Planning, Making and Composing · B5 Creative Arts

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: B5.1.2.2.1

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

Identify at least three available materials and tools in the local environment that are suitable for creating artworks reflecting African history and culture
Experiment with at least two different media (such as clay, papier mâché, weaving materials, or paint) to produce simple artworks
Create an original artwork that reflects an aspect of African history or culture, such as an Adinkra symbol, a traditional mask, a weaving pattern, or a historical scene
Discuss and compare their own artwork with a peer’s artwork using simple art vocabulary such as line, colour, shape, texture, and form
Share their creative process and choices during a class jury review, explaining what materials they used, why, and what their artwork represents

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Curriculum details

Strand: Visual Arts (Strand 1)
Sub-strand: Planning, Making and Composing (1.2)
Content standard: B5.1.2.2 - 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: B5.1.2.2.1 - Experiment with available relevant visual arts media and methods to create own visual artworks that reflect the history and culture of the people 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 4-6), 2019, p. 68
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 good for making artworks
- study and experiment with available materials and tools to create simple artworks that reflect the history and culture of the people using appropriate methods and skills e.g.
- clay, plasticine, papier mâché (paper pulp) etc. for modelling and casting;
- straw, yarn, paper, etc. for weaving;
- odds and ends for constructing and assembling;
- brushes and paint for painting;
- craft tools for perforating, shaping and punching;
- folding and shaping paper to make origami and quilling;
- spatula and scooping tools for modelling;
- needle for sewing, etc.
- discuss and share their experiences through jury and peer review;
- use available materials in the environment to make artworks similar to the works studied;
- discuss and compare their artworks to the artworks studied.