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

B4.1.2.2.3 - Experiment with available visual arts media and methods to create artworks based on own views, knowledge and understanding of topical issues in Ghana

Suggested placement

Term 1, Week 11 (Week 11 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. 35

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

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

Learners are to:
- explore the local surroundings to select available materials and tools that are good for making artworks;
- study and experiment with available materials and tools using appropriate art making methods and skills e.g.:
- clay, plasticine, papier mâché (paper pulp) etc. for modelling and casting;
- straw, yarn, paper etc. for weaving;
- odds and ends for making mobiles and stabiles by constructing and assembling;
- brushes and paint for painting;
- spatula and scooping tools for modelling;
- needle for sewing/stitching;
- discuss and share their experiences through discussion and peer assessment;
- use available materials in the environment to make own visual artworks that represent the artworks studied;
- discuss and compare their artworks to the visual artworks studied.