Lesson Planning
Design and print a mosaic border
Topics Year 2/3
This unit is part of
The Romans in Britain - NEW LOOK Impressive Roman mosaics - NEW LOOK
Objectives
History
- To design a border for a printed mosaic and to evaluate the finished piece.
Enquiry question
How can we use a printing technique to create the border for a ‘Roman-style’ mosaic?
Outcomes
Children will:
- Make informed choices on colour/design, based on prior knowledge and experience.
- Print a neat repeating border design with good technique.
Provided Resources
You Will Also Need
Sketch books, wooden printing sticks, some printing sticks with a smaller end (slivers of balsa work well or cut polystyrene)
Card border templates 60cm X 9cm – you need lots of these for practice runs!
Printing rollers and trays
Poster paint, pencils and white pencil crayons
A strip of sugar paper for practice printing
A large sheet of sugar paper per child (60cm X 45cm); dark colours like black or brown work well as the gaps between the printed tiles look like mortar
Weblinks
Close up images of mosaic details from BBC History