The Activity
Design and make a functional box, the appearance of which is influenced by the symbols and images of Ancient Egypt.

Starting Points/Stimulus

• Internet: visit the on-line version of this project
• Library: use books to produce a mood board on Ancient Egypt
• CD-ROM: explore Ancient Lands
• Video: watch one of the many films or documentaries on Ancient Egypt
• British Museum: visit the Egyptian exhibition
• Existing Products: discuss/evaluate

Key Experiences

• Researching
  • accessing a variety of information sources
  • gathering information on the proposed contents of the box
• Designing
  • using existing designs in order to develop new designs
  • creating a mood board
  • using a design brief
  • developing a specification
  • using card templates to plan alternative layouts for the box
• Graphics
  • symmetry and repeated patterns
  • importance of correct use of colour to communicate a sense of Ancient Egypt
  • freehand 3D views
  • orthographic drawing
• Modelling
  • 2D (card) - planning the layout of the box
  • 3D (card) - size, shape, decoration
• Planning
  • plan stages in making
  • prepare cutting list
• Making
  • methods of constructing boxes
  • joining wood to wood
• Evaluating
  • evaluate exisiting boxes
  • developing evaluation criteria
  • terminal evaluation of task

Information Technology

• Using the Internet
• Art - Exploring symmetry and repeated patterns
• Wordprocessing - creating tables
• Spreadsheets - costing the project
• CAD - orthographic drawing
• CAD - final layout of the box
• Historical - paper as an information technology

Extension Activities

• Design and make an Ancient Egyptian cartouche
• Make a Tutankhamun mask

Curricular Links

• Art and Design - drawing, colour, patterns, symmetry
• Careers - how jobs disappear over time
• History - Ancient Egypt
• Maths - symmetry, measurement, shape, nets, costing

Resources Required

• Books on Ancient Egypt
• Examples of existing boxes
• A4 photocopied worksheets
• Pencils, rulers, coloured pencils, markers, poster paints
• Wood, adhesives and fixings suitable for the production of the box