Local History WW2 Gibraltar Evacuation Batik project

Websites:

• http://www.nationalarchives.gi/gna/EvacList_Surname.aspx

• https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofBritain/The-Gibraltar-Evacuees/

• https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/78/a2494578.shtml

• http://chronicle.gi/2017/11/wartime-stories-of-gibraltar-and-its-people/

Photos:

• https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4411690/Fascinating-black-white-photos-Gibraltan-evacuees.html

• Google: Gibraltar evacuation WW2

Task 2

• Ask the students The following question:

If you had to be evacuated from Gibraltar, what things would you take in your suitcase?

• Make a list of the things you would take.

• Take photos with your phone of the things you would take with you and bring them into your next lesson.

• Make drawings of all of the objects you would take.

Task 4:

• Start to develop 2 compositions in the style of the artist Micheal Craig Martin using your own drawings of the things you would take with you if you had been evacuated during the war.

• Consider the importance of the different objects and relate it to the size in your compositions. You could also overlap your objects. You can add colour(no tone) or do a black and white shaded composition if you have no coloured pencils. Line is very important in the artist work, so make sure you consider this. Divide a page into 2 sections to do this work.

Extension work using IT:

• Developing the design using IT-Photoshop, Procreate or any other Apps. Take photos of your objects and start to layer the images to create your compositions. Use the outline of your composition to transfer to your Batik. Project the image onto the linen.