Appreciating and Appraising

Curriculum details

Strand

Performing Arts (Strand 2)

Sub-strand

Appreciating and Appraising (2.4)

Content standard

B6.2.4.7 - 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

B6.2.4.7.2 - Analyse and appreciate/appraise own or others' music, dance and drama compositions and performances and present reports/feedback on works that reflect the physical and social environments of some communities in the world

Suggested placement

Term 3, Week 11 (Week 35 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. 128

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 physical and social environments of some communities in the world;
- 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).