B6 Creative Arts · Term 2 Week 5: Planning, Making and Composing

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: B6.2.2.3.2 - Create own performing artworks that reflect the physical and social environments of some communities in the world

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

Identify and describe at least two physical features (landscape, climate, housing) and two social features (occupation, festivals, daily activities) of a chosen community outside Ghana from images and short video clips.
Generate a concept for a short performing artwork (dance, drama, poem or song) that reflects the physical and social environment of a chosen world community.
Rehearse and present a short group performance (1 to 2 minutes) that uses movement, sound or speech to show at least one physical and one social feature of the chosen community.
Use peer review criteria to give constructive feedback on classmates’ performances and use feedback to refine their own work.

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Curriculum details

Strand: Performing Arts (Strand 2)
Sub-strand: Planning, Making and Composing (2.2)
Content standard: B6.2.2.3 - Demonstrate understanding of how to create expressive artworks based on own ideas by applying knowledge of media and methods of production to reflect other cultures in Africa, the visual artists, their culture, the environment and emerging topical issues
Indicator: B6.2.2.3.2 - Create own performing artworks that reflect the physical and social environments of some communities in the world
Suggested placement: Term 2, Week 5 (Week 17 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. 109
Transcribed from the official NaCCA publication. Check this page against the source.

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

Learners are to:
- present and share concepts that reflect knowledge and understanding of the physical and social environments of some communities in the world;
- demonstrate embedded knowledge, skill and experience in the application and use of selected media, techniques, styles, movement patterns, rhythms, melodies etc. to compose music, dance, drama, poems etc. that reflect the physical and social environment of some communities in the world;
- discuss, compare and share composition and experiences through peer review.