Thinking and Exploring Ideas · B2 Creative Arts

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: B2.1.1.1.2 - Explore own experiences to talk about visual artworks that are produced or found in other communities in Ghana

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

Name at least three different communities in Ghana and the visual artworks they are known for (e.g. pots from Vume, wood carvings from Ahwiaa, kente from Bonwire).
Describe the materials and tools used to make at least two of these artworks.
State one social or cultural importance of a selected artwork from another Ghanaian community.
Identify who makes these artworks (e.g. potters, weavers, carvers) and one safety rule they observe.
Talk about a personal experience or something they have heard about an artwork from another community in Ghana.

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Curriculum details

Strand: Visual Arts (Strand 1)
Sub-strand: Thinking and Exploring Ideas (1.1)
Content standard: B2.1.1.1 - 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: B2.1.1.1.2 - Explore own experiences to talk about visual artworks that are produced or found in other communities in Ghana
Suggested placement: Term 1, Week 1 (Week 1 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. 32
Transcribed from the official NaCCA publication. Check this page against the source.

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

Learners are to:
- talk about the visual artworks produced or found in other parts of Ghana (e.g. pots, wood carvings, woven baskets, woven/printed and dyed fabrics, leather products, canoes, cane/wood furniture, road signs, posters, jewellery, billboards)
- discuss the materials and tools that were/are used in making these artworks, the processes and production techniques, and how they are used
- discuss the theme of the artworks and its social and cultural importance;
- identify those who make artworks;
- study the subject matter of the different artworks;
- examine the type of materials used in making the artworks;
- probe how the artworks are made, how they are made, the safety rules that are observed, taboos (if any) associated with the visual artworks;
- explore the symbolism, function and uses of these artworks.