Planning, Making and Composing · B3 Creative Arts

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: B3.2.2.2.1

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

Identify at least three performing artworks from other African communities and name the country or region where each one comes from.
Describe the instruments, resources and techniques used in performing artworks from other parts of Africa.
Explain how the history and culture of a community (such as beliefs, festivals or chieftaincy) influence the performing artworks they produce.
Make decisions about instruments, resources and techniques to plan their own short performing artwork inspired by another African community.
Present their plan to the class and explain the choices they made, using clear speaking and listening skills.

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Curriculum details

Strand: Performing Arts (Strand 2)
Sub-strand: Planning, Making and Composing (2.2)
Content standard: B3.2.2.2 - 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, the environment and the topical local/national/global issues of other communities
Indicator: B3.2.2.2.1 - Plan own artworks that represent performing artworks produced or performed in other communities in Africa, by making decisions on the instruments, resources and techniques used by the performing artists for creating artworks that reflect the people, their history and their culture in those areas of Africa
Suggested placement: Term 1, Week 10 (Week 10 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. 73
Transcribed from the official NaCCA publication. Check this page against the source.

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

Learners are to:
- organise and develop concepts from memory to come out with own creative ideas to compose own music, dance and drama based on knowledge and understanding of the:
- talk about the history and culture (e.g. beliefs, customs, religion, festivals, rites of passage, chieftaincy, symbols of authority, politics) of people from other parts of Africa;
- experiment with compositions produced/performed in other parts of Africa (Dances: Indlamu of South Africa, Moribayasa of Guinea, Eskista of Ethiopia, Atilogwu of Nigeria, Aduma of Kenya; Music: Afrobeat of Nigeria, Highlife of Ghana);