Thinking and Exploring Ideas

Curriculum details

Strand

Performing Arts (Strand 2)

Sub-strand

Thinking and Exploring Ideas (2.1)

Content standard

B4.2.1.1 - 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

B4.2.1.1.4 - Generate own ideas for composing and performing own artworks that will reflect the natural and manmade environments of some communities in Ghana

Suggested placement

Term 1, Week 7 (Week 7 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. 32

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

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

Learners are to:
- go on out-of-the-classroom walks to observe natural and manmade things in the surroundings;
- observe the movement patterns of natural and manmade objects (e.g. animals, birds, trees, vehicles, bicycles, rims of tyres, people);
- listen to sounds created by natural and manmade objects (e.g. moving vehicles, whistles, birds, flowing rivers/streams, drums, rain drops, wind);
- record the movement and sounds of natural and manmade objects that interest the
learners;
- study and analyse the movements and sounds observed, listened to or recorded;
- think about own collection of movement and sound patterns and use them to generate ideas for planning own music, dance, drama or poetry compositions and performances.