techniques.
Produce creative work, exploring their ideas and recording their experiences.

Music

Play and perform in solo and ensemble contexts, using their voices and playing musical instruments with increasing accuracy, fluency, control and expression.
Improvise and compose music for a range of purposes using the inter-related dimensions of music.
Develop an understanding of the history of music.

Lesson Planning

Research Iron Age artistic expression in metalwork and make replicas. Convert their Bronze Age horns into carnyxes.

Teaching Outcomes:

To find out about Iron Age art.
To make Iron Age inspired art.
To modify one of the Bronze Age horns into a carnyx.

Children will:

Discuss the meaning of Iron Age art.
Make some art objects inspired by Iron Age art.
Make and play a carnyx.

Planning

Provided Resources

Iron Age art objects
Making an art object from metallic card
Iron Age carnyxes
Making a carnyx head

You Will Need

Gold metallic card
Sticky tape
Blue fabric

Weblinks

Someone playing a replica carnyx from gla.ac.uk