Pulling Strings - Level 3 Sample Unit
Introduction
In Pulling strings students investigate forms of puppetry used in contemporary and historical cultures in order to provide understanding of the contexts in which puppets and puppetry occur.
Students develop skills in and knowledge about designing puppets in response to a design brief. They develop and communicate ideas about a puppet design appropriate for an intended performance and explain why the design option they have chosen addresses the purpose better than other options. They plan and make their puppet following the design brief and drawing on knowledge of simple mechanical production. They reflect on the progress of the puppet and the processes used.
As a concluding activity, students present a puppet show, in groups, pairs or individually, using ideas and scripts developed during the unit.
This unit provides opportunities for students to demonstrate achievement against the standards in Interpersonal Development, English, the Arts, Design, Creativity and Technology, Information and Communications Technology and Thinking Processes.
This unit addresses learning focus statements from all three strands. These include:
Physical, Personal and Social Learning
Interpersonal Development
- self-evaluate and reflect on the effectiveness of the teams in which they participate
- work in teams, research a topic and organise ideas from a range of sources, including the Internet, to answer their own and others’ questions
- work towards the achievement of agreed goals within a set time frame
- give and receive feedback about their own and others' designs, scripts, puppets and processes
Discipline-based Learning
The Arts
- explore arts processes and concepts in the world around them
- develop and perform a puppet show
English
- plan, organise and write an imaginative and/or informative script
Interdisciplinary Learning
Design, Creativity and Technology
- investigate what puppets do, how they work, what they look like and why they look that way
- follow a design brief to generate and present different design ideas
- safely use several tools and equipment
- plan, make and evaluate a puppet and reflect on the process used
Information and Communications Technology (ICT)
- develop a digital design folio
- use the Internet to research a topic using a search engine and simple key words
Thinking Processes
- use a range of sources of information including observations and findings from investigations.
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