Compose a city in drawings and collages

Moral and civic education — 3-11 years

Educational activity based on the short film Vagabond

Expected learning outcomes

Understand the laws of balance and construction.

Produce an artwork individually or collectively.

Vagabond © The Animation Workshop

TitleVagabond

ThemeFriendship, Animals, Ecology

Genre & keywordsWonderful, futuristic city, imaginary worlds, utopia, friendship, animals.

Age (for the film)6-11 years old

Duration07 min 25 s

DirectorPedro Ivo Carvalho

MusicT. Christensen & R. Seer

ProductionThe Animation Workshop (Denmark, 2014)

Educational activities

Understand visualization and plan-view (top-down) design.

Create your ideal city from drawings or materials (paper, modeling clay, etc.).

This activity can be carried out over several sessions and can be divided as follows:

analysing different city districts in plan view The ratio of built to unbuilt space (solid/void), the roadways...
the creation of repositionable elements (trees, houses, etc.)
thinking together about the city to be created. Why not start with a river, a road or a square, then imagine the green spaces...
creating a base map/layout.
positioning of the repositionable elements on it.

When the city is built, imagine stories related to its use. For example, imagine that the river is used to bring raw materials, the square to host a market, or the street to serve businesses...

Further activities

The Canopé “Solidary Ecology.” course

Activity sheet written by: Olivier Defaye

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