JHS2 Creative Arts And Design · Term 3 Week 7: Connections in Local and Global Cultures

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: B8.2.3.1.3 - Determine the creative design approaches and processes used by visual artists in creating artworks that reflect the history, culture, environment and topical issues

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

Identify at least three creative design approaches (such as assemblage, recycling, collage, painting, or carving) used by visual artists in Ghana and beyond.
Explain, in a clear step-by-step order, the design process that an artist follows to turn an idea or social issue into a finished artwork.
Analyse how at least one Ghanaian artist’s design approach and process respond to a historical, cultural, environmental, or topical issue.
Create a small original artwork using a chosen design approach, and present a brief oral explanation of the process used.
Evaluate their own and peers’ artworks using criteria based on the design approaches and processes studied.

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Curriculum details

Strand: Creative Arts (Strand 2)
Sub-strand: Connections in Local and Global Cultures (2.3)
Content standard: B8.2.3.1 - Visual Arts: Demonstrate the ability to correlate and generate ideas from creative artworks of visual artists that reflect a range of different times, cultures and topical issues
Indicator: B8.2.3.1.3 - Determine the creative design approaches and processes used by visual artists in creating artworks that reflect the history, culture, environment and topical issues
Suggested placement: Term 3, Week 7 (Week 31 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 and Design, Common Core Programme (JHS1-JHS3), 2023, p. 60
Transcribed from the official NaCCA publication. Check this page against the source.

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

1. Examine and record the design approaches used by visual artists in the production of artworks that reflect the history culture, environment and topical issues. Example: Serge Attukwei Clottey using disposed waste to create parch installation.
2. Analyse, appreciate and appraise the design processes used by visual artists in producing artworks that solved societal issues.
3. Reflect and evaluate the appreciation and appraisal done for refinement.