Year 9 - Art and design
Belonging: a sense of place
Social action
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Unit Summary
Pupils will explore social action in a variety of forms, from collaborative practice to inndividual action and how art works can challenge ideas and influenece decisions. These lessons encourage critical thinking and self-expression, fostering creativity, empathy, and social awareness.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to design built environments which foster community pride and connection.
Key Notes
- Built environment can create a sense of pride in a community through shared histories or experiences.
- Landmarks and structures can connect us to our communities.
- Architects play with materials to help inspire interesting designs.
Vocabulary To Learn
- built environment: the human-made spaces around us that create our local environment
- landmark: an important place or thing that is recognisable and stands out. It could be a building, artwork or natural feature that helps people know where they are or what a place is known for.
- structure: built elements such as buildings, streets, roads, parks, and bridges
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Architects only consider one building, not the wider area.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Built environment can create a sense of pride in a community through shared histories or experiences. Landmarks and structures can connect us to our communities.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'built environment'
the human-made spaces around us that create our local environment.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Architects only consider one building, not the wider area. Correction: Architects consider the built environment, the local area's history and needs and think outside the box to create connections between communities in their work.
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