Thinking and Exploring Ideas · B3 Creative Arts

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: B3.2.1.1.4 - Study and talk about performing artworks produced or performed in other African communities that reflect topical issues in those areas of Africa

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

Identify at least three topical issues affecting communities in other parts of Africa (such as deforestation, disease, and conflict) and explain how these issues appear in music, dance, or drama from those areas.
Discuss how deforestation affects the production of instruments like drums in African communities, giving at least one example.
Describe how at least two topical issues (for example, cholera, HIV/AIDS, or road accidents) affect composers, performers, and performances in music, dance, and drama.
Work in a small group to talk through and present short ideas for a performance artwork that reflects one topical issue studied in the lesson.
Listen respectfully to classmates’ ideas and ask thoughtful questions about the performances they discuss.

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Curriculum details

Strand: Performing Arts (Strand 2)
Sub-strand: Thinking and Exploring Ideas (2.1)
Content standard: B3.2.1.1 - Demonstrate understanding of how to generate own ideas for artistic expressions on the people, based on their history and culture, the environment and the topical local/national/global issues
Indicator: B3.2.1.1.4 - Study and talk about performing artworks produced or performed in other African communities that reflect topical issues in those areas of Africa
Suggested placement: Term 1, Week 7 (Week 7 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. 70
Transcribed from the official NaCCA publication. Check this page against the source.

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

Learners are to:
- talk about topical issues that affect sustainable production of music, dance and drama;
- identify and learn about resources for making instruments for performances e.g. wood for carving drums and the issue of deforestation;
- describe the effects of diseases (e.g. cholera, HIV/AIDS), conflicts and road accidents on composers, performers, compositions and performances of the arts: music, dance and drama.