Planning, Making and Composing

Curriculum details

Strand

Visual Arts (Strand 1)

Sub-strand

Planning, Making and Composing (1.2)

Content standard

B4.1.2.2 - Demonstrate understanding of how to organise own ideas through experimenting with available media and techniques for creating/composing artworks based on the history, culture, environment and topical local/national/global issues of other communities

Indicator

B4.1.2.2.2 - Experiment with available visual arts media and methods to create artworks that express own views, knowledge and understanding of the natural and manmade environments in some Ghanaian communities

Suggested placement

Term 1, Week 10 (Week 10 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. 34

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

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

Learners are to:
- explore the local environment to select available materials and tools that are suitable for making visual artworks;
- study and test the use of available materials and tools by applying appropriate methods and skills:
- clay, plasticine, papier mâché (paper pulp) etc. as material for modelling and casting;
- straw, yarn, paper, etc. for weaving;
- odds and ends for collage, constructing and assemblage;
- brushes and paints for painting pictures;
- pen knives for cutting, perforating, shaping;
- paper for folding and creating mobiles, origami, kites;
- spatula and scooping tools for modelling;
- needles for sewing and stitching, etc.
- discuss and share their experiences through open discussion and assessment by peers;
- use available materials in the environment to make artworks that look like the visual artworks studied;
- discuss and compare their artworks with the visual artworks studied.