How to use these lesson resources
The programme is aimed at students in key stages 3 - 5 in England, Wales, Northern Ireland or in S1 - S4 in Scotland, with a flexible suite of resources and content, all adaptable to deliver according to age group and to work with existing timetables. You can simply show a ten-minute video at the start of a curriculum lesson, relating a job to the subject – or you can set aside a whole morning or afternoon and do an in-depth activity based on a workplace tour. And, of course, you can do anything in-between.
Lesson resources for screen
- Welcome by Jay Blades (five minutes) - use this video with eco-designer and TV presenter to inspire your students with his story of his work with upcycling pieces of furniture.
- Sector overview (three minutes) – celebrate the craft industries with this overview of the sub-sector
- Workplace tour (five minutes) – go on a tour of business incubator and craft studio, Cockpit Arts. This is a plan for a lesson that can last for a double period of a whole morning or afternoon. Students consider what materials could be recycled, upcycled or downcycled to create a craft item for their customers.
- Where I work (approximately ten minutes each) – five craftspeople ranging from glass artist to master saddler, talk about their roles. You can use these at the start of a curriculum lesson. On each Where I work page, we show which subjects are referred to in the film and we suggest three or four ice-breaker questions to get the students thinking about careers. Use our At-a-glance-guide to Where I work films to select the appropriate films for your curriculum subject.