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Madame Tussauds The Arts Resource Pack-(Kinder to Year 2)

Resource aligned to NSW K-12 Syllabus and The Australian CurriculumThe images shown depict wax figures created and owned by Madame Tussauds

Foundation to Year 2

The Madame Tussauds Sydney Arts Resource, has been developed by practicing teachers. It is designed to provide visiting school groups with an interactive program that supports learning pre, post and during your visit.

Teacher sheets:. Sheet One - Introduction

. Sheet Two - A guide to the resources

. Sheet Three - A history of Madame Tussauds

. Sheet Four - Making figures in wax

Learning program:. Sheet Five - What is Sculpture & 3D sketching

. Sheet Six - Creating a sculpture - Additional idea

Student Resources:. Resource One - What is sculpture?

. Resource Two - 3D sketching

. Resource Three - Creating a sculpture

. Resource Four - Colour in sculpture

All student resources align with the incoming Australian Curriculum: The Arts. The strand of Visual Arts is particularly focussed upon.

Studio Secrets Mission:

A fun and engaging exercise for students to complete on the day of the visit.

Photography

All photography featured in this pack is © Merlin Entertainments Group and is not for commercial or publicity use.

Where Learning comes to life

Contents of this resource pack:

Visit the Madame Tussauds website at: http://www.madametussauds.com/sydney/schools Booking number: 02 - 8251 7801Madame Tussauds, Aquarium Pier, next to Sydney Aquarium Darling Harbour, Sydney, NSW 2000

The images shown depict wax figures created and owned by Madame Tussauds

Ned Kelly(unmasked)

Cathy Freeman

IntroductionThe Madame Tussauds Sydney resource, has been created for Foundation to Year 2 learning programs taught within The Arts Curriculum: Visual Arts.

It has been written in close consultation with practising teachers and in collaboration with Madame Tussauds Sydney. It offers learning tasks that are both aligned to the new Australian Curriculum subject: The Arts: Visual Arts, whilst also complimenting the outgoing NSW Syllabus Visual Arts strand also.

This resource also supports cross-curricular priorities and general capabilities such as Literacy, Information and Communciation Technology Capability, Numeracy and Intercultural Understanding.

This pack provides a complete Visual Arts programs, comprising of 5 core lessons, designed in a pre, during and post visit sequence. An introduction to waxwork figures, how they are devised and constructed and advice for planning your visit to Madame Tussauds Sydney is also included for background planning and research.

The Arts - Foundation to Year 2 (Kinder to Year 2)

Madame Tussauds SydneyMadame Tussauds Sydney is themed around iconic and culturally significant people, both past and present. We offer interactive learning opportunities, which will both engage students and also align with the new Australian Curriuclum learning objectives. Specifically, the strand of Visual Arts is looked at; including the areas of Sculpture, Materials and processes, 3D Modelling, Self-portraits and Art Appreciation.

The figures at Madame Tussauds Sydney offer

school visitors exciting

opportunities to approach art and design

areas from different perspectives and disciplines, enabling learners to

get up close and personal with historical and prominent figures, both from Australia and

across the world.

Using the ResourceThese classroom resources aim to provide the tools

teachers need to deliver engaging and inquiry based lessons in Visual Arts. Our intention is to do much of the preparation and planning for you.

Designed to be flexible, this resource offers a range of lessons, activities and ideas that you can tailor to your students needs and adapt to suit different learning styles.

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Teacher SheetsThe Teacher sheets set out the learning objectives for each of the Student Resources and provide assistance in delivering the various activities, where necessary. Suggestions for extension activities and links into other areas of the curriculum are also provided.

Student ResourcesThe Student Resources are designed for use in the classroom and also contain some learning tasks for completion when visiting Madame Tussauds Sydney. All resources are closely aligned with both The Australian Curriculum and the outgoing NSW Syllabus.

A quick guide to the resource

A Guide to the resources: The Arts - Foundation to Year 2 (Kinder to Year 2)

Curriculum ChecklistFoundation-Year 2 Visual Arts

Exploring and developing ideas

. Investigating and making art, craft and design

. Evaluating and developing work

Knowledge and understanding

Full details of the learning objectives relating to each of the activities and exercises are provided on the Teacher Cards.

