A worksheet ready to print to give students as they visit the exhibition. The worksheet has a focus on the gallery questions asked in the Leaving Cert but also a focus on helping students engage with the work.
View full descriptionStrand: History & Appreciation
Strand unit: General Appreciation
Suggestions for use: Print for students before viewing the Coming Home: Art and The Great Hunger Exhinition. Sections can be finished for homework after the exhibition and a leaving cert gallery question is attached.
A worksheet looking at Margaret Allen's 'Bad News in Troubled Times' and Pádraic Reaney's 'Departure'. The worksheet analyses the story being told and how the artist evokes a certain mood.
View full descriptionStrand: History & Appreciation
Strand unit: Art in Ireland
Suggestions for use: This 9 page worksheet is easy to follow for junior cycle students as well as senior cycle. Perfect for an instruction to critiquing and comparing artworks.
A worksheet based on the painting 'Black 47' by Micheal Farrell.
View full descriptionStrand: History & Appreciation
Strand unit: Art in Ireland
Suggestions for use: Use in conjunction with a powerpoint on Farrells work and other work from Coming Home: Art and The Great Hunger. Or use after visting the exhibition. Suitable for junior cycle students also.
This worksheet comprises of a written and drawing activity and requires the students to reflect on their work. Firstly students must write a postcard as if in one of the landscapes and the second part is to sketch landscapes close to their heart.
View full descriptionStrand: 01. Art
Strand unit: 02. Respond to Artwork
Suggestions for use: A fun way of getting 1st or 2nd years to interact with landscape paintings. Could be used while visiting this exhibition or from looking at the paintings online.
Key Skills: Being Creative Communicating Managing Information and Thinking Literacy
A lesson/ project plan for a ceramic project and drawing project based on Rowan Gillespie's 'The Victim' sculpture.
View full descriptionStrand: Art
Suggestions for use: After viewing Gillespie's work in the exhibition or seeing it online use this project plan to get started on a meaningful 6 week ceramic project. Suitable for junior cycle and senior cycle alike.
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