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Introduction to culture and art

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 and world history.

Art

  • Learn about great artists, architects and designers in history.

Lesson Planning

Find a cave in the classroom decorated with art. What could the art mean?

Teaching Outcomes:

  • To find out about the origins of art.
  • To discuss what art is.

Children will:

  • Be able to put the date artworks were made in chronological order.
  • Explain how art changed over time in prehistory.
  • Discuss the nature of art.

You Will Need

  • Large cardboard box
  • Brown paper
  • Torches
  • Map of the world on the wall
  • Timeline
  • The First Drawing by Mordicai Gerstein

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