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Topics:	Self Portraits (1A)	Investigating Materials (1B)	Sculptures (1C)
	Picture This! (2A)	Mother Nature (2B)	Buildings (2C)
	Portraying Relationships (3A)	Investigating Patterns (3B)	Can we change places? (3C)
	Viewpoints (4A)	Take a Seat (4B)	Journeys (4C)
	Objects and Meanings (5A)	Containers (5B)	Talking Textiles (5C)
	People in Action (6A)	What a performance (6B)	A sense of place (6C)

Unit 1A Self-portrait. Self-portrait
Carmines Portraits	A cartoon chameleon’s introduction to what is a portrait.
Create Art	Drag and drop activity to create a face.
Examples of self portraits	Examples of self portraits by famous artists.
Face proportions	Technique demonstration on face proportions (front view).
Mr Picasso Head	Drag and drop activity to create a face.
Stretton Handley Primary	Examples of portraits completed by children from Stretton Handley Primary.
Teacher TV video	A video of a Year 2 class who are developing drawing and observational skills.
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Unit 1B. Investigating materials
Fabric collage	A lesson plan for making a collage from fabric
Kent NGfL	Teaching ideas for using Intel Microscope
On line textile museum	Visit an on line textiles museum celebrating cloth, culture and art.
School liason	A quiz on what materials certain object were made out of.
Teacher TV	Using a case-study from Raynsford Lower School, Bedfordshire, the programme examines how to deliver the Investigating Materials element of the KS1 Art curriculum, focusing on the planning, resources and vocabulary involved.
Examples of weaving	Pictures of different weaving examples.
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Unit 1C What is sculpture. What is sculpture?
Children's museum	All your questions about sculptures answered.
Examples of sculptures	Different examples of 21st Century sculpture.
How to make a willow sculpture	Step by step instructions on how to create a willow structure.
The mystery object from the Tate modern	A fun-filled interactive introduction to looking at a work of art.
What is a sculpture?	An on line workshop that’s will introduce you to lots of different types of sculpture.
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Unit 2A Picture this!.
Childrens book illustrator	Information on a selection of children’s authors.
Teacher TV	This programme takes a look at ways in which animation can be incorporated into the primary curriculum, focusing specifically on the different approaches to 2D animation used by two schools in Bristol.
View finder activity	A lesson plan activity, that may take several sessions, using a viewfinder to complete a painting.
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Unit 2B Mother Nature, designer.
Bedford Bytes	10 lesson based on the theme.
Colours in nature	From Woodgate Valley Country Park comes a seasons look at colour in nature.
Examples of artists using nature as a theme	Examples of artists who use nature in their art work.
Focus on nature	A site looking at how nature has inspired artists like William Morris.
Leaf shapes	Investigate the different leaf shapes and find out what tree they belong to and more about that tree.
Mother Nature’s cosy quilt	Designing a paper quilt with nature as the inspiration.
Patterns in nature	Examples of patterns in plants, water, animals and minerals.
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Unit 2C Can buildings speak?
Building murals	Look at the different wall murals in Bowen.
Guardian unlimited	Ideas from Guardian unlimited.
Kent NGfL	Explore ideas about shape and pattern; make prints based on pattern in buildings; work with others to develop a relief panel based on observations of pattern in buildings.
Sequence of lessons	A series of lessons looking at Can buildings speak?
The great building collection	A collection of photographs of outstanding buildings.
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Unit 3A. Portraying relationships
David Hockney Mr & Mrs Clark and Percy	Family portrait with pet cat
National portrait gallery – double portraits	A collection of portraits of 2 or more people.
Portraits make a statement	Examples of portraits that make a statement plus and activity to make your own portrait that makes a statement.
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Unit 3B. Investigating pattern
Indian rugs	Photographs of Indian rugs
Kente Cloths	A lesson plan for children to learn the history of Ghanaian Kente Cloths and design their own Kente Cloth Strip.
Patterns in nature	Examples of patterns from plants, animals, water and minerals.
QuiltEhnic	Explanation and examples of appliqué work.
Schools net	Lesson plans and work sheets for this unit.
Symmetry around us	Many examples of symmetry in everyday life and objects.
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Unit 3C. Can we change places?
Andy Goldsworthy	This link takes you to a site where many slides of the work completed by Andy Goldsworthy are catalogued. Whilst the images should not be downloaded, they are high quality ones with descriptions of the works - very useful for projecting and sharing.
Children's museums	All your questions about sculptures answered.
Goodwood sculpture park	Different examples of 21st Century sculpture.
Lesson notes	Based on the sculpture Angel of the North.
