WHERE WOULD YOU PREFER TO LIVE: ENGLAND OR AFRICA? This topic combines geography objectives with objectives from art. Working geographically children will compare their life in England with life in a non-. They will compare, climate, landscapes, houses, etc and will also investigate wildlife. Using their art skills children will investigate the use of colour and pattern predominately used in typical African art. WOW how to start the topic and hook everyone in. Use the African drums and play copy-cat patterns teacher plays a musical pattern and children copy. KEY QUESTIONS KEY SKILLS SUGGESTIONS What songs can we learn for this topic? Music focus: Use their voices expressively and creatively by singing songs and speaking chants and rhymes. 1. Where is Africa? Geography focus: Name and locate the world s seven continents and five oceans. Understand geographical similarities and. ICT focus: Use technology purposefully to create, organise, store, manipulate and retrieve digital content Use technology safely and respectfully, Linstead Market Find England and Africa on the globe/world map. Count and label the countries that make up Africa. Learn the difference between a continent and a country.
keeping personal information private, identify where to go for help and support when they have concerns about content about content or contact on the internet or other online technologies. 2. What are the flags of Africa? Geography focus: Name and locate the world s seven continents and five oceans. Understand geographical similarities and. 3. What is the weather like in Africa? Geography focus: Identify seasonal and daily weather patterns in the United Kingdom and the location of hot and cold areas of the world in relation to the Equator and the North and South Poles. Maths focus: Reading scales, measuring temperature 4. Where would you live in Africa? Geography focus: Understand geographical similarities and 5. What is the landscape like in Africa? Geography focus: Understand geographical similarities and Look at the British flag, the English, Welsh, Irish and Scottish flag. Look at the flags of the major countries in Africa. Investigate the weather in Africa? What seasons do they have, compare with England. What types of weather compare with England. Investigate what houses are like in Africa and compare to houses here, similarities and differences. Why are there differences? (materials and climate) Compare the landscapes with England, in particular what a desert is like, what the savannah is like. 6. What wild animals would you see in Geography focus: What animals are found in Africa list and
Africa? Understand geographical similarities and 7. What wild animals would you see in Africa? Science focus: Find out about and describe the basic needs of animals, including humans, for survival (water, food, air). 8. Can a giraffe dance? PSHE focus: We can all have a go 9. What animals would you see in Africa? Science focus: Find out about and describe the basic needs of animals, including humans, for survival (water, food, air). 10. Who are you? PSHE focus: The importance of being yourself 11. What patterns are used in African art? Art focus: 12. What are Adinkra printings? Art focus: 13. What are African masks? Art focus: draw them. Find out which animals are prey and which are predatory. What is a typical food chain? Why can t a giraffe live in England? Read Giraffe s Can t Dance by Giles Andreae Investigate animals that use camouflage. Why do they use camouflage? Read The Mixed Up Chameleon by Eric Carle Look at the patterns used on www.design-africa.com and let children make their own repeating designs. Ensure that they look at colour and shape Adrinkra printing prints designs onto fabric. Let children transfer their African patterns into printing on fabric. These can be coloured or black and white. Investigate African masks and design own mask
14. What are African masks? Art focus: Maths focus: Lines of symmetry within the patterns 15. Who is Martin Bulinya? Art focus: 16. Who is Martin Bulinya? Art focus: Children make their own masks Investigate the work of Martin Bulinya, especially the way he uses colour. Discuss how the pictures make you feel, what emotions do they bring out, etc. Ask children to recreate their own paintings in the style of Martin Bulinya.
17. Are you calling? Music focus: Experiment with, create, select and combine sounds using the inter-related dimensions of music. Repeat the first WOW activity. Using the drums, beat rhythms that the children repeat back to you. Let children compose their own rhythm for their partner to repeat. If time teachers free to add to the lessons above with their own ideas and different subjects if they wish. Suggested Story Books and Rhymes