Planning, Making and Composing · B2 Creative Arts

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: B2.2.2.2.3

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

Identify at least three natural objects and three manmade objects in their local environment that can produce sound for music making
Describe one type of music, dance, or drama from another Ghanaian community and explain how it reflects that community’s natural or manmade environment
Select and combine available objects to experiment with producing different sounds, movements, or dramatic effects
Create a short performing artwork (sound pattern, dance movement, or drama scene) that reflects the natural or manmade environment of a chosen Ghanaian community
Present their created artwork to the class and explain one way it shows the chosen community’s environment

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Curriculum details

Strand: Performing Arts (Strand 2)
Sub-strand: Planning, Making and Composing (2.2)
Content standard: B2.2.2.2 - 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: B2.2.2.2.3 - Experiment with available performing arts instruments, resources and techniques to create own artworks that reflect the natural and manmade environments in other communities in Ghana
Suggested placement: Term 2, Week 1 (Week 13 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. 43
Transcribed from the official NaCCA publication. Check this page against the source.

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

Learners are to:
- explore the local environment to select available natural and manmade objects and things that are good for performing music, dance and drama;
- discuss types of music, dance and drama that reflect the natural and manmade environments;
- create own performing artworks to reflect the natural and manmade environments in the identified communities in Ghana.