JHS2 Creative Arts And Design · Term 3, Week 2
Creative and Aesthetic Expression
Lesson notes
Learning Objectives
Indicator: B8.2.2.3.7 - Design and produce own dance and drama that reflect a range of different times and cultures
By the end of the lesson, learners can:
- Identify at least two Ghanaian dance and drama artists (including Martin Owusu and Nia Yartey) and describe the themes and cultural influences in their works.
- Brainstorm and select a theme or topical issue for their own dance piece or play, drawing from Ghanaian daily life such as sanitation or pension services.
- Apply the design process (idea development, planning, rehearsal, and refinement) to create a short original dance piece or drama scene.
- Produce a simple performance that reflects both a specific Ghanaian cultural tradition and a contemporary issue, showing how past and present connect.
- Present their finished dance or drama piece to classmates and explain the cultural and topical choices they made.
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- Strand
- Creative Arts (Strand 2)
- Sub-strand
- Creative and Aesthetic Expression (2.2)
- Content standard
- B8.2.2.3 - Dance and Drama: Demonstrate how to apply the concept of design process (Idea development) to produce and display own creative and expressive art-forms that reflect a range of different times and cultures
- Indicator
- B8.2.2.3.7 - Design and produce own dance and drama that reflect a range of different times and cultures
- Suggested placement
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Term 3, Week 2
(Week 26 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
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Creative Arts and Design, Common Core Programme (JHS1-JHS3), 2023, p. 56
Transcribed from the official NaCCA publication. Check this page against the source.
Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)
1. Discuss a dance or drama artist and their artworks. Example: Martin Owusu, Nia Yartey. 2. Design and produce own dance piece or play. Example: SSNIT Pension Scheme services, sanitation etc.