Basic 2 · Creative Arts · Displaying and Sharing
Sharing Our Creative Work
In this topic you will perform and display your artworks to share what you have learnt.
By the end of these notes you should be able to:
- Display your waste artworks
- Perform a short drama about a topical issue
- Explain your work to visitors
What you already know
- Art about problems in Ghana
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
- Displaying and Sharing
- Indicator
- B2.2.3.4.1 – Perform own artworks to share creative experiences
Introduction
Your class will hold a "Clean Ghana Day". You will show your waste art and perform a short drama about littering.
1. Display
- Hang or place artworks with labels.
- Group them by topical issue.
- Stand by your work to explain it.
2. Short Drama
| Scene | What happens |
|---|---|
| 1 | A child throws a sachet on the road. |
| 2 | Rain comes; the gutter is blocked and the street floods. |
| 3 | Friends clean the gutter and put rubbish in bins. |
| 4 | Everyone sings "Keep Ghana clean!" |

New words
- drama
- A story acted out.
- scene
- One part of a drama.
- display
- To show artworks.
- message
- What the work teaches.
Summary
- We share our work through displays and performances.
- A drama can teach a message about a problem.
- We explain our work to visitors.
Class activity: Clean Ghana Day
- Display your waste artworks with labels.
- Perform the drama in scenes.
- Invite another class to watch.
You need: Learners’ own artworks, Label cards cut from manila paper, String, Clothes pegs
Exercises
Answer in your exercise book first, then check your answers.
1. A story acted out is a…
- A. Drama
- B. Basket
- C. Bead
- D. Map
Show answer
Answer: DramaDramas are acted.2. What message does "The Plastic Problem" teach?
- A. Keep Ghana clean
- B. Throw rubbish anywhere
- C. Do not sing
- D. Block gutters
Show answer
Answer: Keep Ghana cleanThe drama teaches cleanliness.3. One part of a drama is a scene.
- A. True
- B. False
Show answer
Answer: TrueDramas have scenes.4. We should not explain our work to visitors.
- A. True
- B. False
Show answer
Answer: FalseExplaining shares our ideas.5. What a work teaches is its ______.
Show answer
Answer: messageThat is the message.6. Write one scene for a drama about saving water.
Show answer
Answer: E.g. A child closes a dripping tap.Scenes show what happens.
Homework
- Tell your family the message of your drama.