Thinking and Exploring Ideas

Curriculum details

Strand

Visual Arts (Strand 1)

Sub-strand

Thinking and Exploring Ideas (1.1)

Content standard

B3.1.1.1 - Demonstrate understanding of how to generate own ideas for artistic expressions on the people, based on their history and culture, the environment and the topical local/national/global issues

Indicator

B3.1.1.1.3 - Study and talk about visual artworks produced or found in other African communities that reflect the natural and manmade environments in those areas in Africa

Suggested placement

Term 1, Week 2 (Week 2 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. 66

Transcribed from the official NaCCA publication. Check this page against the source.

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

Learners are to:
- engage in short out-of-the-classroom trips and environmental walks, watch documentaries (e.g. National Geographic channel) to observe and assess the natural and manmade environment in respect of the elements and principles of design;
- talk about the natural and manmade environment (e.g. forests, deserts, mountains, housing, dams, plants, animals, rivers, recreational centres, roads, bridges, markets, shopping malls);
- study the nature and characteristics of the things observed in the natural and manmade environment (e.g. rugged, undulating, smooth, rough, clean, beautiful, huge, big, small);
- document and record the some of the scenes found in the natural and manmade environments through photography and videography for preservation, storage, reference, etc.;
- describe how the natural and manmade environments and human activities affect sustainable production of visual artworks;
- discuss the 4Rs of sustainability: reduce, recycle, redesign, and reuse waste.