Basic 1 Creative Arts Term 1 Week 2 Lesson Plan

Learners are to watch a short video or pictures on an exhibition or visit an exhibition Centre, preferably during the circuit, district or regional cultural festival. Ask learners to talk about parts of the video or pictures that interest them. Ask learners questions to review learners understanding in the previous lesson.

Learners are to think about the different groups of people who live in the local community (your village, town, city or district). Share ideas they have about the history of the people (including where they came from, the leaders who brought them, how the village started). Share stories that describe the culture or way of life of people in the community. Listen to and ask questions on stories told by community elders or resource persons that explain the history and culture of the people in the community. take a walk in the community to visit famous buildings (such as the post office, chief’s palace, old buildings), important places and old sites of the community. Where possible, view photographs or use ICT devices (such as computer) to view pictures or watch videos on the internet Use ideas gained to plan to create own performing artworks that describe the people and how they live. For this activity, learners use pencils and crayons, old cartons and manila paper and kente and Adinkra samples to study familiar designs and create visual artworks with locally available materials.

Ask learners to tell the whole class what they have learnt. Learners tell what they will like to learn. Use series of questions and answers to review learners understanding of the lesson. Call learners in turns to summarize the lesson.