Basic 1 Creative Arts Term 1 Week 1 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, such as the village, circuit, town, city or district. Share ideas they have about the history of the people. Share stories about the culture or way of life of the people in the community. Listen to and ask questions on stories told by community elders or resource persons. take a walk in the community to observe and discuss cultural practices, people, places and activities that can generate ideas for artwork. 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 questions and answers to review learners understanding of the lesson. Call learners in turns to summarize the lesson.