Planning, Making and Composing · B5 Creative Arts

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: B5.1.2.3.1

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

Recall the history and culture of at least one African group and identify visual symbols, patterns, or objects associated with that culture
Explain how elements and principles of art (line, shape, colour, pattern, balance, emphasis) are used in a chosen African cultural artwork
Plan a simple design on paper based on their own ideas about an African culture they have studied or know about
Select appropriate materials, tools, and methods available in the classroom to create a 2-dimensional artwork following their design
Produce a finished artwork that reflects the history or culture of an African people and assess their own work against simple criteria

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Curriculum details

Strand: Visual Arts (Strand 1)
Sub-strand: Planning, Making and Composing (1.2)
Content standard: B5.1.2.3 - Demonstrate understanding of how to create expressive artworks based on own ideas by applying knowledge of media and methods of production based on other cultures in Africa, the visual artists, their culture, the environment and emerging topical issues
Indicator: B5.1.2.3.1 - Create own visual artworks based on own ideas, knowledge and understanding of artworks that reflect the history and culture of the people of Africa
Suggested placement: Term 2, Week 2 (Week 14 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. 73
Transcribed from the official NaCCA publication. Check this page against the source.

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

Learners are to:
- demonstrate basic knowledge and skills in the use and application of the elements and principles of art and design, media, methods and techniques freely in creative and expressive ways to produce own 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional artworks based on own ideas and experiences;
- make own comprehensive designs based on reflective memory of the history and culture of a selected group of Africans;
- follow own design to produce personal artworks by selecting and using available but suitable and appropriate: a) materials available (e.g. clay for modelling and casting; paper for drawing and painting; colour for painting and spraying; wood and other solid materials for carving; glue for bonding; yarn for weaving) b) tools and equipment: e.g.
- brush for painting;
- scissors and cutting knives for cutting;
- spray diffuser for spraying
- chisel for carving
- spatulas for modelling
- craft tools for punching, perforating, etc. c) manual/mechanical production methods/techniques (e.g. painting, printing, weaving, knotting, trimming, doodling, modelling, casting, carving, construction, assemblage, folding, quilling); d) select and use suitable and appropriate manual/mechanical finishing and decorating techniques (e.g. firing, painting, burnishing, spraying).