Medieval Doom Paintings

Students examine the features, purpose and importance of medieval doom paintings before creating their own personal modern day version.

Lesson pack includes:
1 x A4 printable fact sheet (colour & black/white)
1 x A4 printable worksheet
1 x 18 slide PPT lesson

The fully resourced and teacher created PPT includes:

• Slide 1: Title slide
• Slide 2: Warm Up - Students analyse the proverb ‘A picture can paint a thousand words’.
• Slide 3: Think & Discuss Questions - linked to images in a medieval church.
• Slide 4: Starter - Students shown an illustration of the inside of a medieval church and are asked to identify the images they see. Answers included with additional facts.
• Slide 5: Background information about the importance of images in a medieval church.
• Slide 6: Background information about doom paintings
• Slide 7-10: Examples of medieval doom paintings
• Slide 11: An outline of the worksheet activities
• Slide 12: An outline and instructions for students to create their own doom painting.
• Slide 13: A printable framework for students to help them design their doom painting.
• Slide 14-15: Learning Review - An 8 question multiple choice quiz recapping facts from the lesson with answers.
• Slide 16: More from RA Resources.

All images used in this resource are in the public domain and are therefore copyright free. Images which require attribution have been attributed in the notes section of each slide where the image appears. Any images where AI technology has been used are labelled in the notes section and are property of RA Resources. Other than AI images, all other lesson content is teacher created. If you feel any errors have been made, please contact me at raschoolresources@gmail.com in the first instance to resolve any issues. My lessons are completed using PowerPoint and designed on widescreen formatting. Thank you.

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