Symbols

School resource
Age 7–11, 12–16

Explore the idea that almost everything is symbolic – use this guide for activity ideas with your students. Make collages, design personal logos and discuss how symbols can be transformed.

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Subjects covered

Art and design

Age ranges

Age 7–11 (KS2)
Age 12–16 (KS3 and 4)

Related information

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scarab pendant

Image: Winged scarab of electrum, inlaid with carnelian, green feldspar, and lapis lazuli. From Egypt. Reign of Senwosret II, 12th Dynasty, around 1890 BC.