SHS2 Art And Design Foundation · Semester 1 Week 6: Art Across Time

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: 2.1.1.LI.1 - List and explain Modern Art Movements (periods).

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

List at least six major Western Modern Art movements from 1850 to 1950 in chronological order.
Explain the key characteristics, materials, and typical imagery of each listed movement.
Match representative artworks (described or shown) to their correct movements, giving reasons for their choices.
Construct a timeline infographic showing the sequence and overlapping dates of the movements.
Discuss, in small groups, how the concerns of each movement reflected the social and historical conditions of its time.

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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.3 - 2.1.1.CS.3 Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the relationships between Western Modern Art (from 1850 to 1950), and Modern African art in terms of materials, imagery, meaning and how they influenced each other. 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 - List and explain Modern Art Movements (periods).
Suggested placement: Semester 1, Week 6 (Week 6 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. 69

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

Initiating Talk for Learning In mixed-ability grouping, use available resources to research and record the concept, stages and movements within Western Modernity and Western Modern Art from 1850-1950.
Experiential learning: In mixed-ability groupings, learners generate a timeline infographic showing the various stages and art movements in Western Modern Art from 1850 to 1950. The use of infographics will concretise the lesson and make it easy for all learners including slow and SEN learners to comprehend and progress at their own pace.
Structuring Talk for Learning (classroom dialogue, debates and seminars): In gender-sensitive groups, analyse the characteristics of the artworks made at each of the stages in Western Modern art from 1850-1950.

Assessment (2.1.1.AS.1). The document marks these depth-of-knowledge levels for this indicator: 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 Ghanaian art
- camera
- charts, and illustrations
- paintings
- sculpture
- textiles