Overview

=Overview=

Unit Goal:
The Gympie Regional Council's Youth Development Unit is in need of a logo that represents the young people of Gympie.

The Gympie community has strong links to the past and is known as 'the town that saved Queensland' through the discovery of gold by James Nash in 1876. Whilst the history of the town will always be important, it is the future of the town that is the focus in this unit of work.

Students acquire knowledge about the responsiblities of belonging to the community. The children of today are the citizens of tomorrow and as such the logo they design should build on the past, portray the present and look to the future in it's design.

This is a three week unit of work in which students will seek to answer the key question: How are young people best represented as citizens of our community? The unit has been developed using the Kearsley and Shneiderman (1999) Engagement Theory framework of relate, create and donate.

Relate:
Students will work in a small group of three or four students as a research team. Students will engage with the SOSE Essential Learnings as they inquire about belonging to communities. They will research symbols and gather an understanding of how symbols create meaning exploring the visual art elements of line, shape, pattern and colour.

Create:
Students will design an emblem or logo that represents young citizens of Gympie. Students will need to "focus their efforts on application of ideas to a specific context" and work to a criteria "to help them determine the appropriateness of their project ideas." (Kearsley and Shneiderman, 1999)

Donate:
The student's designs will be donated to Gympie Regional Council's Youth Development Unit for consideration as the emblem that represents young citizens of Gympie. The development of each design and an image of the final product are to be lodged with the Gympie Regional Council as a Photostory. Students will paint, draw or produce using ICT, a visual art image for display at the Gympie Regional Art Gallery during Youth Week 2011.