Planning, Making and Composing · B1 Creative Arts

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: B1.1.2.2.1

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

name at least three visual artworks produced or found in their local community and describe what each one shows about the way of life of the people
talk about their own experiences of seeing artworks like drums, cloth patterns, pots, or wall paintings in their community
choose one artwork from their community that interests them and explain in simple words what it tells us about the history or culture of the people
make a simple plan for a drawing or model they would like to create, based on something they have seen in their community
share their plan with a partner and listen to suggestions for improving it

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Curriculum details

Strand: Visual Arts (Strand 1)
Sub-strand: Planning, Making and Composing (1.2)
Content standard: B1.1.2.2 - Demonstrate understanding of how to organise own ideas through experimenting with available media and techniques for creating/composing artworks, based on the history and culture, the environment and the topical local/national/global issues of other communities
Indicator: B1.1.2.2.1 - Reflect on own experiences of visual artworks produced or found in the local community to plan for making own artworks from imagination to reflect the history and culture or way of life of the people
Suggested placement: Term 1, Week 7 (Week 7 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. 8
Transcribed from the official NaCCA publication. Check this page against the source.

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

Learners are to:
- refresh their memory on visual artworks that are produced or found in the local community;
- recall all kinds of visual artworks that reflect the history and culture of the people;
- make decisions on how the artworks (e.g. drawing, poster, clay, modelling) they plan to make will reflect the history and culture or way of life of people in the local community.