Planning, Making and Composing · B2 Creative Arts

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: B2.1.2.2.3 - Experiment with available visual arts tools, materials and methods to create own visual artworks that reflect the natural and manmade environments of other Ghanaian communities.

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

Identify at least three different visual arts tools and materials found in the natural and manmade environment suitable for making artworks.
Sort and describe the suitability of different tools and materials for specific artmaking purposes.
Experiment with at least two different methods (drawing, rubbing, pressing, or stamping) using selected tools and materials.
Create one complete visual artwork that reflects the natural or manmade environment of another Ghanaian community, using the tools and materials experimented with.

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Curriculum details

Strand: Visual Arts (Strand 1)
Sub-strand: Planning, Making and Composing (1.2)
Content standard: B2.1.2.2 - 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 as well as the environment and the topical local/national/global issues of other communities
Indicator: B2.1.2.2.3 - Experiment with available visual arts tools, materials and methods to create own visual artworks that reflect the natural and manmade environments of other Ghanaian communities
Suggested placement: Term 1, Week 9 (Week 9 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. 41
Transcribed from the official NaCCA publication. Check this page against the source.

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

Learners are to:
- engage in environmental walks and watch documentaries on the natural and manmade environments
- explore the natural and manmade environments to select available materials and tools (e.g. newsprint, 2B pencil, crayon, charcoal) that are suitable for making artworks;
- explore the nature and suitability of the tools for designing and making visual artworks.