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Understanding the processes and materials used to create sculpture. Investigating sculptures and sculptors.

Investigating 3D drawing through sketching a wooden mannequin from different angles. Applying the 3D sketching process to a human form and applying colour.

Creating a 3D sculpture from a range of materials. Exploring the use of tools to create texture and pattern.

Applying colour to a sculpture. Exploring colour mixing and the use of other materials to create a likeness.

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What is sculpture?

3D-sketching

Creating a sculpture

Colour in sculpture

StudentResource Title Description

Marie Grosholtz (later to become Madame Tussaud) was born in 1761 in Strasbourg, France, two months after her father’s death. Her mother took a job as a housekeeper in Berne for Philippe Curtius, a doctor who was skilled at modelling wax to create

anatomical figures.

A brief history of Madame Tussauds

In 1767 Marie moved with her mother and Philippe Curtius to Paris where Curtius opened his first exhibition. At a time when visual media such as cinema and TV did not exist, people flocked to the exhibition to see for themselves what the famous people of the time looked like.

Dr Curtius taught Marie the art of wax sculpting from an early age and she demonstrated natural flair. Soon she was sculpting her own figures of many of the prominent people of the era.

Marie’s skills came to the attention of Louis XVI’s sister and Marie was invited to live at and work in the palace of Versailles. Marie spent nine

years at court and whilst there created figures of Louis XVI and his family.

In 1789 Dr Curtius asked Marie to return to Paris. Once back in Paris the French Revolution erupted and Marie was asked to make death masks of the prominent figures who were executed, including Louis XVI and his wife Marie Antoinette.

Marie herself was imprisoned by the revolutionists but escaped the fate of the guillotine.

In 1794 Curtius died and Marie inherited the exhibition. However the exhibition struggled in the economic decline following the revolution and Marie decided to take the exhibition

to England where it was a great success. Marie toured the British Isles with the exhibition for years. In 1822 the ship carrying the

figures was wrecked on a crossing to Ireland but fortunately some of the figures were saved.

At the age of 74, Madame Tussaud decided to settle the exhibition permanently at the Baker Street Bazaar, very close to the present site in London.

Marie continued to work at the exhibition until her death in 1850. Her sons and grandsons continued the business and in 1884 decided to move the exhibition to its present site.

Over the years there have been several disasters which the exhibition has had to cope with.

A fire in 1925 destroyed many of the figures but fortunately the moulds were saved so new figures could be cast, and in 1940, on the first night of the

Blitz, 352 head moulds were damaged beyond repair, although ironically Hitler’s figure remained unscathed!

Teacher Sheet Three

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For most visitors to Madame Tussauds, wax figures are startling, three-dimensional likenesses of all manner of people but little is known about how the figures are actually created. This is because the studios can never be visited - apart from by the subjects who come to be modeled in the private, purpose-built area.

At the sitting, the sculptor has the opportunity to take precise measurements with a tape measure and calipers, and to photograph the subject’s head and body from every possible angle. During the sitting the sculptor also makes the all-important observations that will convey personality and character as the sculpture progresses.

A moulder is responsible for making a plaster “negative” from the sculptor’s portrait, and great care must be taken to avoid damaging the precious clay original. Once the wax head has been cast it requires eyes, hair and colour. Eyes are made individually to exactly match the colour and detail of the subject, human hair is inserted strand by strand into the wax scalp and colour is carefully applied to bring the face and features “to life”. The final assembly of the figure is supervised by the sculptor and wardrobe mistress.

When a figure enters Madame Tussauds, the studio remain closely concerned with its appearance and like every other figure it will undergo an early morning routine of checking and cleaning before the attraction opens each day. This rigorous attention to detail is constantly maintained and continues to uphold the high standards for which Madame Tussauds is famed.

Making Figures in wax

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Lesson 1: Section Notes on Student Resource 1This resource introduces the concept of sculpture and the various techniques and materials it encompasses. You may wish to introduce the topic via a class discussion to ascertain levels of students understanding.

The sequence of pictures showing how Madame Tussauds creates its sculptures can be used to encourage sequential writing and to demonstrate processes. The pictures can be used as a storyboard against which the students can record the method employed by Madame Tussauds. This process can also form a model for students to refer to when they make their own sculpture.

