Pro forma Scheme Plan

Title of Scheme: Art history

manuscripts form early Christian
Ireland
No. of Lessons: singles
3
Total Time: : 1 hours 40
minutes
Group: 23
No. of Pupils: 2
nd
years
Aims:
To help pupils to:
Develop an understanding of art craft and design and its place in Irish history
Understand an appreciation the quality of work and craftsmanship n the production of
early Christian manuscripts
Understand the society in which these manuscripts were made and why they were so
important to society.
Identify keys manuscripts and particular pages from these manuscripts.
Appreciate the manuscripts of early christen period of Ireland.
Develop the relevant vocabulary to describe the elements in the manuscripts they are
exploring.

Overall Learning Outcomes for the Scheme:
On completion pupils should be able to:
Discuss where the manuscripts were made, the materials used and who produced the
manuscripts.
Be able to identify key manuscripts and be able to discuss and draw these images
Students will use relevant vocabulary when discussing the manuscripts.


Investigating/Exploring/Creating (include illustrations, especially your own work):

Investigate
Students will investigate manuscript inscription lettering and the monks who made them.
They will investigate the materials used vellum (calf skin) for pages, the leather to bind
manuscript covers, and the techniques and the process of how the monks extracted coulour
to create these decorative pages, pigments come from various sources animals, plants and
natural minerals the power pigment is then mixed with a binding agent which can range from
eggs, blood, gum, sap, honey to ear wax.
Explore
Students will explore 2 key manuscripts from the books of Kells and the book of Durrow
Book of Kells - Chi Rho page The Arrest of Jesus
Book of Durrow Carpet pages





Understanding/Evaluating






Art history and critical studies

Chi Rho page of the Book of Kells

This page is a fine example of illumination it is still as clear today as it was 1200 years ago.
Magnificent sweeping design, surrounded by minute detail. Abstract patterns and tiny
humans figures. Look closely and you will see intricacies so delicate and suttle, so extract
and compact.

Arrest of Christ Book of Kells


Famous page depicted the arrest of Jesus two figures grab Christ, at the top of the arch two
fierce monsters snarled, and with tongues intertwined suggesting the violence of the occasion.
Jesus is calm and solemn arm outstretched and surrender. As with other paintings in the book
the scene is stylized with no attempts of realistic human depictions.









The Carpet Page from the Book of Kells Carpet Page From The Book Of Durrow
Hiberno-Saxon Manuscript ca. 800CE




Image left students will explore Geometry desgin Decoration and motifs . Image right Book
of Durrow .This page is a masterpiece in design and top and bottom our two panels of
animals painted in red yellow and green ainted on a black background. On either side of the
rounded panel our 3 dog like creatures with entwined feet and each biting each others back.


ICT: PowerPoint Laptop printer projector, utube and internet


Key words/phrases: Vellum(calf skin), manuscripts, scripted, carpets page, book of Kells, Chi Rho page
The Arrest of Jesus book of Durrow, colour and pigment.
Teaching/Learning Strategies:

Introduce students to manuscripts by showing them imagery and having a discussion in class about the
manuscripts.
Distribute visual aid and imagery to help students to get some understanding of the amount of time and
work it took to create these manuscripts.
Class discussion on the pages from the manuscripts
Pupils will work in small groups exploring the manuscripts and filling in worksheets on what they can
identity.
Distribute visual aid and show slideshow so students can identify and describe some key pages from the
books.
Show utube clip of the book of Kells and ask students fill in questionnaire based on what they see.

Conclude the scheme by displaying illustrations from the book of Kells and the book of Durrow and
posing questions to the students


Materials: Paper, pen visual aids, worksheets and questionnaires.
Safety Precaution:
Students must follow art cleaning rules and must return material to storage
No running in classroom
Students must follow guidelines


Differentiation: Adjust scheme to suit individual students learning abilities. Visual aids will be use to
reinforce all students learning throughout this scheme. Key words list to assist students with
learning difficulties.



Timeline/Sequence of Lessons:
Week 1 Introduce students to manuscripts their function and how they were made look at the Book Of Durrow
and the Book of Kells. Show slide side and discuss and pose questions to the students
Week 2 Explore pages from manuscripts Chi Rho, The Arrest of Christ Carpet page and also Carpet page from
the book of Durrow. Show YouTube clip and students will fill in questionnaire.
Week 3 Students will discuss key manuscripts they have identified students will complete a worksheet. Conclude
scheme by displaying key manuscript pages

Assessment Rubric: Year Group 2
nd
years