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- To consider what elements make up a street
- To allow pupils to create a street and participate in considering
the needs of a community
- Links can be made with National Curriculum schemes of work:
Art: A sense of place (Unit 6C)
D&T: Homes (Unit 1D)
Geography: Around our school - the local area,
Improving the environment (Units 1, 6, 8, 12, 19, 21)
IT: Finding information (Unit 2c) -
(For resource CD Panorama of
Kingsland Road, Hackney email: mail@buildingexploratory.org.uk)
History: Homes, Living in the past (Unit 2, 18)
Science: Habitats (Unit 4B)
Citizenship: shared environments -
What makes a community?
- Extension tasks:
Art: Draw the structure
D&T: make small-scale models of the buildings
Geography & IT: children could investigate aspects
of a local street and assemble data e.g. types of buildings, materials, types of homes, number of shops, crossings,
bus stops, cars parked etc.
History: Identify evidence of where the use of buildings
has changed in a local street e.g. house into shop
Art & Literacy: children could draw or cut silhouettes and
make their own panorama of a street and write a story about it
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| Lesson Plan:
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1. Introduce the street
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A street comprises a number of different elements:
road, pavement, road markings, shops, houses, terraced houses,
flats, places of worship, offices, hospital, areas for recreation, street
furniture, people. Some are to organise the use of the space (cars,
street furniture e.g. bus stop & people), some are to serve the needs
of people (buildings, street furniture e.g. telephone box, bins)
Relate to a street pupils know near the school.
Identify how the different elements these reflect the needs of
a community which may change depending on the location of
the street.
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2. Visualise the street
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This can be realised as a chalk drawing in the playground or
on large paper indoors.
Draw the elements stage by stage (go to plan supplied).
Show children the different styles of buildings that can make
up a street- use as hand out or work from imagination.
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3. Extend the activity
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Consider different viewpoints of 3 dimensional structures, what
can be seen from different locations on a street.
Consider the smells and sounds of a street.
Consider the range of building materials used.
Consider the different roles of people using a street: shopkeeper, policeman, construction worker.
Consider the means of navigating a street: walking, cycling,
car, bus, scooter.
Make structures to place on the street map
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Recommendations:
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- Ensure the initial plan is large enough for children to work within.
- Take photographs of a street near school to support the activity.
- Use cardboard boxes as an alternative means of introducing buildings - these could be decorated with different architectural facades.
- If using paper rather than playground surface, tape down with masking tape before drawing.
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