SHS1 Art And Design Foundation · Semester 2 Week 3: The World Around Us

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: 1.2.1.LI.3 - Analyse and explain visuality, meaning making, as well as design production in relation to art and design.

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

Define visuality and explain how it shapes the way different people see and interpret the same object or environment.
Analyse a given cultural product (such as an artwork, building, or fabric) and identify the meanings embedded in its colours, forms, symbols, and materials.
Explain how the artist or designer’s cultural background and place of production influence the meaning of their work.
Create a simple concept map that links visual elements to the meanings they carry in a specific Ghanaian cultural product.
Present and defend an analysis of a cultural product to peers, showing respect for differing interpretations that arise from different cultural orientations.

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Curriculum details

Strand: Aesthetics and Criticism (Strand 2)
Sub-strand: The World Around Us (2.1)
Content standard: 1.2.1.CS.2 - 1.2.1.CS.2 Demonstrate the understanding of modern design cultures, in relation to the environment as a cultural product. 1.2.1.LO.1 Communicate how sensory perceptions translate into visual literacy in response to the environment and cultural products 1.2.1.LO.2 Articulate and contextualise different world views, modern cultures and objects in relation to the environment as a product of art and design production.
Indicator: 1.2.1.LI.3 - Analyse and explain visuality, meaning making, as well as design production in relation to art and design.
Suggested placement: Semester 2, Week 3 (Week 23 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: NaCCA curriculum document, p. 43

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

Building on What Others Say, Group Work/ Collaborative Learning: In convenient groups, discuss how visuality constructs meaning using examples from peculiar cultural environments and orientation.
Managing Talk for Learning: In mixed-ability groups investigate the role that meaning play in the creation of cultural products such as art and design. Organize and summarise your thoughts using concept maps.
Collaborative and Problem-Based Learning: In convenient group presentation, analyse how the culture and worldviews of the artists and the locations of production are reflected in art and design.

Assessment (1.2.1.AS.3). The document marks these depth-of-knowledge levels for this indicator: Level 2 Skills of conceptual understanding; Level 3 Strategic reasoning.

Teaching and Learning Materials:
- The environment
- Textbooks
- magazines
- journals
- web references
- audio-visual gadgets
- videos, flip charts
- TLMs on architecture and engineering
- aesthetics and criticism
- posters
- flyers
- buntings
- paintings
- sculpture
- drawings and illustrations