EXPRESSIVE ARTS
Interdisciplinary planning approach
Art
Make a model lighthouse from a visual stimulus.
The Bellrock Lighthouse
Music
Create a music soundscape sequence of a
lighthouse disaster using a variety of musical
instruments and voice. Learners might then
notate the soundscape.
Second level
Drama
Create a dramatic performance using still pictures,
mime, and conscious alley to describe a
lighthouse disaster.
Related experiences and outcomes EXA 2-04a,
EXA 2-12a, EXA 2-17a/ 2-18a
SOCIAL STUDIES
ENGLISH AND LITERACY
Talking and Listening
Create a presentation about a Scottish
lighthouse in their geographical area.
Reading
Use a variety of texts to find information, and
use it for different purposes. These texts
could be primary and secondary sources
about a disaster.
Writing
Write a newspaper report about a lighthouse
disaster in their local area.
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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.
Related experiences and outcomes LIT 2-09
LIT 2-14a, 2-15a, LIT 2-28a
TECHNOLOGIES
LEAD CURRICULUM AREA - SCIENCE
Consider the history of technologies
involved with lighthouses and compare to
today.
Consider the effect this Scottish disaster had on
the people and landscape.
Make an electrical circuit to light a lighthouse. SSERC
Consider the difficulties and solutions during power cuts/ the dangers of
water with reference to lighthouses.
Research the impact of renewable energy
and sustainability e.g. wave energy.
Investigate the ways lighthouses were powered
(e.g. by candles before electricity was used) and
compare with today.
Study the Bellrock Light house and consider the Scottish designer
(Robert Stevenson) and his impact on society.
Related experiences and outcomes TCH 201a TCH 2-02a
Use primary and secondary sources to research a
Scottish lighthouse disaster.
Explore where lighthouses are in Scotland and
why they are placed where they are. Then plot
them on a map of Scotland.
Related experiences and outcomes SOC 2-01a,
SOC 2-02a, SOC 2-04a, SOC 2-08a, SOC 2-14a
Explore ‘wave energy’ and ‘wind energy’ in Scotland as a renewable
energy source for powering a lighthouse.
Related experiences and outcomes SCN 2-04a, SCN 2-09a, SCN 210a, SCN 2-20a