Thinking and Exploring Ideas · B2 Creative Arts

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: B2.1.1.1.4

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

Describe at least two topical issues affecting communities in other parts of Ghana that they have seen or heard about.
Identify the causes of at least one topical issue shown in a visual artwork from another Ghanaian community.
Discuss ways to reduce or prevent a topical issue using simple everyday actions.
Explain how a visual artwork (a painting, drawing, poster or found object) can send a message about a problem in a community.
Create a simple drawing or poster that shows one topical issue and a way to solve it.

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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: B2.1.1.1.4 - Reflect on own experiences to talk about visual artworks produced or found in other parts of Ghana that reflect topical issues in those communities
Suggested placement: Term 1, Week 3 (Week 3 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. 35
Transcribed from the official NaCCA publication. Check this page against the source.

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

Learners are to:
- discuss the topical issues (e.g. no rainfall, rising temperatures, poor disposal of waste, road safety, burglary) experienced in other communities in Ghana;
- identify the causes of those topical issues;
- discuss how to reduce or prevent these topical issues (e.g. protecting the environment, safe use of roads by pedestrians, motorbike riders, drivers of vehicles, and passengers);
- discuss ways to instil good habits to save the natural environment at home and in the school.