B5 Creative Arts · Term 2 Week 1: Planning, Making and Composing

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: B5.2.2.2.3 - Experiment with available relevant performing arts media and techniques to create own performing artworks that reflect topical issues in Africa

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

identify at least three topical issues in Africa that can be expressed through performing arts, such as illegal mining, deforestation, streetism, or health challenges.
explore the school and local environment to select available instruments, equipment, sounds, rhythms, and movement patterns suitable for composing a short performance piece.
experiment with at least two different performing arts media (e.g., drums, rattles, voices, body percussion, movement) to create a short performance that reflects one chosen topical African issue.
perform their created piece for peers and give constructive feedback through peer review using simple criteria.
explain how their creative choices (sound, movement, words) communicate the selected topical issue to an audience.

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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: B5.2.2.2.3 - Experiment with available relevant performing arts media and techniques to create own performing artworks that reflect topical issues in Africa
Suggested placement: Term 2, Week 1 (Week 13 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. 72
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 topical issues of much concern in Africa;
- discuss and share their experiences through peer review.