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Art and Design Foundation lesson plans for SHS 1–3

NaCCA-aligned Art and Design Foundation Learning Planners for every week of the new SHS curriculum. Pick a week below and SHSLessonPlan writes the full plan in about two minutes: essential questions, strategies, resources, differentiation, then each lesson with worked examples, an assessment and an exit ticket. You can also make Art and Design Foundation assessments and a scheme of work. Download as Word or PDF.

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SHS 1 Art and Design Foundation: weekly topics

24 weeks from the NaCCA SHS 1 Art and Design Foundation teacher manual. Each one can be written as a full lesson plan.

  1. Week 1Indigenous Ghanaian Art and Its Characteristics
  2. Week 2Contributions of Indigenous Ghanaian Art
  3. Week 3Materials in the Environment for Art
  4. Week 4Myths and Legends in African Cultures
  5. Week 5Impact of Indigenous Art on African Cultures
  6. Week 6Indigenous African Art and Global Art
  7. Week 7Ancient Art and Emerging Art Traditions
  8. Week 8Design Concepts in Ancient Cultures
  9. Week 9Conditions for Design in Ancient Cultures
  10. Week 10Sensory Perception
  11. Week 11Sensory Perception and Cultural Awareness
  12. Week 12Visuality and Meaning-Making in Art
  13. Week 13Creating Meaning in Art and Design
  14. Week 14Components of Works of Art
  15. Week 15Writing Art Appreciation and Interpretation
  16. Week 16Artistic Form and Content
  17. Week 17Elements and Principles of Art and Design
  18. Week 18Applying Elements and Principles of Design
  19. Week 19Design Thinking Process
  20. Week 20Colour Theory, Colour Schemes and Mood
  21. Week 21Pigment Colours and Colours of the Spectrum
  22. Week 22Drawing Contours and Forms
  23. Week 23Tonal Values and Hues in Drawing 1
  24. Week 24Tonal Values and Hues in Drawing 2

SHS 2 Art and Design Foundation: weekly topics

24 weeks from the NaCCA SHS 2 Art and Design Foundation teacher manual. Each one can be written as a full lesson plan.

  1. Week 1Modern Ghanaian Art
  2. Week 2Art History of Ghana and Modern Ghanaian Artists
  3. Week 3Modern African Art
  4. Week 4Impact of Modern African Art on Society
  5. Week 5Western Modern Art Movements
  6. Week 6Western Modern Art and African Art
  7. Week 7Modern Design Schools, Concepts and Theories
  8. Week 8Social and Material Conditions of Modern Design
  9. Week 9Origins of Cultural Objects in Ghana
  10. Week 10Materials and Production of Cultural Objects
  11. Week 11Social Conditions behind Art Objects
  12. Week 12Cultural Memory and Identity
  13. Week 13Regional Materials as Alternatives
  14. Week 14Art Medium and Scale
  15. Week 15Aesthetic Theories and Artistic Expression
  16. Week 16Theories in Art
  17. Week 17Appreciating Cultural Products
  18. Week 18Art and Design Processes
  19. Week 19Design Strategies for Local Problems
  20. Week 20Prototyping
  21. Week 21Colour Symbolism in Ghanaian Cultures
  22. Week 22Advanced Colour Theory
  23. Week 23Figurative and Non-Figurative Images
  24. Week 24Generating Forms and Industrial Materials

SHS 3 Art and Design Foundation: weekly topics

24 weeks from the NaCCA SHS 3 Art and Design Foundation teacher manual. Each one can be written as a full lesson plan.

  1. Week 1Contemporary Ghanaian and African Art
  2. Week 2Contributions of Contemporary Ghanaian Artists
  3. Week 3Biennales and Triennales
  4. Week 4Categories of Contemporary African Art
  5. Week 5Contributions of Contemporary African Art
  6. Week 6Contemporary African Art in the Artworld
  7. Week 7Milestones of Contemporary Art
  8. Week 8Modern Art and Contemporary African Art
  9. Week 9Major Design Concepts of the 21st Century
  10. Week 10Emerging Design Concepts
  11. Week 11Ethical Issues: Gender, Race, Environment and Animal Rights
  12. Week 12Ownership, Reparation and Advocacy
  13. Week 13Technology-Based Art and Design
  14. Week 143D, 4D and 5D Art Forms, Crypto Art and NFTs
  15. Week 15Art Criticism and Aesthetic Evaluation
  16. Week 16Stages of Art Criticism
  17. Week 17Applying Art Criticism
  18. Week 18Computer-Aided Design (CAD)
  19. Week 19Applying CAD Software
  20. Week 20Advanced Colour Theory and Colour Schemes
  21. Week 21Pigment and Spectrum Colours
  22. Week 22Creating with Colour
  23. Week 23Drawing and Advanced Composition
  24. Week 24Composition and Tonal Values

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