Build confident, exam-ready approaches to design for Our Country’s Good with this high-impact 90-minute webinar replay and PDF teacher pack, created specifically for AQA A-Level Drama, Component 1 – Section B.
 
Ways into Design: Our Country’s Good is designed to boost both teacher confidence and student achievement in the design question. 
 
This practical CPD package equips you with everything you need to deliver three engaging, exam-focused design workshops exploring set, costume, lighting and sound. The workshops are ideal for introducing design elements to the play or revisiting them as part of a focused revision sequence with Years 12 and 13.
 
The pack includes:
A high-impact 90-minute webinar talk-through demonstrating how to deliver all three practical workshops, including Q&A and a clear focus on exam requirements
A 52-page PDF Teacher Pack featuring detailed workshop plans, printable student resources and a supporting bibliography.
46 designed, ready-to-teach slides, scaffolded for each activity.
 
You will learn how to:
Plan and teach the design elements of Our Country’s Good through three structured practical workshops
Support students in embedding purposeful social, cultural and historical context (SCH) and precise textual evidence in design responses
Develop students’ written responses alongside supporting sketches and visual ideas
 
The student workshops will cover:
Core design fundamentals across all design areas
Practical exploration of key scenes for each design element
Model-making, mark-making and sketching techniques
Creating a coherent and concept-led production vision
Developing analytical writing and strengthening exam responses
Extension and challenge activities to support A/A* level achievement
 
This resource supports teachers in delivering confident, practical and high-impact design teaching that directly strengthens student performance in the written examination.