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Street Art – considers whether street art can deliver a powerful, thought-provoking message that can change our perceptions. By the end, you will be able to discuss whether street art has a positive or negative impact on our community.
Time
30-40 minutes
Main Skills
Listening
Theme and topic
Human Ingenuity: Street Art
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Audio Transcript and questions
Over the course of a month-long residency in New York in October 2013, Banksy and his team took to the streets. Watch the video and answer the questions that follow.
Listen to a podcast about the famous street artist called Banksy.
Complete the survey about Graffiti. Look at the results and compare the answers of other people with your own.
Here are the keywords and phrases to learn:
- accessible
- anti-social behaviour
- authorities
- common view
- decline
- graffiti
- hard-hitting message
- perceptions
- political
- property values
- social decay
- subversive
- thought provoking message
- Research a street artist, or choose a traditional artist. Create a short quiz using your research to find out how much your classmates know.
- Write a short script and record an audio or video using these prompts - a. What the work of art is. b. When you first saw it. c. What you know about it. d. Explain why you like it
- Summarise the responses in the survey.

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