Planning, Making and Composing · B4 Creative Arts

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: B4.1.2.2.2

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

Identify and collect at least three suitable natural or manmade materials from the local environment for creating an artwork.
Experiment with at least two different art-making methods (such as modelling, weaving, collage, or painting) using the collected materials.
Create an original artwork that expresses their own views about the natural or manmade environment of a Ghanaian community of their choice.
Discuss and compare their finished artwork with those of their peers, giving at least one piece of constructive feedback.
List at least two ways in which their artwork reflects knowledge of the community they chose to represent.

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Curriculum details

Strand: Visual Arts (Strand 1)
Sub-strand: Planning, Making and Composing (1.2)
Content standard: B4.1.2.2 - Demonstrate understanding of how to organise own ideas through experimenting with available media and techniques for creating/composing artworks based on the history, culture, environment and topical local/national/global issues of other communities
Indicator: B4.1.2.2.2 - Experiment with available visual arts media and methods to create artworks that express own views, knowledge and understanding of the natural and manmade environments in some Ghanaian communities
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 4-6), 2019, p. 34
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 materials and tools that are suitable for making visual artworks;
- study and test the use of available materials and tools by applying appropriate methods and skills:
- clay, plasticine, papier mâché (paper pulp) etc. as material for modelling and casting;
- straw, yarn, paper, etc. for weaving;
- odds and ends for collage, constructing and assemblage;
- brushes and paints for painting pictures;
- pen knives for cutting, perforating, shaping;
- paper for folding and creating mobiles, origami, kites;
- spatula and scooping tools for modelling;
- needles for sewing and stitching, etc.
- discuss and share their experiences through open discussion and assessment by peers;
- use available materials in the environment to make artworks that look like the visual artworks studied;
- discuss and compare their artworks with the visual artworks studied.