Thinking and Exploring Ideas · B3 Creative Arts

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: B3.1.1.1.4 - Study and talk about visual artworks produced or found in other African communities that reflect topical issues in those areas in Africa

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

Identify at least three visual artworks from other African communities and state the topical issue each artwork reflects.
Describe, in their own words, how artists in other African countries use colours, symbols and images to communicate messages about issues like floods, road accidents, plastic waste or disease.
Discuss and compare two different artworks from two different African countries, pointing out one similarity and one difference in how the issues are shown.
Sort pictures of African artworks into groups based on the topical issue they address (for example, health, environment, safety or conflict).
Present their observations about one chosen African artwork to a small group, using art vocabulary such as “symbol”, “mood”, “message” and “background”.

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Curriculum details

Strand: Visual Arts (Strand 1)
Sub-strand: Thinking and Exploring Ideas (1.1)
Content standard: B3.1.1.1 - 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: B3.1.1.1.4 - Study and talk about visual artworks produced or found in other African communities that reflect topical issues in those areas in Africa
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. 67
Transcribed from the official NaCCA publication. Check this page against the source.

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

Learners to
- observe and document daily occurrences (e.g. news on conflicts, road crashes, child abuse, diseases, floods, energy efficiency);
- identify how to protect the environment (e.g. by safe use of the roads by pedestrians, motor bike riders, drivers and passengers; prevention of communicable diseases and using energy efficiency gadgets);
- find ways to manage energy resources at home, in school and in the community;
- discuss topical issues of involving plastic waste, conflict, illegal migration, human trafficking, diseases, rising temperatures, drowning, road safety, etc. in other African countries and the rest of the world.