SHS3 Art And Design Foundation · Semester 2 Week 1: The World Around Us

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: 3.2.1.LI.1 - Identify and explain various technology-based art and design works.

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

Define technology-based art and design in their own words, giving at least three examples from their own experience.
Explain the relationship between pairs of technology-based art forms, such as photography and film, film and video, and analogue photography and digital photography.
Categorise given examples of art and design works as either physical (actual) or virtual (internet-based) with reasons for their classification.
Use a mind map to organise and present their understanding of how technology has changed the making and viewing of art and design in the 20th and 21st centuries.
Contribute thoughtfully to a class debate about whether technology enhances or threatens traditional art and design practices in Ghana.

Sign in with your phone number to read the full note and download the GES plan - free.

Sign in with phone number

Curriculum details

Strand: Aesthetics and Criticism (Strand 2)
Sub-strand: The World Around Us (2.1)
Content standard: 3.2.1.CS.2 - 3.2.1.CS.2 Analyse and categorise technology as indigenous to art and design in 20th - 21st Centuries. 3.2.1.LO.1 Appreciate and contribute to debates on material responsibility, and emerging advocacy issues in art. 3.2.1.LO.2 Ability to articulate technology as essential to the making of art and design in the 20th - 21st Centuries.
Indicator: 3.2.1.LI.1 - Identify and explain various technology-based art and design works.
Suggested placement: Semester 2, Week 1 (Week 21 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. 120

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

Problem-based Learning; Building on What Others Say:
- In a class discussion, brainstorm types of technology-based art and relationships between art and design, and technology from experience.
- Examples: Photography, film, video, Internet-based media etc.
Managing Talk for Learning: In small groups, investigate by generating a mind map, the relationships between. a) photography and film. b) film and video. c) Analogue photography and film. d) Internet-based media for presentations in class.
Managing Talk for Learning:
- Investigate in convenient groups the relationships between actual objects and design and internet-based media (virtual objects and designs) for class discussion.

Assessment (3.2.1.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:
- The environment
- Textbooks
- Magazines
- Journals
- web references
- projector
- computer
- LCD Screens
- flip charts
- audio-visual gadgets
- videos
- TLMs on internet-based media, crypto collectibles, cryptocurrencies, crypto art, NFTs, blockchain art, aesthetics and criticism
- Posters
- Flyers
- Buntings
- Paintings
- Sculpture
- drawings and illustrations
- TLMs on human geography, environmental issues, gender politics, 21st century ethnicities, aesthetics and criticism