Design Technology - Traditional Tales (Key Stage 1)

Traditional Tales is a Design Technology unit of work aimed primarily at children aged 5-7.
Design Brief: Design and make a book page about a traditional tale that includes a simple mechanism.
The package provides the medium-term plan, six lessons (each lesson has a MS Powerpoint presentation). Any additional resources are provided as PDFs or as Powerpoint Presentations. This unit of work fulfils the National Curriculum (England) Design Technology requirements for this age group in the following strands of learning:
• Materials
• Mechanical Systems (Sliders, Levers, Pop-Ups)

In this unit of work children design and make a page for a class book. The book page must have a movable element. Children are introduced to a range of mechanical systems such as sliders, levers, and pop-ups and how they can be used to create movement in book pages. Children apply this knowledge of different mechanisms when designing and making their book page which is based on a traditional tale.

This knowledge, skills and understanding is delivered through the following six sessions:

1. IDEA Task 1 – Investigating Mechanical Books & Focused Practical Task 1 – Tortoise Trek (Movement using a slider mechanism)
2. Focused Practical Task 2 – Puppet Show (Movement using a slider mechanism)
3. Focused Practical Task 3 – Rocket Race (Rotational Movement)
4. IDEA Task 2 – Movement Around the School & Focused Practical Task 4 – Pop Up Village (Pop Up Mechanism)
5. Design & make a book page
6. Evaluation Session