Journey of Discovery
Top Trump Card Designers
Something to Ponder
History is only accurate if written in a book?
Think, pair, share
What is The Journey of Discovery Online Collection?
The Journey of Discovery Online collection is…
The Journey of Discovery
Look at these titles and decide which order they go in.
Explain your reasoning:
Still We Rise
Mother Africa,
The Reality of Being Enslaved
Stolen Legacy: Rebirth of a Nation
Abolition and Emancipation
Reimagine the Future
‘Expanding Soul
The Complex Triangle
Echoes in the Present
What did you discover?
Log into the Journey of Discovery collection:
Spend 10 mins exploring.
Which part of the journey?
Get into pairs. Your teacher will give you a story without telling you the theme.
Partner A: Share one story with your friend.
Partner B: Write 5 questions to dig deeper.
Partner B: Ask the questions.
Partner A: Answer the questions.
Both: Decide which part of the journey of discovery it belongs.
Trump that!
You have been commissioned by Top Trumps to create a set of cards about The Journey of Discovery.
What are Top Trump cards?
How does the game work?
Top Trumps
Top Trumps is a card game first published in 1978. Cards contains a list of numerical data about a specific subject, and the aim of the game is to compare these values to try to trump and win an opponent's card. The person with the highest stats wins!
Have a look at the set of Top Trumps:
What are the main features?
Play the game with a friend?
What about the design makes the game successful?
Trump that!
Top Trump have commissioned 3 sets of cards:
JOD: Figures in History
JOD: Monuments and Artefacts
JOD: Events and Moments
Trump that! - People
What ranking criteria could we have for the figures in history?
Think about:
What they have done
What they have endured
They’re legacy
Trump that! - People
What ranking criteria could we have for the figures in history?
Think about:
What they have done
What they have endured
They’re legacy
Trump that! - Monuments & Artefacts
What ranking criteria could we have for them?
Think about:
The size
The construction
How long it has stood
Why it was created
Trump that! - Events and moments
What ranking criteria could we have for them?
Think about:
Number of people impacted
Number of times repeated
Barriers
Legacy
Trump that!
Working in groups:
Explore The Journey of Discovery Collection.
Choose 10:
Figures, monuments, moments/events
Decide together on the number of points they amass for each criteria and explain your reasoning.
Create a research sheet to keep track of your research.
Top Trumps Journey of Discovery
Now you have conducted all of your research and you have agreed on all of the components as a class, you are ready to make your trump cards.
Think carefully about design.
Choose appropriate images and ensure that the language is easy to understand.