Lesson 2 :Students could be asked to look for examples of sculpture in their own home or to research local sculptors. They should consider the types of materials used and the reasons why these materials were selected. Encourage students to record their findings in a table or spreadsheet. They could also take photographs or draw sketches of sculptures that they find to add to their portfolio.

Lesson 3: Excursion to Madame Tussauds Sydney. Call (02) 8251 7801 to secure your booking.

Lesson 4: Section Notes on Student Resource 2This resource encourages students to think about objects in 3D form and consider representation of objects from differing viewpoints.

Students can be encouraged to experiment with a range of different sketching and shading techniques (including the use of different leaded pencils to achieve appropriate shadings).

Ideally, students should have one wooden mannequin between two, however if this is not possible, they can work in larger groups with the mannequin clearly visible to all.

Extension Activities:- This exercise incorporates life drawing skills, encouraging students to sketch the human form by focusing on a specific pose.

- Students may wish to create a complete colour sketch of their character or item. Alternatively students could simply label the sketch to indicate the colours to be used on the individual parts.

Content Descriptions. Students look at and imagine images, objects, patterns and forms

. Students explore and play with a range of images, materials, surfaces, spaces, techniques, patterns and forms

. Students recognise that environments, socities, cultures and times are represented in a range of visual arts

Learning Objectives. Make visual arts works about people, objects and experiences that are familiar, imagined or rememberd.

. Connect visual arts to other Arts subjects and learning areas

Cross-curriculum links . ICT

. Critical and Creative Thinking

. Literacy

. Visual Arts

Cross- curriculum Links . ICT

. Visual Arts

Sculpture: 3D Sketching - Foundation to Year 2 (Kinder to year 2)

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Arts Learning ProgramSculpture: What is Sculpture? - Foundation to Year 2 (Kinder to year 2)


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Section Notes on Student Resources 3-4These resources assist students in making a finished 3D sculpture. Students are encouraged to think about choice of materials, texture and colour to ensure the finished model is an accurate likeness of the item or character selected.

If students are modelling from a pliable material, they must be encouraged to mould their sculpture (including arms and legs) out of a single piece of material.

Additional methods of modelling/sculpture can be offered for more able students, dependant on available materials and tools. Alternative sculptures can be made in 3D form by using wire. Old coat hangers can be unbent and reformed into sculptures.

Chicken wire (which can be bought in various formats), can be used for sculpture structure work and then papier-mâchéd over.

All wire work will require additional teacher help with cutting and bending the materials into shape.

Completed classroom sculptures can be displayed, next to the item they were modelled from, so other class members can compare work.

Extension ActivitiesPhotographs of the sculptures can be displayed in the classroom or on the school website (where applicable). This could be undertaken as part of an ICT exercise using a digital camera. Madame Tussauds Sydney would also love to see your finished work so students are most welcome to send us photographs or examples.

Section NotesStudents can create a storyboard to demonstrate how they made their sculpture. They can be encouraged to look at the Creating a Sculpture procedure supplied with this resource, as stimulus and perhaps create their own poster to demonstrate their work.

Content Descriptions. Explore and play with a range of images, materials, surfaces, spaces, techniques, patterns and forms

. Talk about their ideas and materials when making images, objects, shapes and spaces

. Make visual arts works about people, objects and experiences that are familiar, imagined or remembered

. Connect visual arts to other Arts Subjects and learning areas- experimenting with the elements of colour and texture

Content Descriptions. Share thoughts, ideas and feelings about their visual arts works using visual arts terminolgy

. To record from experience, imagination and first hand experience

Cross- curriculum Links . ICT

. Literacy

. Science

. Intercultural Understanding

Cross- curriculum Links . Literacy

. Visual Arts

Sculpture: Creating a SculptureFoundation to Year 2 (Kinder to year 2)

Additional Idea

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Search Engine Keywords:

.Sculptor .Sculpture

.Materials .Modelling

Sculptures can be made from many different types of materials. At Madame Tussauds we use wax for our sculptures.

This helps us to create the best likeness of the celebrities we are modelling. Other materials can also be used in sculpture. These include wood, plastic, clay, metal and even ice!

Activity Onea) Match the following materials with the word which you feel best describes its properties.

