Thinking and Exploring Ideas · B4 Creative Arts

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: B4.2.1.1.3

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

Identify at least two performing artworks by Ghanaian artists (such as songs, dances, or drum performances) that reflect the natural environment, such as rivers, forests, or the sea.
Identify at least two performing artworks that reflect the manmade environment, such as markets, schools, or buildings.
Describe the ideas in a selected Ghanaian performing artwork by stating its type, topic, purpose, instruments used, and key words or lyrics.
Compare two Ghanaian performing artworks by noting at least two similarities and two differences in their type, topic, theme, or purpose.
Share their observations with the class, giving reasons for their opinions about the artworks studied.

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Curriculum details

Strand: Performing Arts (Strand 2)
Sub-strand: Thinking and Exploring Ideas (2.1)
Content standard: B4.2.1.1 - Demonstrate understanding of how to generate own ideas for artistic expressions about the people based on their history and culture, the environment and topical local/national/global issues
Indicator: B4.2.1.1.3 - Study the performing artworks created of some Ghanaian performing artists that reflect the natural and manmade environments of some communities in Ghana
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 4-6), 2019, p. 31
Transcribed from the official NaCCA publication. Check this page against the source.

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

Learners are to:
- select artworks of some Ghanaian performing artists that show aspects of the natural and manmade environments;
- study the artworks in detail and describe the ideas that make up the artworks (e.g. the type of artwork, topic/purpose, ideas taken from natural and manmade things, instruments used, words/lyrics, etc.);
- assess the artworks by comparing their types, topics/themes, purpose, function, ideas expressed, etc.