{"id":3455,"date":"2015-04-30T14:53:03","date_gmt":"2015-04-30T11:53:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.classtools.net\/blog\/?p=3060"},"modified":"2015-02-14T21:53:47","modified_gmt":"2015-02-14T18:53:47","slug":"open-me-display-pieces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/display-work\/open-me-display-pieces\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Open Me&#8221; Display Pieces"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When producing a display poster\u00a0summing up several ideas, students should identify a &#8216;cover image&#8217; for each main part of the \u00a0piece. This should be &#8216;lifted up&#8217; to expose the written detail. See the image for an idea of how this works.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Taking it further<\/strong>: An even simpler method is to take a piece of A4, fold it in half to create a greeting card, and place the image on the front with the written information inside. I have done this when Year 8 researched the origins of superstitions: a bold illustration on the front (e.g. of a four leafed clover) and an explanation on the front. A class collection of these forms a good display.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When producing a display poster\u00a0summing up several ideas, students should identify a &#8216;cover image&#8217; for each main part of the \u00a0piece. This should be &#8216;lifted up&#8217; to expose the written detail. See the image for an idea of how this works. Taking it further: An even simpler method is to take a piece of A4,&#8230; <\/p>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/display-work\/open-me-display-pieces\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":195,"featured_media":3061,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[194,200,211,212],"tags":[251,302,310],"class_list":["post-3455","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-display-work","category-knowledge","category-understanding","category-visual-literacy","tag-display","tag-open","tag-pieces"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3886,"url":"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/display-work\/design-a-logo-reflecting-the-aims-and-methods-of-individuals-or-organisations\/","url_meta":{"origin":3455,"position":0},"title":"Design a logo reflecting the aims and methods of individuals or organisations","author":"Russel Tarr","date":"November 1, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Overview After studying individuals, parties or organisations,\u00a0challenge students to design a logo which summarises their essential aims, methods, successes and failures. 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