B6 Creative Arts · Term 3 Week 10: Appreciating and Appraising

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: B6.1.4.7.3

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

Identify artworks (visual or performing) that communicate, educate or sensitise the public on topical global issues
Apply agreed appreciation guidelines to analyse an artwork’s theme, subject matter, media/techniques, and use of design elements and principles
Present a clear verbal report of their appreciation of an artwork, discussing both its strengths and areas for improvement
Use the outcomes of their appraisal to suggest modifications to the artwork or to plan a similar new artwork
Record and share their appreciation report with the class using an agreed digital platform (such as WhatsApp or Facebook)

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Curriculum details

Strand: Visual Arts (Strand 1)
Sub-strand: Appreciating and Appraising (1.4)
Content standard: B6.1.4.7 - 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: B6.1.4.7.3 - Analyse and appreciate own or others' performing artworks and present reports as feedback on artworks that communicate, educate or sensitise public on topical issues in the world
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.
Source document note: The official curriculum document has a fault in this entry, so the curriculum text above is transcribed exactly as printed:

indicator text - p.127: this indicator is coded B6 1.4.7, strand 1 (Visual Arts), but its own wording is about performing arts ("international performing artists", "performing artworks"), the page heading above it reads "Strand 2: Performing Arts", and B6 2.4.7 on printed pp 128-129 covers the same three topics for Performing Arts. All three indicators of B6 1.4.7 (printed pp 126 and 127) have this problem. Transcribed as printed; strand_code follows the indicator code
Curriculum reference: Creative Arts Curriculum (Basic 4-6), 2019, p. 127
Transcribed from the official NaCCA publication. Check this page against the source.

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

Learners are to:
- display (real/photographs/video) selected works (own or that of others) that communicate, educate or sensitise the public on the advantages and disadvantages of emerging topical/global issues.
- talk about the works dispassionately using agreed guidelines.
- use the outcome of the appreciation/appraisal to modify the product or to produce similar or another artwork.
- record/document the activity and share using an accepted social media by the class/group (e.g. Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, WhatsApp).