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Activity: create your own Picture of Britain project
Activity A: Local Monuments
A landmark or monument is often the first thing a visitor to a new place might look for.
Each town has its own unique landmarks.
This activity asks the class to examine and describe a monument in your town.
JMW Turner
The Chancel and Crossing of Tintern Abbey, Looking Towards the East Window 1794
 View in Tate Collection
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- Get your class to make a list of as many local monuments as possible. Why are they important? What do they say about your area?
- Pick one of them and arrange for the class to visit that monument. Bring a digital camera and get your students to take photos of the monument. Try to get as many views and angles as possible to show lots of details.
- In class, have the students team up and give each team one of the digital photos to work with. Ask them to write a piece to accompany the photo, telling tourists about the site and explaining some of the details that can be seen in the photograph. Send your digital photos and the tourist pieces by email to your partner class, and arrange for them to send you the same.
- When you receive the work your partner class has sent, look at the photos first without reading the tourist information. What does the monument look like? Why do you think the class has chosen it? What do you think might be special about the monument, and what does your class think it stands for? Now read the tourist information that your partner class has written. Did you guess some of the details?
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Tip: Get your students to look up more about the history of their chosen monument on the Web. How is this monument advertised to visitors and tourists?
Curriculum areas: English, Geography, History
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