SMART education	In this unit children explore sculpture in public buildings and spaces. They explore and use shape, form, colour and pattern to make a maquette or model of a sculpture for a site in the school or local area.
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Unit 4A. Viewpoints
digital collages	Examples of digital collage
dream sequence picture collage	An example of a sequence of digital pictures used to make a dream sequence.
look to your dream lesson plan	A lesson plan for dream sequence.
Schools net	Lesson plans and work sheets for this unit.
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Unit 4B. Take a seat
Bedford Bytes	A 6 or 12 week scheme of work for the unit.
Chair designs	Examples of different chairs from toy-robot.
Learning and teaching using ICT	Lesson outline, video clips and other resources.
Seats in famous paintings	Examples of seats in famous paintings.
Take a seat web quest	A web quest based on the unit.
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Unit 4C. Journeys
Aboriginal art	Luma Luma site showing many examples of Aboriginal art.
Aboriginal symbols	Explanation of the different symbols in Aboriginal art.
google maps	Maps from Google.
journeys by famous artists	Examples of journeys painted by famous artists
Paul Klee	Examples of art work by Paul Klee.
Signs and symbols	Explanation of the different signs and symbols children may see in their every day life.
Tribal journeys native American	Art work relating to journeys from the Native American people.
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Unit 5A. Objects and meanings
Education	A scheme of work based on 6 teaching sessions
Impressionist Artwork	Lesson plan based on the work of the Impressionists.
Indian market stall	Instructions on how to make an Indian market stall.
Learning and teaching ICT	Lesson outline, video clips and other resources.
Objects and meanings examples by famous artists	Examples of work by famous artists on the unit theme.
Schools net	Lesson plans and work sheets for this unit.
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Unit 5B Containers
Bodil Manz	Example of work by Bodil Manz, an expert in eggshell porcelain.
Containers web quest	A web quest based on containers.
Greek story vases	A site to introduce students to the art of Greek vases while they develop their own storytelling skills
Kent NGfL	Explore shape, form, space and decoration; work from source material to help them with their work; experiment with and combine materials and processes to design and make a three-dimensional form; compare and discuss ideas, methods and ways of working in others' work, relating these to their own ideas; adapt and improve their work as it progresses
Make your own canopic jar	Learn how to make a canopic jar.
UK ceramics	Look at different types of containers.
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Unit 5C. Talking textiles
Bayeux Tapestry	A site showing the Bayeux Tapestry.
Work of famous artists	Examples of the work of famous artists.
Kent NGfL	Explore ideas and collect materials and information to support their work; investigate colour, shape and texture in textile materials and processes and use these to communicate ideas in a story; comment on similarities and differences in how events in a story are communicated in their own and others' work; adapt and improve their own work
Schools net	Lesson plans and work sheets for this unit.
Talking Textiles web quest	A web quest based on talking textiles.
Tibetan Shrine Cloth	Examples of Tibetan Shrine cloth
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Unit 6A. People in action
BBC Sport	BBC sport site, video clips of different sports.
Kent NGfL	Slide show showing how to use ICT to capture images showing movement.
People in action by famous artists	Examples of people in action by famous artists.
Smart education	In this unit children explore how to convey movement in their work. Dynamic activities are the starting point for two-dimensional work. Photographs, paintings and prints of how movement can be portrayed are useful stimuli to start with
step by step hand spring	Photographs of the different stages of a hand spring.
Teachers resource exchange	A flash based utility to support observation of movement and its portrail in artwork.
Weld and Downland open air museum	Photographs from Weld and Downland open air museum showing people in action.
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Unit 6B. What a performance
Hats UK	Different types of hat – many images.
Mardi Gras costumes	Costumes suitable for a Mardi Gras.
Theatrical costumes	A costume hire site showing different theatrical costumes.
Weald and Downland open air museum	Photographs from Weld and Downland open air museum showing people performing.
Work by famous artists	Examples of the work of famous artists illustrating the unit.
Web quest	A web quest based on What a performance.
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Unit 6C. A sense of place
Artchive landscape tour	The Landscape Tour offers a selection of twenty-five examples from The Artchive. The tour is set up as a ring of linked images, running chronologically from 1565 to 1974. Experience the development of landscape expression through the ages, as painted by the world's greatest masters of art.
Exploring landscapes	Explore the world by looking at landscapes with Carmine the chameleon.
landscapes by famous artists	Examples of landscapes completed by famous artists.
Learning and teaching using ICT	Lesson outline, video clips and other resources.
National Geographic	Stunning photographs from around the world.
Oxfam	Tropicality is an enquiry designed to enable pupils to get a deeper feeling for tropical African countries, and to celebrate and enjoy the diversity of the world.
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