1. Design and Technology
1.1. Lesson idea: Design a stronger door to repair it from the siege of Lincoln. Look at how the cathedral was damaged and repaired. Make it using manipulating cardboard.
1.1.1. Links include Geography looking at how and where the castle was attacked, Art for planning using sketches. History and RE for doors in churches and what other doors in cathedrals and places of worship look like.
1.1.2. This activity follows the National Curriculum KS2: "Use a wider range of tools and equipment to perform practical tasks [for example, cutting, shaping, joining and finishing], accurately" (DfE, 2013).
1.2. Lesson Idea: Create a three dimensional construction of the tower by slotting together corrugated card. To rebuild damage done to the bell tower of the cathedral caused by the siege. Look at construction and at jointing techniques.
1.2.1. Links include Art and deisgn for the plan, history of the tower and damage done by 1644 siege.
1.2.2. This activity follows the National Curriculum KS2: "Use a wider range of tools and equipment to perform practical tasks [for example, cutting, shaping, joining and finishing], accurately" (DfE, 2013).
2. Geography
2.1. Lesson Idea: Make a map of the route, where did they hit first and explore why did they want to take Lincoln. Focus in on the cathedral and impact 1644 had on it.
2.1.1. Links include Art if showing key land marks through drawings. Computing if creating a digital map.
2.1.2. This activity follows the National Curriculum KS2: "Use maps, digital/computer mapping" (DfE, 2013).
2.2. Lesson idea: You could look into how Lincoln and the cathedral have changed since 1644 using mapping soft wear to look at change.
2.2.1. Links include Art and Design and draw it. look at computing software to see the landscape. Design and Technology create a model of the land. Religious education- how the cathedral has changed.
2.2.2. This activity follows the National Curriculum KS2: "use fieldwork to observe, and use a range of methods, including sketch maps and and digital technologies" (DfE, 2013).
3. Music
3.1. Lesson idea: Recreate the sound of the horses and soldiers on foot running and attacking the cathedral and castle. Be inspired by Art of sieges. Use percussion instruments.
3.1.1. Links include History, art and design
3.1.2. This activity follows the National Curriculum KS2: "improvise and compose music for a range of purposes using the inter-related dimensions of music"(DfE, 2013).
3.2. Lesson idea: Explore music of the cathedral, sounds of worship songs. Look at the history of hymns.
3.2.1. Links include RE, geography looking at where music came from, possible links to modern languages if music isn’t English.
3.2.2. This activity follows the National Curriculum KS2: "Develop an understanding of the history of music" and "appreciate and understand a wide range of music" (DfE, 2013).
4. Art and Design
4.1. Lesson idea: Design your own a stain glass window, based on your experiences or by interpreting artists work. Explore artists or architects that produce work around stained glass windows. Zoom into damage caused by siege of Lincoln.
4.1.1. Strong links to RE looking at the religious meaning of the stain glass windows. And looking at the history of stain glass windows around the world, Geography.
4.1.2. This activity follows the National Curriculum KS2: "pupils should be taught about great artists, architects and designers in history"(DfE, 2013). and "to create sketch books to record their observations" (DfE, 2013). Also they will learn to "improve their mastery in techniques, including drawing, painting."
4.2. Lesson idea: Focus on the main door to the cathedral, use observation to draw with the medium charcoal and pencil as well as chalk to create dimension. Look at the designer of the cathedral. Look into the damage done in 1644, its your job to design a new door and draw it!
4.2.1. Links include RE looking at the cathedral and history looking at damage done during the siege of Lincoln.
4.2.2. This activity follows the National Curriculum KS2: "Use experimentation with charcoal and pencil tones and depth as well as using chalk" and research "great artists, architects and designers in history" (DfE, 2013).
4.3. Lesson idea: Create a painting of the cathedral zooming into its biggest damage caused by the siege of Lincoln. What music plays during services even during the practical time play it quietly in the back ground and talk about it at the end.
4.3.1. Links include History looking at the changes over time and damage during siege, religious education looking at the cathedral as a place of worship and music listened to during the lesson.
4.3.2. This activity follows the National Curriculum KS2: "to create sketch books to record their observations"(DfE, 2013). Also they will learn to "improve their mastery in techniques, painting and sketching"(DfE, 2013).
5. History
5.1. Lesson idea: Look into what happened during the siege 1644 and make a time line looking into Lincoln cathedral, pupils may also small drawings to accompany writing.
5.1.1. Links include Art with drawing on timeline, looking at the history of the area and learning about geography, religious education seeing that was happening to the cathedral during the time.
5.1.2. This activity follows the National Curriculum KS2: "Pupils should continue to develop a chronologically secure knowledge"(DfE, 2013).
5.2. Lesson idea: Explore the impact of the siege on Lincoln and the cathedral as well as surrounding area and what life was like for the people of lincoln.
5.2.1. Links include geography looking at surrounding land and its use, as well as, religious education.
5.2.2. This activity follows the National Curriculum KS2: "They should note connections, contrasts and trends over time"(DfE, 2013).
5.3. Lesson idea: Have the teacher dress up as a Oliver Cromwell or a defender of Lincoln or even a cathedral worker. The children can create questions for them about the event and place ect.
5.3.1. Links include: Drama and geography.
5.3.2. This activity follows the National Curriculum KS2:"They should regularly devise historically valid questions about change, cause, similarity and difference, and significance." (DfE, 2013).