Appreciating and Appraising · B3 Creative Arts

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: B3.2.4.7.1

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

Use the agreed class guidelines to appraise a music, dance or drama performance from another African community, identifying its theme, subject matter, instruments, costumes and techniques.
State at least two functions or values of a viewed performance (for example, entertainment, education, cultural preservation or social bonding).
Express their own views about the strengths and weaknesses of a performance, using polite and constructive language.
Compare their own performance with that of another African community and identify at least one similarity and one difference.
Suggest one future modification that could enhance a viewed performance, based on the agreed guidelines.

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Curriculum details

Strand: Performing Arts (Strand 2)
Sub-strand: Appreciating and Appraising (2.4)
Content standard: B3.2.4.7 - 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: B3.2.4.7.1 - Use agreed guidelines to make informed decisions about the value and functions of own and others' music, dance and drama performances that express own views of people in other African 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. 93
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 agreed guidelines by using the senses and movement
- assess based on established guide for judging music, dance and drama by using the theme, subject matter, instruments, costumes, techniques, elements
- to respond, appreciate and appraise own and/or music, dance and drama,
- recognise the characteristics of own and others' music, dance and drama
- talk about the usefulness of the displayed music, dance and drama
- identify future modifications that can be done to enhance the usefulness