Part One What is a coin Come

Part One

What is a coin? Come up with your own definition as a class and write it here

Here are some of the designs you can find on the reverse of our coins

The United Kingdom There are 62. 3 million people living in the UK They come from many different cultures and religions and each person has a different identity 5. 2 m 1. 8 m 3 m How do we represent them all on our coins? 52. 3 m

Match the coins with the country you think they represent England Scotland Wales Northern Ireland Click to sort

Four Cities £ 1 Coin Series What advantages and disadvantages are there to representing the United Kingdom in this way? Advantages Disadvantages

The Queen has had four portraits during her reign Click to change Mary Gillick By. Ian Rank-Broadley Arnold Machin By By Raphael Maklouf

Did you solve the puzzle? Matt Dent, a young graphic designer, came up with the idea for the new coin reverses When asked about his design he said the piecing together of the elements of the Royal Arms to form one design had a satisfying symbolism – that of unity, four countries of Britain under a single monarch’ Click to add coins

Royal Coat of Arms of the Prince of Wales is not represented on this shield, but on the Coat of Arms of the Prince of Wales instead

Part Two

Last time we looked at the 2008 coin design by Matt Dent, known as the Shield or Broken Shield design Click to add coins

Collage: Pablo Picasso was a great painter but he was also one of the first artists to use collage Picasso used collage and paint at the same time to create his artwork Pablo Picasso, 1962 Picasso at the Tate Picasso at the Guggenheim

David Mach is a modern artist and sculptor, he also works with collage Photo Collage Postcard Collage Mach uses collage in different ways, click on one of the pictures to see

Click to change In these collages he uses photographs to create scenes You could use magazines

What similarities and differences can you find between the collages of David Mach and Pablo Picasso? Similarities Differences

Mach uses all the space available and builds background as well as foreground into his pictures. You can fit a lot of detail into a circle! Britannia, by David Mach

Now you will use what you have learnt about coins and collage…

Community Identity School Task: to make a 3 D collage in the shape of a coin that represents my…

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