Coat of Arms:
Lesson by:Dara Ross
The Brooklyn International High School
9th and 10th Grade Humanities
Make a Coat of Arms to Represent a Character
Objective
Students will design and print their own Medieval coat of arms using
tinkercad.com for a character or a historical figure that they have been studying. They can pick from St. George, Macbeth, Macduff or even Lady Macbeth or the Witches.
Resources
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Materials Needed
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- Computers with internet access
- Tinkercad.com (inexpensive)
- Makerbot
- 3D Project Rubric
Procedure
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- Brainstorm: Describe the character that you are making a coat of arms for? What do you know about the character? What are some of their character traits?
- Documentation:
Take a screenshot of your tinkercad design or a picture of your final character Coat of Arms and paste and include it in your documentation.
- Reflection
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What is a coat of arms? Why was it used during the middle ages?
- Describe and explain your coat of arms. What colors, patterns, symbols and images did you use on your coat of arms and why?
- What does your coat of arms tell us about your character? What will we learn about your character from looking at your coat of arms?
Make your own Medieval Weapon
Represent a Character
Objective
How can students understand weaponry and warfare during the Middle Ages? During an interdisciplinary unit on Medieval Times, students will research, evaluate and recreate Medieval weapons.
Materials Needed
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Make your own Coat of Arms
Represent a Character
Objective
Students will design and print their own Medieval coat of arms using
tinkercad.com.
Resources
-
Materials Needed
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- Computers with internet access
- Tinkercad.com (inexpensive)
- Makerbot
- 3D Project Rubric
Procedure
-
- Documentation:
Take a screenshot of your tinkercad design or a picture of your final character Coat of Arms and paste and include it in your documentation.
- Reflection
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What is a coat of arms? Why was it used during the middle ages?
- Describe and explain your coat of arms. What colors, patterns, symbols and images did you use on your coat of arms and why?
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What does your coat of arms tell us about you and your family? What will we learn about you from looking at your coat of arms?
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Coat of arms were very popular in Medieval Times, why aren’t coat of arms used as much today?
New York State Learning Standards
Common Core Standards
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Text Types and Purposes
| 3 d: Use precise words and phrases, telling details, and sensory language to convey a vivid picture of the experiences, events, setting, and/or characters
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Presentation of Knowledge and Ideas
| 4. Present information, findings, and supporting evidence clearly, concisely, and logically such that listeners can follow the line of reasoning and the organization, development, substance, and style are appropriate to purpose, audience, and task.
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| 5. Make strategic use of digital media (e.g., textual, graphical, audio, visual, and interactive elements) in presentations to enhance understanding of findings, reasoning, and evidence and to add interest.
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Math Common Core Standards
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Congruence
| G.CO.12 | Make formal geometric constructions with a variety of tools and methods (compass and straightedge, string, reflective devices, paper folding, dynamic geometric software, etc.). | √ |
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Modeling with Geometry
| G.MG.1 | Apply geometric concepts in modeling situations
1. Use geometric shapes, their measures, and their properties to describe objects
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Geometric Measurement & Dimension
| G.GMD.4 | Visualize relationships between two-dimensional and three-dimensional objects
Identify the shapes of two-dimensional cross-sections of three-dimensional objects, and identify three-dimensional objects generated by rotations of two-dimensional objects.
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