Festivals

Curriculum details

Strand

Our Beliefs and Values (Strand 3)

Sub-strand

Festivals (3.2)

Content standard

B4.3.2.1 - Explore the Significance of cultural practices, traditions and celebrations in Ghana

Indicator

B4.3.2.1.1 - Identify celebrations, positive cultural practices and traditions of different cultures in Ghana

Suggested placement

Term 2, Week 9 (Week 21 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

Our World and Our People Curriculum (Basic 4-6), 2019, p. 12

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

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

Learners talk about celebrations and traditions of different cultures in the community: Christmas, Easter, Eid-Ul-Fitr, Eid-Ul-Adha, Odwira, Aboakyir, etc.
Learners use pictures, charts or video clips to demonstrate activities of celebrations and traditions of different cultures.
Learners create stories, songs, poems, that teach them about the importance of celebrations and traditions different cultures of where they come from. e.g. Christmas teach us about the birth of Christ. Ohum festival teach us about the time for harvesting yam.
Some celebrations remind us where our ancestors came from: Hogbetsotso.
Learners prepare traditional foods such as kenkey and fried fish, banku and okro stew, fufu and palm soup, tuo-zafi or sew traditional clothing for celebration for display or reflect and write about traditions their parents have passed down to them.