Thinking and Exploring Ideas · B2 Creative Arts

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: B2.2.1.1.2 - Explore own experiences to talk about performing artworks that reflect people in other communities in Ghana

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

Name at least three performing artworks (music, dance, or drama) from communities in Ghana other than their own.
Describe the instruments, costumes, and props used in at least two performing artworks from other Ghanaian communities.
State the occasion on which at least one performing artwork is performed and explain its importance to the people.
Talk about the materials used to make instruments or props and who makes them, based on class discussions.
Improvise a simple rhythm or movement pattern inspired by a performing artwork from another Ghanaian community.

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Curriculum details

Strand: Performing Arts (Strand 2)
Sub-strand: Thinking and Exploring Ideas (2.1)
Content standard: B2.2.1.1 - Demonstrate understanding of how to generate own ideas for artistic expressions about the people, based on their history and culture, the environment and the topical local/national/global issues
Indicator: B2.2.1.1.2 - Explore own experiences to talk about performing artworks that reflect people in other communities in Ghana
Suggested placement: Term 1, Week 5 (Week 5 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 1-3), 2019, p. 36
Transcribed from the official NaCCA publication. Check this page against the source.

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

Learners are to:
- brainstorm on performing artworks (e.g. music, dance and drama) that are produced or performed by people in other parts of Ghana.
- discuss the resources that are used (e.g. instruments, elements, costumes, props) for composing and performing those artworks;
- study the subject matter of those artworks and explore their importance and the occasions on which they are performed;
- probe how the artworks are made, who makes them, the safety rules that are observed and taboos (if any) associated with these performing artworks;
- improvise the skills and techniques observed in the performing artworks.