Nottingham from the East, 1700

There is the potential to explore local history and geography when looking at this painting.

• Look at changes in the environment as part of geography. Base a design technology project on spotting and recreating recognisable buildings depicted in the painting.
• Linking to geography, look at places or buildings depicted in the painting, and look for those place names on local maps.  e.g. River Leen school, the Arkwright building
• Using design technology as a basis for a project, look at the differences in transport between today and when the painting was depicted.
• Social history:  Look at the people in the painting –what would their jobs be?  What were their backgrounds?  Who lived in the big houses?  This could act as a stimulus for creative writing.
• Linking to geography and the science curriculum, look at the production of food as depicted in the painting and think about how this has changed.
• Explore the connection between social history and changes in the built environment.
• Look at how the industrial revolution has impacted on the environment and further develop this into looking at local industry.
• Produce an ICT and photographic project that demonstrates how our visual landscape has changed since Jan Siberechts painted this view.
• Linking to the science curriculum, look at weather patterns.

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