SUMMER BRIEF – ‘A HISTORY OF……' - Research

BRIEF

Use the tasks outlined below to generate a body of increasingly focussed research into specific areas of interest within each theme. Use your source material to identify and present a relevant ‘History of….’ your selected material. Your response will form the starting point for the first studio module of Level 05, it is therefore important that you generate a quantity of good quality factual and statistical material from a breadth of sources as well as documenting and analysing your findings you should aim to source a breadth of appropriate primary and secondary visual material

Set up a blog that will record, document and critically evaluate your findings (this should be titled 

‘A History of….’ and linked to your home page

TASK 1 – RESEARCH - Research in order to understand - Categorise in order to clarify.

Select one theme from list 1, 2 & 3

List 1 List 2 List 3

Current affairs Desirable objects People

Social Concerns Functional items Places

Cultural Identities Useful Inventions Events

Having made your choice of 3 starting points, you should use the summer break to develop a body of focussed research into specific areas of interest within each subject. You should aim to identify a quantity of factual, statistical and visual source material exploring relevant timelines, chronologies or histories relating to your findings. Radical, inventive and exhaustive research methods will help to generate/identify surprising sources of primary and secondary research. You should aim to collect, analyse and categorise appropriate an appropriate range of research that will form the basis of your initial work at level 5.

TASK 2 – DEVELOPMENT

Based on the research generated in Task 1, design, develop and produce a graphic representation that effectively communicates the (inter)-related histories of your chosen content. You should consider relationship between type, image, colour and format when developing your response as well as the use of set, series, sequence and scale.

Task 3 - Presentation

Prepare a 3 minute powerpoint/pdf presentation that summarises your research and generates interest in your subject matter. Your presentation should include references to appropriate quantitative and qualitative evidence research, visual material from primary and secondary sources as well as selected quotes/opinions and