Research Stirling Castle using a range of texts a

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Interdisciplinary planning approach
Stirling Castle
LITERACY AND ENGLISH
Research Stirling Castle using a range of
texts
Second level
EXPRESSIVE ARTS
Art and Design
Create a Stirling Castle tapestry.
Drama
Take on different roles in a castle for a
sustained period of time.
Take notes using a variety of stimuli to
shape their knowledge and understanding
about an event.
.
Music
*Use music (Sound story) to tell the story of
The Battle of Stirling Bridge.
Write a diary entry in the role of a person
who lives in the castle using all of their prior
learning.
Listen to music from the time period and make
a comment on it.
Related experiences and outcomes LIT 204a and LIT 2-15a, LIT 2-14a, ENG 2-27a
TECHNOLOGIES
Animate drawings to tell a character’s story.
Build a castle to skill using 3D shapes.
This interdisciplinary approach shows some possible learning
opportunities which link to the experience and outcome codes
shown. These are ideas for starting points, though, and could be
amended with other links depending on your context. In this
example we have highlighted a lead curriculum area, however, to
suit needs and interests a different curriculum area could easily be
used.
LEAD CURRICULUM AREA - SOCIAL STUDIES
Related experiences and outcomes TCH 204b, TCH 2-14a
RELIGIOUS AND MORAL EDUCATION
*Consider the similarities and differences
between Christian beliefs.
Study the influence of religion on the
shaping of Scotland.
Related experiences and outcomes RME 203a, RME 2-01c
*Investigate the theme of Stirling Castle as a stimulus to discover
how past events and people have shaped Scotland’s society.
Related experiences and outcomes EXA 204a, EXA 2-12a, EXA 2-18a
HEALTH AND WELLBEING ACROSS THE
CURRICULUM
Develop empathy for the characters in their
writing and research.
Consider the rights, responsibilities and
inequalities of the past and present.
Create a timeline for Stirling Castle from its earliest to present day.
Compare a variety of castle jobs to their own life.
Explore why castles around Scotland were built where they are.
Study maps to locate Stirling and where it is in comparison to where
they are.
Related experiences and outcomes SOC 2-02a, SOC 2-03a, SOC 204a, SOC 2-13a, SOC 2-14a
Related experiences and outcomes HWB 205a, HWB 2-09a
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