Thinking and Exploring Ideas

Curriculum details

Strand

Visual Arts (Strand 1)

Sub-strand

Thinking and Exploring Ideas (1.1)

Content standard

B4.1.1.1 - Demonstrate understanding of how to generate own ideas for artistic expressions about the people based on their history and culture, the environment and topical local/national/global issues

Indicator

B4.1.1.1.1 - Study and talk about visual artworks created by selected Ghanaian visual artists that reflect the history and culture of the people of Ghana

Suggested placement

Term 1, Week 1 (Week 1 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 4-6), 2019, p. 27

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

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

Learners are to:
- Study the visual artworks (e.g. wood carvings, printed fabrics, wall paintings, cartoons, posters, photographs, clay pots) created by some Ghanaian visual artists (such as Amon Kotei, Theodosia Okoh, Ablade Glover, Oku Ampofo, Offei-Nyako, Kwame Amoah, Betty Acquah, Kofi Antubam) by: a) gathering information from library books; surfing the internet;visiting art studios, galleries, museums or exhibitions; b) watching videos, films or observing photographs of artworks of some Ghanaian visual artists; c) examining some artworks of the artists to find out how those artworks reflect the history and culture of the people of Ghana. For example, relate the colours and star in the Ghana Flag to the history of Ghana; d) identifying and discussing symbols found in the artworks being studied that reflect the history and culture of the people of Ghana; e) writing brief notes about one visual artist using the following guidelines:
- Name
- Training
- Type of artworks
- Title of some works.