Thinking and Exploring Ideas · B3 Creative Arts

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: B3.2.1.1.1 - Study and talk about performing artworks produced or performed in other African communities that reflect the history and culture or way of life of people in those areas in Africa

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

Identify at least three performing artworks (music, dance or drama) from other African communities and name the country or community where each originates.
Describe the resources used (instruments, costumes, props, body movements) in at least two African performing artworks they have studied.
Discuss the subject matter of a selected African performance and explain the occasion on which it is performed, such as a festival, celebration or ceremony.
Talk about the social and cultural importance of at least one African performing artwork from another community.
Imitate a simple skill or technique (a rhythm, a movement or a call-and-response pattern) drawn from an African performance studied in class.

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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: B3.2.1.1.1 - Study and talk about performing artworks produced or performed in other African communities that reflect the history and culture or way of life of people in those areas in Africa
Suggested placement: Term 1, Week 4 (Week 4 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. 68
Transcribed from the official NaCCA publication. Check this page against the source.

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

Learners are to:
- gather information through library research, surfing the internet for African music, dances and drama;
- watch short documentaries on the performing arts of Africa;
- discuss the resources that are used (e.g. instruments, elements, costumes, props) for composing and performing music, dance and drama in Africa and the rest of the world;
- imitate the skills and techniques that the composers, arrangers and performers use;
- discuss the subject matter, the occasions on which they are performed - festivals, entertainment shows, sporting activities, independence anniversary celebrations and their social and cultural importance;
- develop ideas and concepts for composing and performing music, dance and drama from the compositions and performances from Africa.