In this KS2 workshop from Culture Street a Year 5 class create their own cut out animation films. Using this step-by-step guide you can do the same with your class. No specialist materials or equipment are used making it suitable for every school setting. Animation is a perfect launch pad for a creative, cross-curricular project. Any topic is suitable for animation: from seed germination, or the Romans in KS2 to Personal Well-being at KS3.

A step-by-step guide to making a clay coil pot in class led by artist, Mike Eden. No kiln required! A whiteboard friendly workshop with nine video clips and comprehensive hints and tips to allow you to replicate an artist led workshop in your class. Mike worked with a whole class from the North East. If you have access to a kiln you can fire your work otherwise photograph your pots and send the images to Culture Street.

This interactive is a perfect way for your pupils to understand how lino-printing works through the work of artist, Edward Bawden. Pupils can create their own virtual lino-print and then see their work on display. The task is to design a new poster for Kew Gardens using the same techniques as Bawden did in the 1930's. Ideal for use as part of Arts Award Discover, Explore or Bronze or as an after school club activity.

Lesson plan that uses the South African comic book depiction of the life of Nelson Mandela as a basis to explore six key phases of his life from boyhood in the Eastern Cape to Robben Island. Discussion questions and role play actives with downloadable resoucres

Pupils can analyse what is propaganda through the songs and posters of the First Word War in order to gain knowledge into key areas including why troop recruitment was necessary, the role of women and moral at home. A lesson plan inspired by the Northern Stage production of Joan Littlewood's OH WHAT A LOVELY WAR. New curriculum 2014 resource

Two views of the sea from two different cultures of landscape painting. Pupils will reinforce and refine analytical techniques and knowledge about two fine art processes. New curriculum 2014 resource

A lesson created to meet several of the 2014 NC objectives. Pupils will increase their understanding of ‘working scientifically’. They will learn about the role of conferences in science. They will understand the importance of the discovery of fossils and recent theories about the extinction of the dinosaurs. They will understand the significance of the work of Mary Anning. Includes short interviews with Professor Lionel Wilson, a world authority on terrestrial and extra-terrestrial vulcanology. They can also play a game called Dinosaster based around the extinction of the dinosaurs.

A fun online way for your pupils to explore creating natural sculptures in the style of Andy Goldsworthy and other land artists either in the woods or on the beach. The photographic style of the interactive will make them feel like they're there (almost!). This activity links to our whole class workshop on Sculpture with Found Materials delivered by Yorkshire Sculpture Park in partnership with Culture Street

These resources can be used as a starter or conclusion to a unit on the transatlantic slave trade or as part of a Year 7 introductory unit on the relevance of studying history. The short film A Statue For A Slaver presents a brief explanation of transatlantic slavery, the role of slave traders and plantation owners, the triangle of trade, conditions for slaves and dates of abolition. The lesson plan then leads to discussion of modern slavery.

A KS2 English lesson plan inspired by a painting and a newspaper article account of a terrible night of shipwrecks at Deal in 1870. Pupils will: - Learn the factors that influence the readability of a piece of text. - Create a piece of writing in the style of a local newspaper for a defined audience

Pupils can design and make bangles and brooches virtually, and see how the jewellery-making process works in front of their eyes. Upload to our gallery to display your pupils finished work! On Culture Street there are also short films about contemporary Jewellery designers..ideal for use as part of Arts Award Discover, Explore or Bronze.

Stop frame animation is a way of creating movement (and a film) from still objects e.g. paper cut out pictures or models. Use our interactive activity to support Culture Street whole class workshops on pixilation animation and cut out animation. This is one of the most popular activities on our site and when your group try it you will see why.

Pupils will use a variety of sources to develop a knowledge base about the Roman Cavalry at the time of Hadrian, including extracts from a handbook of army tactics specially translated for this resource and useful downloadable photos. They will evaluate similarities and differences between the experience of a cavalryman in the Roman Army and in the modern British Army. New curriculum 2014 resource

A lesson created to meet several of the 2014 NC objectives. The Cannon Souvenir at South Shields Museum is a holiday souvenir. The short film shows young people finding out about this object from a curator. The lesson activity builds on this learning. Children will know and be able to talk confidently about some changes within living memory.

Superactioncomicmaker is a way of creating a six frame virtual comic book online. Your pupils can have a go with our interactive and then send their comics to a friend and to the Culture Street gallery. This activity links to our features on Umlando Wezithombe, the South African comic book company, who were commissioned to draw the life of Nelson Mandela in comic book form.

Scientific enquiry Chillingham Park Cattle. A lesson created to meet several of the 2014 NC objectives. Pupils will increase their understanding of ‘working scientifically’. Focussing on a herd of cattle from Northumberland of major scientific significance that demonstrate how scientific enquiry works and leads your group to similar activity. Includes video made for lesson and download pdf.

KS2 English Writing and Composition workshop in which pupils create picture books aimed at a younger audience. This practical step by step workshop is led by artist and illustrator Jane Porter for Culture Street. To accompany this workshop there are three children's book author illustrators featured on Culture Street, Jane Ray, Sarah Dyer and Debi Gliori so that pupils can assess the effectiveness of their own and other writing.

Pupils will learn about common features of personal worship by employing higher order learning skills. These resources can be used as stand-alones in the context of units on Christianity or Buddhism, but probably can best be deployed together in an enquiry- style approach.

Contemporary craftsperson Gareth Neal explains the Anne Chair pieces in which computer added design and production allows him to hide one chair inside another. Pupils study and discuss the films about Neal’s use of traditional sources in his design.

A lesson created to meet several of the 2014 NC objectives. Engaging workshop in which pupils examine art and text to gain insights into the way medieval English History was redacted and used during the c19th. The huge painting of King Alfred in the Court of the Danes by Daniel Maclise is the focus of this lesson plan.