1. Creative and Media: Level 2 Higher Diploma Unit 3: Artefact
Level 2 Higher Diploma Creative and MediaUnit 1: Scene
3.1.1 Go back in time!
Student Book
pp 78–81
On page 81 of the Student Book you will find some information about the Industrial
Revolution – a time that saw big changes in the way products were made and how people
lived.
Today you are going to consider what the processes of producing artefacts may have been
like before machines were invented. Your teacher will give you an everyday household
object. Look at it carefully and answer the questions below.
What materials do you think I think this object is made out of paper
this object is made from?
Do you think this object I think this object is made by hand and machinery.
was created by hand or by a
machine?
Now imagine you are designing an object to do the same job that this item does (e.g.
scissors = to cut paper) but without machinery to help you make it.
What materials would you make Newspapers, wires and glue
your object out of?
Would it look different from the Yes because its made from different materials.
object you have in front of you?
Would it operate differently? No because they’re both used manually.
How would you make this object I would make this object by hand using materials
without using machines? and equipment such as recycled paper, scissors,
glue and wire.
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2. Unit 1: Scene Creative and Media: Level 2 Higher Diploma
Unit 1: Scene
Draw a picture of what your handcrafted object might look like below:
Diploma Level 2 Information Technology
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