Maps as art
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can create a personal map sketch.
Key learning points
- Maps can be imaginative or symbolic.
- Artists draw on their own experiences about special places and journeys in their own lives.
- Artists have the ability to create art in a variety of styles.
- Artists use lines, shapes and symbols in a drawing to represent real and imagined places.
Keywords
Journey - when you go from one place to another
Symbol - a mark or character used to represent an idea, object, or relationship
Memory - something you remember from the past
Common misconception
Children may think that maps show only real places, exactly as they are in real life.
Artists create expressive maps from their memory and imagination that may not look like real life.
Teacher tip
Teachers may wish to print out examples of map artwork by a range of artists.
Equipment
Paper, pencil and examples of artists that create maps.
Licence
Lesson video
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
4 Questions
Q1.What do we use to sketch?
Q2.Mark-making is ...
Q3.What do we call an artwork made by sticking pieces together?
Q4.Put these drawing steps in order.
Assessment exit quiz
4 Questions
Q1.What is a journey?
Q2.What can a personal map show?
Q3.What does Frank Bowling do with paint in his map paintings?
Q4.What is the name for something you remember from the past?
To help you plan your 2 art and design lesson on: Maps as art, download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs...
To help you plan your 2 art and design lesson on: Maps as art, download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs.
The starter quiz will activate and check your pupils' prior knowledge, with versions available both with and without answers in PDF format.
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The assessment exit quiz will test your pupils' understanding of the key learning points.
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