Faculty of Arts & Sport
Year 9
Independent
Learning Challenge
‘Bronze Arts
Award (1)’
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What is the Bronze Arts Award?
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The Arts Award is a qualification
which is available in three
levels, they are:
- Bronze
- Silver
- Gold
In year 9 you will be working
towards gaining your Bronze
Arts Award Qualification.
The video on the left will
introduce the Arts Award to you
Please allow a minute for the video to download – this is a large file!
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What is the Bronze Arts Award?
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You can find more information
about the arts Award from their
website by clicking on the link
below:
http://www.artsaward.org.uk
You will each be given a unique
user name and password which
will allow you to log in and
access more areas of this web
site.
The trained Arts Award Advisers
in School are Mr Moore, Mr
Verrey and Mrs Teasdale.
Log
in
here
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What is the Bronze Arts Award?
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The Bronze Art Award is divided up into 4 sections, these are:
PART A: Arts Participation.
You will need to spend 40 hours taking part in any art activities of your choice. Your
Art, Music, Drama & Dance lessons can count towards this along side with any
lunchtime / after school clubs which you may attend.
PART B: Be the Audience.
You will need to view a live arts event and review it. This could be a musical, play,
live band, concert or exhibition at an art gallery.
PART C: Arts Heroes and Heroines.
You will need to research your favourite actor, director , producer or playwright.
PART D: Arts Apprenticeship.
You will need to pass on some of your arts skills to another student so that they can
learn another skill.
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‘My Bronze Arts Award’
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This ILC will
concentrate on Part C:
Drama Heroes and
Heroines.
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‘My Bronze Arts Award’
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Tasks
There are
3 parts to this ILC, this work will count towards your Bronze Arts
Award.
Part 1 is about exploring the Arts Award, Part 2 requires you to research your favourite
drama hero or heroine and part 3 will require you to make a presentation folder to hold
the work from this project.
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‘My Bronze Arts Award’
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Part 1: Arts Award Mind Map
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‘My Bronze Arts Award’
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Task 1: Complete an A4 size neat version of
the mind map which you started in lesson with
your teacher. Present this in a creative way!
There are some examples below of how you
could present this.
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‘My Bronze Arts Award’
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Take part in your Art /
Drama/ Music lesson in
school each week
Take part in your Dance
(through PE) lesson in
school each week
PART A: Arts Participation.
Take part in Arts Clubs in
or outside of school
PART D: Arts
Apprenticeship.
ARTS AWARD
PART B: Be the Audience.
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Teach an Arts skill to a
friend.
Go and watch a show, live performance,
band, concert, musical or visit a gallery!
PART C: Drama Heroes and
Heroines.
Learn about your favourite actor, director, producer or
playwright.
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‘My Bronze Arts Award’
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Part 2: My Drama Hero or Heroine
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Part 2: My Drama Hero or Heroine
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Task:
Choose your Drama Hero or Heroine, this person could be an actor; a film producer or
director; a theatre director or producer; or a playwright. There are some examples
below…
Tim Burton
-Film Maker-
Alan
Bennett
Carol
Churchill
-Playwright-
-Playwright-
Steven
Spielberg
-Film director-
Johnny
Depp
-Actor-
Keira
Knightley
Phyllida
Lloyd
-Actor-
-Theatre
Director-
- This person needs to be an individual, you can not choose a TV program or a film! -
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Part 2: My Drama Hero or Heroine
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You now need to research your chosen Drama Hero or Heroine. You can use all sorts of ways to find out
information about them. You could use the Internet, go to the library, go to an arts event etc. Produce and
decorate a page of research for each of the following headings: SLIDES 14 & 15 SHOW A FINISHED
EXAMPLE OF THIS.
1. Front Cover
Design a front cover which is full of pictures / images which relate to
your chosen drama hero or heroine. Add the titles ‘ Arts Award
Bronze Level,’ ‘Part C: Heroes and Heroines,’ and your name.
2. Contents Page
Leave this page until the end, then list all of the different sections in
your project with their page numbers.
3. Fact sheet
Make a fact sheet including a picture and the name of your chosen
Hero or Heroine.
4. School Life
Research and present information about what subjects they studied
at School. What ‘Arts’ did they like to study at School?
5. After school Life
Research and present information about what training they did after
leaving School. Did they go onto College or do something else?
6. Their ‘Big Break’
When do you think they became famous or ‘made it’ in the ‘Arts’?
How old were they? How did they feel about it?
Tasks continue on next slide…
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Part 2: My Drama Hero or Heroine
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You now need to research your chosen Drama Hero or Heroine. You can use all sorts of ways
to find out information about them. You could use the Internet, go to the library, go to an arts
event etc. Produce and decorate a page of research for each of the following headings:
7. What do they do? Write about what type of drama work your Hero or Heroine makes.
How do they produce this?
8. Why is their Art
work special?
Explain what makes their type of drama work special to you. How do
you connect with this form of drama?
9. Change and
development
Write about how you think their work has changed over time.
10.What I like about
my Hero / Heroine
Give your opinion, what is it that you like about them and their work?
11. Bibliography
Write a list of the books, magazines and websites you have used to
research your Hero or Heroine.
12. Self Evaluation
Print of the next slide and fill in each section evaluating what you
have learnt from your research.
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‘My Bronze Arts Award’
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My Drama Hero Presentation
Example
– Artist ‘Andy Goldsworthy’
The following slides show an example of how the
12 tasks relating to your chosen Drama Hero or
Heroine can be presented.
Remember that you have to work onto A4 sized
sheets and present your tasks in a creative way!
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‘My Bronze Arts Award’
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‘My Bronze Arts Award’
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Part 3: My Presentation Folder
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Part 3: Presentation folder
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Task 3:
For your third and final task, you need to
decorate the front and back covers of a ring
binder folder.
Include your name and the title ‘ BRONZE
ARTS AWARD’ somewhere on the front
cover.
There are examples of decorated folders
on this and the next slide.
Place tasks 1 and 2 inside your folder.
This folder will also be used to hold class
work and your music ILC which will be set
in the Spring term.
i. Part 3: Presentation folder examples
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BRONZE ARTS AWARD
NAME
BRONZE ARTS
AWARD
NAME HERE
Examples of decorated Front and Back covers of a ring binder folder.
i. Part 3: Presentation folder examples
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BRONZE ARTS AWARD
Examples of decorated Front and Back covers of a ring binder folder.
CHECK LIST….
Before handing in your project, please check
that you have completed the following:
Task 1:
Task 2:
Task 3:
- Created a well presented Mind Map about
the Arts Award.
- Chosen your Drama Hero or Heroine and
completed all 12 tasks including printing
out and filling in the self evaluation page.
(Slide 13)
- Decorated a ring binder folder and placed
your work from tasks 1 and 2 into it.
Once finished, you will
need to hand in your
project folder to your
Drama teacher at
break time on Friday
28th February 2014
Congratulations on completing
your Drama ILC!
Write the following into your planner:
To access the PowerPoint, follow these steps:
- Google Waseley Hills and click onto link to school
website.
- Log in using E-portal user name and password
(top left hand corner of the web site)
- Click on Department Resources
- Click on ‘Art’ logo
- Click on ‘Year 9’
- Click on ‘Year 9 Autumn ILC’ link Spring term.
Hand your completed ring binder folder into to
your drama teacher during break time on Friday
28th February 2014