B5 Creative Arts · Term 3 Week 10: Appreciating and Appraising

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: B5.2.4.7.1

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

Analyse a recorded or live performing artwork (dance, drama, or music) that reflects the history and culture of African peoples, using agreed appreciation guidelines.
Present a short verbal or written feedback report that comments on the theme, subject matter, media, techniques, and cultural values of the performance.
Use the outcome of their appreciation to suggest at least one practical modification to the performance or to plan a similar composition.
Record and share the appreciation activity and its findings using an accepted social media platform (such as WhatsApp or Facebook) with the class group.

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Curriculum details

Strand: Performing Arts (Strand 2)
Sub-strand: Appreciating and Appraising (2.4)
Content standard: B5.2.4.7 - Demonstrate understanding of how to make informed decisions on displays, presentations, performances, recordings and/or reports based on established guide for judging artworks (the theme, subject matter, media, techniques, elements and principles of design, social, aesthetic, cultural and functional values) for correlation, correction and future modifications
Indicator: B5.2.4.7.1 - Analyse and appreciate own or others' performing artworks and present reports as feedback on compositions that reflect the history and culture of the people of Africa
Suggested placement: Term 3, Week 10 (Week 34 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. 94
Transcribed from the official NaCCA publication. Check this page against the source.

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

Learners are to:
- display (photographs/video) of selected performances (own or that of others) that reflect the history and culture of the people of Africa;
- talk about the performances dispassionately using agreed guidelines;
- use the outcome of the appreciation/appraisal to modify the product or to produce similar or another composition and performance;
- record/document the activity and share using an accepted social media by the class/group (e.g. Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, WhatsApp).