.Glass .Strong

.Metal .Transparent

.Clay .Absorbant

.Sponge .Mouldable

b) Sculptures may also be made from other materials such as concrete. Find the names of other materials that might be used. Think of words to describe these materials.

Here is how we create our sculptures

Activity TwoFind pictures of sculptures in magazines, books or on the internet. Cut out or sketch the sculptures that you find and record the name of the sculptor. Investigate which materials the sculptor has used.

Look at the pictures and make notes on how Madame Tussauds create their figures.

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great. What is Sculpture? - Student Resource 1

Student Resource One

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.Angles .Likeness

.Sketch .Portfolio

At Madame Tussauds our guests are allowed to walk up to their favourite celebrity figure and walk around them. It is important for us to create a true likeness from all angles.

Lesson One

Lesson TwoNow that you have practiced 3D drawing with a wooden mannequin, choose somebody you would like to make a sculpture of. It can be a famous sports, music or TV personality, or a friend.

Decide on the pose for your sculpture. For example, kicking a ball or singing into a microphone. Find different references or ask a friend to pose in that position.

a) Start by sketching the pose from the front

b) Now create a sketch of the same pose from the side

c) Now draw a sketch from behind

d) Add the necessary details to your sketch to make your person recognisable

Lesson ThreeCreate a colour sketch of the person you have chosen to refer to when you make your sculpture.

Student Resource Two

To do this, you can use:• powder paints

• watercolour paints

• coloured pencils

• felt tip pens

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Using a wooden mannequin, sketch the figure from the front.

Move the mannequin into some different positions and sketch them too. Keep a portfolio of your sketches.

Now move your mannequin. Sketch how it looks from a sideways angle.

Move the wooden mannequin to a reverse facing position. Sketch how the mannequin looks from behind.

3D Sketching - Student Resource 2

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Once you have a portfolio of 3D sketches, you are ready to create your sculpture. You will need a pliable material (such as plasticine, play-dough or clay). These materials are easier to mould into shape. You could also use papier mâché.

Lesson Onea) Create a 3D sculpture from your sketches. If you are able to choose the material to use, think about which would be best.

Think about the texture of the item. Should the surface of your sculpture be smooth or rough?

Use tools to help create the texture and patterns you need by digging into the smooth surface.

If you are sculpting with plasticine, clay or play-dough, use your fingers to smooth over the joins.

If you are using play-dough or plasticine, you can experiment with different colours to create a marbled effect, or even to create new colours.

b) When your sculpture is complete and you are happy with its likeness to your 3D sketches, leave it somewhere safe to dry.

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Remember:Don’t forget to refer back to your 3D sketches to make sure you create a likeness from all angles.

Creating a Sculpture? Student Resource 3

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If you have sculpted your model from clay, papier mâché or modroc, your sculpture will now need painting.

You can use:• poster paints •readi mix

• coloured paper •fabrics

Activity Onea) Choose the method or methods that will give the best texture for your sculpture.

b) Refer to your colour sketch to apply colour to your sculpture.

c) Can you guess which colours are made by mixing the colours shown?

d) Experiment with colour mixing and record your findings in a table.

If you are using paints, you may need to mix several colours together to get the shade or colour you want. By adding a little paint at a time, you create new shades.

Lighter shades may be created by adding your colour to white paint. When we describe colour we say that reds are warm colours and blues cold.

Activity TwoNow that your sculpture is complete, compare it to your original sketches.

a) Is there a good likeness between your original sketches and the completed sculpture?

b) If not, why not? Do you think you could have selected a more suitable material to model with?

Colour in Sculpture? Student Resource 4

Student Resource Four

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1. Between what years did Captain Cook come to Australia?

2. How old was Ghandi when he got married?

3. What was Dawn Fraser’s gold medal 100m freestyle record time?

4. What colour are Rhianna’s shoes?

5. How many weeks does it take to put a full head of hair into a wax figure?A) 1 weekB) 4 - 6 weeksC) 3 months

6. What kind of famous surgeon is Victor Chang?A) BrainB) EyeC) Heart

7. What is Rolf Harris holding in his hands?

8. How many colours are in Dame Edna’s dress?

9. Who in your class has the same eye colour as Miranda Kerr?

10. What is Lady Gaga’s real name?

Studio Secret Mission

Captain Cook

Heath Ledger

Queen Elizabeth II


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