B5 Creative Arts · Term 1 Week 12: Planning, Making and Composing

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: B5.2.2.2.1 - Experiment with available relevant performing arts media and techniques to create own performing artworks that reflect the history and culture of the people of Africa

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

Identify at least three performing arts media (such as drums, rattles, voices, body percussion, movement) available in their school or home environment that can be used to create artworks.
Experiment with at least two different performing arts media or techniques to produce sounds, rhythms, or movements inspired by the history and culture of Africa.
Combine sounds, rhythms, and movements into a short original performance piece (30 to 60 seconds) that reflects an aspect of African history or culture.
Perform their experimental piece for peers and give and receive constructive feedback during a class peer-review session.
Explain in one or two sentences how their chosen media and techniques connect to the history or culture of the people of Africa.

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Curriculum details

Strand: Performing Arts (Strand 2)
Sub-strand: Planning, Making and Composing (2.2)
Content standard: B5.2.2.2 - 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: B5.2.2.2.1 - Experiment with available relevant performing arts media and techniques to create own performing artworks that reflect the history and culture of the people of Africa
Suggested placement: Term 1, Week 12 (Week 12 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. 71
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 instruments, equipment, sounds, melody, rhythms, movement patterns that are good for composing/arranging and performing music, dance, drama, poems, appellations, etc.;
- experiment with the available instruments, equipment, sounds, movement patterns, melody, etc. to perform some of the compositions of the Ghanaian artists studied that reflect the history and culture of the people of Africa;
- discuss and share their experiences through peer review.