SHS2 Art And Design Foundation · Semester 1 Week 3: Art Across Time

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: 2.1.1.LI.1 - Classify Modern African art and changes that occurred in art making from 1900 to the 21st Century in relation to materials, methods, and their socio-cultural contexts.

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

Classify at least six Modern African artworks from 1900 to the 21st century into categories based on their themes, materials, and methods.
Describe the changes in art-making materials and methods that occurred in Africa from the 1900s to the 21st century, citing at least three specific examples.
Explain how socio-cultural contexts such as independence movements, urbanisation, and religious change influenced the making of Modern African art.
Work in gender-sensitive groups to create a chart that categorises Modern African artworks according to period, theme, materials, and socio-cultural influences.
Present and justify their classification choices to the class, demonstrating the ability to compare artworks from different periods within the 1900 to 21st century range.

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Curriculum details

Strand: The Creative Journey (from Caves to 21st Century) (Strand 1)
Sub-strand: Art Across Time (1.1)
Content standard: 2.1.1.CS.2 - 2.1.1.CS.2 Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of Modern African art from 1900 to the 21st Century in relation to artworks, materials, processes, and changes. 2.1.1.LO.1 Identify and analyse modern Ghanaian artworks from the 1920s to 1985 in terms of materials, methods, and uses. 2.1.1.LO.2 Analyse Modern African art and culture from 1900 to the 21st Century in relation to their peculiar socio-cultural contexts and changes that occurred within the period. 2.1.1.LO.3 Employ knowledge to show the relationships between Western Modern Art from 1850 to 1950 and Modern African art in terms of materials, imagery and meaning.
Indicator: 2.1.1.LI.1 - Classify Modern African art and changes that occurred in art making from 1900 to the 21st Century in relation to materials, methods, and their socio-cultural contexts.
Suggested placement: Semester 1, Week 3 (Week 3 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. 67

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

Initiating Talk for Learning: In class discussions use photos, videos, actual artworks and any relevant resources to investigate modern African artworks from the 1900 to the 21st century in relation to materials, methods of making them, and their uses.
Group Work/Collaborative Learning: Working in gender-sensitive groups, categorise and describe Modern African artists/designers' works according to themes, materials, and methods.
Project-based Learning; Group Work/Collaborative Learning: In smaller groups, analyse and generate a chart on the different socio-cultural contexts which influenced the making of the art and design works in Modern African art.
Group Work/Collaborative Learning/Problem-Based Learning: In smaller groups, investigate how socio-cultural contexts were used as bases for changes in the making of Modern African artists and designers from the 1900 to the 21st century.

Assessment (2.1.1.AS.1). The document marks these depth-of-knowledge levels for this indicator: Level 2 Skills of conceptual understanding; Level 3 Strategic reasoning; Level 4 Extended critical thinking and reasoning.

Teaching and Learning Materials:
- Textbooks
- exhibition catalogues
- web references
- audio-visual resources
- projector
- TLMs on modern African art
- camera
- charts and illustrations
- paintings
- sculptures