Planning, Making and Composing · B4 Creative Arts

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: B4.2.2.3.2 - Create own artworks using available performing arts media and techniques to express own views, knowledge and understanding of the natural and manmade environments of some Ghanaian communities

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

Identify and describe at least three natural and three manmade features from their own community or nearby Ghanaian communities that can inspire performing arts.
Select one natural or manmade environmental feature and generate at least two original ideas (movements, sounds, words, or scenes) that express their views about it.
Create and perform a short, original piece of music, dance, drama, or poetry using available media and techniques to express their chosen environmental idea.
Present their work to peers and give and receive simple, respectful feedback through a group jury and peer review process.
Explain, in one or two sentences, how their artwork reflects a specific natural or manmade environment of a Ghanaian community.

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Curriculum details

Strand: Performing Arts (Strand 2)
Sub-strand: Planning, Making and Composing (2.2)
Content standard: B4.2.2.3 - Demonstrate understanding of how to create expressive artworks based on own ideas by applying knowledge of media and methods of production to reflect other cultures in Africa as well as the visual artists, their culture, the environment and emerging topical issues
Indicator: B4.2.2.3.2 - Create own artworks using available performing arts media and techniques to express own views, knowledge and understanding of the natural and manmade environments of some Ghanaian communities
Suggested placement: Term 2, Week 5 (Week 17 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 4-6), 2019, p. 40
Transcribed from the official NaCCA publication. Check this page against the source.

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

Learners are to:
- select ideas from the natural and manmade environments of some Ghanaian communities and come out with own music, dance, drama, poem, etc.;
- select and use available performing arts elements, instruments, movement patterns, and techniques to compose and perform own music, dance, drama, poetry, etc. based on their own concepts;
- discuss and share their experiences through jury and peer review.