Unit 6: Making connections: Shadow puppets - Kapow International

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Unit 6: Making connections: Shadow puppets

Unit outcomes

Learners who are secure will be able to:

Create a Notan artwork balancing positive and negative spaces.
Invent a story and draw a storyboard.
Design shadow puppets for their story character with negative spaces to show detail.
Make shadow puppets.
Make a shadow theatre.
Perform a shadow puppet play of their story.

Suggested prior learning

Unit 5: Art and design skills

This assumes that you are following Kapow Cambridge’s Art & design Long-term plan – standard.

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Lessons

Lesson 1: Notan

To explore positive and negative spaces by creating a Notan artwork.

Lesson 2: Drawing a storyboard

To create a story for a shadow puppet play.

Lesson 3: Designing shadow puppets

To design shadow puppets using shapes and negative spaces.

Lesson 4: Making shadow puppets

To make a shadow puppet based on a story character.

Lesson 5: Performing a shadow puppet play

To make a theatre then perform a shadow puppet play.

Key skills

Experiencing:

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Key vocabulary

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Vocabulary display: Making connections S3 – Shadow puppets

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