The World Around Us · SHS3 Art And Design…

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: 3.2.1.LI.3 - Analyse and articulate Crypto and Non-Fungible Tokens (NTFs) forms of art.

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

Define cryptocurrency, crypto-art, and Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) in their own words, distinguishing clearly between them.
Explain step by step how an existing physical artwork is converted into a digital asset and then registered as an NFT on a blockchain.
Analyse the advantages and disadvantages of NFT art for artists, buyers, and the environment, using specific examples.
Articulate an informed personal position in a class debate on whether NFT art is “real art” or a passing trend.
Evaluate the cultural and economic implications of NFT art for Ghanaian artists and the wider African art market.

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Curriculum details

Strand: Aesthetics and Criticism (Strand 2)
Sub-strand: The World Around Us (2.1)
Content standard: 3.2.1.CS.2 - 3.2.1.CS.2 Analyse and categorise technology as indigenous to art and design in 20th - 21st Centuries. 3.2.1.LO.1 Appreciate and contribute to debates on material responsibility, and emerging advocacy issues in art. 3.2.1.LO.2 Ability to articulate technology as essential to the making of art and design in the 20th - 21st Centuries.
Indicator: 3.2.1.LI.3 - Analyse and articulate Crypto and Non-Fungible Tokens (NTFs) forms of art.
Suggested placement: Semester 2, Week 3 (Week 23 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: NaCCA curriculum document, p. 121

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

Experiential Learning
- Watch videos on digital assets and valuables (virtual opposites of actual valuables), and how they are created, stored and shared.
- Examples: Crypto-collectibles, cryptocurrencies, crypto-art, NFTs, blockchain art, etc.
Managing Talk for Learning and Group Work/Collaborative Learning:
- In convenient groups investigate and record essential procedures of digital conversion of existing objects (assets/valuables) for virtual platforms for class presentations.
Project-Based Learning:
- In small groups/individuals, experiment with the essential requirements and procedures of digital conversion of existing objects to create digital assets.

Assessment (3.2.1.AS.3). The document marks these depth-of-knowledge levels for this indicator: Level 2 Skills of conceptual understanding; Level 3 Strategic reasoning; Level 4 Extended critical thinking and reasoning.

Teaching and Learning Materials:
- The environment
- Textbooks
- Magazines
- Journals
- web references
- projector
- computer
- LCD Screens
- flip charts
- audio-visual gadgets
- videos
- TLMs on internet-based media, crypto collectibles, cryptocurrencies, crypto art, NFTs, blockchain art, aesthetics and criticism
- Posters
- Flyers
- Buntings
- Paintings
- Sculpture
- drawings and illustrations
- TLMs on human geography, environmental issues, gender politics, 21st century ethnicities, aesthetics and criticism