Appreciating and Appraising · B2 Creative Arts

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: B2.1.4.7.1

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

Use the agreed guidelines (theme, subject matter, media, techniques, elements and principles of design, and values) to judge the beauty and usefulness of displayed visual artworks.
Examine the features of at least three displayed artworks, identifying the theme, subject matter, media and techniques used in each.
Make informed decisions about whether an artwork is beautiful and useful, giving at least two reasons based on the agreed guidelines.
Identify which Ghanaian community an artwork represents based on its features, and explain how they know this.
Communicate their judgements respectfully to peers during group discussion, using the agreed guidelines as their guide.

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Curriculum details

Strand: Visual Arts (Strand 1)
Sub-strand: Appreciating and Appraising (1.4)
Content standard: B2.1.4.7 - Demonstrate understanding of how to make informed decisions on displays, presentations, performances, recordings and/or reports, based on an established guide for judging artworks (the theme, subject matter, media, techniques, elements and principles of design, social, aesthetic, cultural and functional values) for correlation, correction and future modifications
Indicator: B2.1.4.7.1 - Use the agreed guidelines to make decisions on the beauty and usefulness of the displayed visual artworks as representations of artworks produced or found in other Ghanaian communities
Suggested placement: Term 3, Week 9 (Week 33 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 Curriculum (Basic 1-3), 2019, p. 60
Transcribed from the official NaCCA publication. Check this page against the source.

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

Learners are to:
- view and make informed decisions on the artworks using the senses and the agreed guidelines
- examine the features of the artworks based on the agreed guidelines (e.g. the theme, subject matter, media and techniques used);
- assess the beauty and usefulness of own and others' displayed visual artworks as representations of artworks produced or found in other Ghanaian communities.