B1 Creative Arts · Term 2 Week 3: Planning, Making and Composing

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: B1.1.2.3.2

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

recall and name at least three visual artworks found in their local community that are made from natural or manmade objects, such as clay pots, cane baskets, fabrics, wood carvings, or beads
identify whether a given local artwork is made from natural or manmade materials
create a line drawing of a local artwork from imagination, showing its main shapes and details
use their line drawing to create a simple repeating pattern on paper
talk about their own artwork and explain what local artwork it represents and why they chose it

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Curriculum details

Strand: Visual Arts (Strand 1)
Sub-strand: Planning, Making and Composing (1.2)
Content standard: B1.1.2.3 - Demonstrate understanding of how to create expressive artworks based on own ideas by applying knowledge of media and methods of production to reflect other cultures in Africa, the visual artists, their culture, the environment and emerging topical issues
Indicator: B1.1.2.3.2 - Create own artworks from imagination to express own ideas of the visual artworks produced or found in the local community that reflect the natural and manmade environments
Suggested placement: Term 2, Week 3 (Week 15 of the year)
Our suggestion, laid out in curriculum order across three terms of twelve weeks. NaCCA does not fix the week, so follow your school's scheme of learning.
Curriculum reference: Creative Arts Curriculum (Basic 1-3), 2019, p. 12
Transcribed from the official NaCCA publication. Check this page against the source.

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

Learners are to:
- recall visual artworks produced or found in the local community that were made from natural and manmade objects or things (e.g. clay pots, ceramic ware, cane or plastic baskets, fabrics, wood carvings, glass or stone beads)
- make prints or line drawings of available visual artworks and use them to create patterns.