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Art and Design Teaching Material for KS4

At KS4 students will of course be taking their GCSE in Art and Design, so any teaching materials you use in your lesson planning need to have been developed with this in mind. In most cases, the resources on this page will have something to help you, even if it is just as a lesson starter activity or extension resource to your usual materials. They give students the opportunity to make the necessary links to contemporary and historical artists, as well as experiencing a range of craft and design processes and exploring medium, method and materials. Whether you are looking for resources for applied, fine art or photography, the resources here can help you.

Art, Craft and Design Activities

So how do you help your students with developing their ideas, experimenting with different mediums and techniques and recording their ideas? Sketchbooks, journals and their portfolios all help with tracking progress, as do design sheets and digital resources. Then when it comes to art history and finding out about social and historical contexts, you can use some of the museum or gallery resources to enrich learning through the use of video clips, interactive online activities and other free art lesson resources to give you new teaching ideas. These secondary resources will be relevant to the national curriculum and to GCSE specifications, complete with clear learning objectives and outcomes.

 

11 Key Free Teaching Resources

Arty Factory

Use Arty Factory To Develop Drawing Skills And Techniques

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Engage

Art and Design resources in your area

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Antony Gormley

Web-Based Materials To Support Teaching Art and Design Through The Work Of Antony Gormley

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Curriculum Bits for Art & Design

Online library of interactive resources and videos for ages 11 - 18.

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National Portrait Gallery

Using The National Portrait Gallery Digital Resources To Teach History

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Saatchi Gallery

Teaching resources to download about art

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Artsmark

Developing Art And Design Through Artsmark

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Google SketchUp

Online ICT Teaching Resource for Students from Google SketchUp

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Artscape

Directory of art teaching resources

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National Gallery

Planning A Visit To The National Gallery

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Tate

Teaching art at key stages 3 and 4

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