Year Level: 4 Subject: Art Lesson 3 Key concept: Wanted Date: 8/2/2017

Poster
Lesson title: Making a convict wanted poster. Curriculum:
Art: Use materials, techniques and processes to explore visual
Duration of lesson: 50min conventions when making artworks.
Practising a variety of techniques and use various technologies to find
different ways of interpreting a theme and/or subject matter, for
example, making a simple animation or storybook.
History - Stories of the First Fleet, including reasons for the journey, who
travelled to Australia, and their experiences following
arrival (ACHASSK085)

Considerations for diversity (extension/alteration):

Individual work.
Students will create a wanted poster from the convict days.
Students who finish early will have their work checked by Mr
Brown or Mrs Chant. If the poster does not contain enough detail, it
will be returned.
(Purpose and learning outcomes)
Aim of the lesson: Students will create a Wanted Poster from Australian Convict days.

Resources: Paper for students, colouring in pencils.

- Copy of a picture of the students face.
- Teacher - PowerPoint

Behaviour:
Class expectations: a) put your hand up to talk.
b) Only chatter will be permitted when you are conducting the investigations you are given.
c) The Predict, Observe and Explain, sheets given will completed for collection at the end of the lesson so I can see how you
are going with the lesson.
d) If you have any questions put your hand up, no yelling out and I will get to you when I can.
E) Any material or worksheets given out or collected are not to be played with or touched until I have a chance to explain
what you will be doing with them.

Introduction: (5min)
Introduce myself and set the expectations regarding behaviour as above.
Start the PowerPoint Introduction.
Introduce todays lesson.
Students will be creating a wanted poster, starting with a blank piece of paper. (Examples will be on the board for the
students to follow if needed, for ideas).
I will not accept a silly drawing of their face, they have to make a genuine effort with their face. Make them as real as possible
from the pictures supplied.

Body: (35min)
Teacher to students Questions Why do you think they had wanted posters in the convict days in Australia, or overseas
during the Gold Rush. Answer on the bottom of the slide, Think Pair Share discuss this with elbow buddy.
Are wanted posters still used today? Table discussion Yes by Interpol, FBI and third world countries where ICT resources are
limited. They are used as a way of alerting the public and other agencies such as the Police, Interpol, FBI, Australian ASIO, of a
dangerous person who are wanted.
What would you put in a wanted poster? Students will work with their table groups to make a list of information that would
be contained on a wanted poster. Move to slide 3 on PowerPoint wanted posters information they can put on their wanted
poster.
Move to the next slide here are some ideas to start with - Hand out blank pieces of paper students to commence their
 wanted poster.

Conclusion: (10mins)
Collect students work to assess where they are up to, for the next lesson
Recap the lesson with the students regarding wanted posters and why they would have been used.
Discuss with students why is it important to make an authentic wanted poster.
Clean up.

Assessment:
Formative assessment I will check the information so far contained on the wanted poster, make notes of the information they have
left out or any identified issues with the posters. I will report the feedback to the class at the beginning of the next lesson.

Feedback:
Verbal feedback at the beginning of the next lesson based on information on their wanted posters.

Follow up lesson:
Assess where the students work and advise what they will do during the next lesson.
Continuing on their wanted posters of designing another poster if the first was not appropriate.

Reflective comments and future alterations: