Questions:

• Why do so many people make a pilgrimage to Burns birthplace?
• What is 'rough cast'?
• What is meant by Burns 'deep piercing eyes' and what does this symbolise?
• How much of a stereotypical poet was Burns and how much did he perpetuate the poetic stereotype?

Activities:

English / Graphic Communication: Storyboard one of Burns famous poems and discuss how to match the mood of the poems in the style of the pictures.

English: There many myths about Burns. Research who Burns really was, how he spoke, what he believed in, his contradictions, his ideas as opposed to his actions. The different types of songs and poems he collected and wrote. The different voices he wrote in. You may also want to discuss why he became an international poet, whether he was a good man, or whether he was an irresponsible philandering fool as some feminists have suggested.

History / English: Research, write about and debate or discuss how important the influences Culloden, the Dress Act and the Act of Proscription were on the work of Robert Burns and his desire to collect songs and poems of the Scotland that were already dying out in the 1780s.

Graphic Communication: The Discuss whether Burns portrait by Naismith a romanticisation. What evidence is there for this in the artistic technique? Discuss how a painter can bring out the best in the subject and their responsibilities in this respect.

History: Burns is one of the most revered Free Masons. Research who the Free Masons are, where they come from, who can join, what they do, what value system they hold to, and what influence they have wielded in the development of the modern world.

Record details

To search for related items, click any highlighted text below.