Year 6 - Art and design
Festivals from around the world
Creative careers: critical and contextual
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Unit Summary
Pupils will learn about different jobs within the creative industries. They will investigate and find out what a range of individuals all do in their day to day lives. They will carry out research and record their findings in creative visual formats working to the theme of 'festival'.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to research and plan your own festival.
Key Notes
- Festivals can celebrate a religious event, a season, a historical moment, or even just be a fun tradition.
- When planning a festival, it is important to make choices with your target audience in mind.
- You can write or draw your ideas on a visual tool, such as a mind map.
Vocabulary To Learn
- festival: a special event or celebration that brings people together in a communal setting
- mind map: a visual diagram used to organise ideas and information around a central topic
- target audience: the specific group of people an event is intended for
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- All festivals are global events.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Festivals can celebrate a religious event, a season, a historical moment, or even just be a fun tradition. When planning a festival, it is important to make choices with your target audience in mind.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'festival'
a special event or celebration that brings people together in a communal setting.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: All festivals are global events. Correction: Remind children that while some festivals are celebrated globally, such as New Year's Eve, other festivals are celebrated only in particular areas or countries.
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