Basic 1 · Creative Arts · Thinking and Exploring Ideas
Art About Problems in Our Community
In this topic you will talk about problems in your community and how art can show them.
By the end of these notes you should be able to:
- Name problems in your community
- Explain how art can teach people
- Plan a poster about a community problem
What you already know
- Making art from my imagination
Copy everything that has a blue line on its left into your notebook. The other parts are for reading.
- Strand
- Visual Arts & Performing Arts
- Sub-strand
- Thinking and Exploring Ideas
- Indicator
- B1.1.1.1.4 – Explore own experiences and talk about how the visual artworks produced or found in the local community reflect local topical issues
Introduction
After heavy rain, Yaw's street floods. Rubbish blocks the gutters. Yaw wants to draw a poster to tell people to keep the gutters clean.
1. Topical Issues
Topical issue: A problem people are talking about now.
Issues in many communities
- rubbish in gutters
- flooding
- road accidents
- cutting down trees
2. Art That Teaches
A poster has a picture and a few words. It tells people what to do.
3. Planning a Poster
- Choose one problem.
- Think of a short message.
- Draw a clear picture.
- Write the message in big letters.
New words
- topical issue
- A problem people are talking about now.
- poster
- A big picture with words that shares a message.
- message
- What you want people to know.
- flood
- When too much water covers the land.
Summary
- Topical issues are problems people talk about now.
- Art like posters can teach people what to do.
- A poster has a clear picture and a short message.
Class activity: Problem Posters
- Talk about one problem in your community.
- Agree on a short message.
- Sketch a poster on manila paper.
You need: Pencils, Crayons, Old cartons, Manila paper, Kente, Adinkra samples
Exercises
Answer in your exercise book first, then check your answers.
1. Which is a community problem?
- A. Choked gutters
- B. Clean roads
- C. Good schools
- D. Fresh water
Show answer
Answer: Choked guttersThey cause flooding.2. A big picture with words that shares a message is a…
- A. Poster
- B. Drum
- C. Song
- D. Pot
Show answer
Answer: PosterPosters share messages.3. Art can teach people to keep the community clean.
- A. True
- B. False
Show answer
Answer: TruePosters share good messages.4. A poster should have very small writing.
- A. True
- B. False
Show answer
Answer: FalseWriting should be big and clear.5. When too much water covers the land, there is a ______.
Show answer
Answer: floodThat is a flood.6. Write a short poster message about rubbish.
Show answer
Answer: E.g. "Put rubbish in the bin."Messages should be short and clear.
Homework
- Look for a poster in your community. Tell the class what it says.