Appreciating and Appraising · B2 Creative Arts

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: B2.2.4.7.1 - Use the agreed guidelines to make decisions on the beauty and usefulness of the displayed performing artworks as representations of artworks produced or found in other Ghanaian communities.

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

Recall and state the agreed guidelines for judging performing artworks (theme, subject matter, media/techniques, finishing, beauty and usefulness).
Use the agreed guidelines to examine displayed music, dance and drama performances and say what makes each one beautiful and useful.
Compare a displayed performance with performances from other Ghanaian communities and identify at least one similarity and one difference.
Make a clear decision about whether a displayed performing artwork is beautiful, useful, or both, and give a reason for the decision.
Share their decision with the class and listen respectfully to the decisions made by others.

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Curriculum details

Strand: Performing Arts (Strand 2)
Sub-strand: Appreciating and Appraising (2.4)
Content standard: B2.2.4.7 - 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: B2.2.4.7.1 - Use the agreed guidelines to make decisions on the beauty and usefulness of the displayed performing artworks as representations of artworks produced or found in other Ghanaian communities
Suggested placement: Term 3, Week 11 (Week 35 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. 62
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 displayed performing 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, finishing);
- assess the beauty and usefulness of own and others' displayed music, dance and drama performances as representations of artworks produced or performed in other Ghanaian communities.