How to make a poster about remarkable women

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Posters are all around us. They advertise things, they spread information and they catch our eye.

Here are some of the posters from our collection that show places where you can travel or things you can see:

Posters use images and text together to tell us about something!

Can you design a poster to tell us all about some of the incredible women in our collection?

We’ve made a poster to celebrate Grace Darling and her daring sea rescue. You can find out more about Grace Darling here:

You will need

- A sheet of paper

- Coloured paper, magazines or tissue paper to collage

- Glue

- Scissors

- Pencil

- Coloured pencils or pens

- Letter stencil – optional

(Source of scissors, felt pens glue and colorful papers picture)

Step 1

The first thing your poster needs is a title to attract people's attention. You might like to use your person's name or maybe a way to describe them.

We’ve chosen the title ‘Daring Women’.

Mark out your letters in pencil first to make sure they fit before you colour them in!

Step 2

A poster needs a good image. What is the story you’re trying to tell?

In Grace Darling's story she lives in a lighthouse when on a stormy evening she spots the shipwreck of the Forfarshire and has to row out in a small rowing boat to rescue the survivors. We might want to include an image of Grace, a lighthouse and a rowing boat.

Can you draw some of the elements you’ll need to tell the story?

Step 3

Cut out all of your drawings and arrange them on your poster. Leave a little bit of space at the bottom of the poster.

Once you’re happy with how your cut out pieces look, make sure you stick them down.

Step 4

Next you need to give the viewer a little bit more information about the person your poster celebrates.

We wanted to tell people a little bit more about Grace's rescue mission so we included the date, the place and how many people she rescued.

Add this text to the bottom of your poster.

Step 5

There are lots of daring women in history – can you think of some more to make another poster for?

Congratulations

You might also like to discover stories of female pirates!

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