Year 1 Art and Design Foundation Lesson Planners for SHS | NaCCA Aligned

Ignite creativity and deep cultural appreciation with the ultimate Year 1 Art and Design Foundation Planner.

This comprehensive resource is professionally designed to meet the rigorous standards of the new NaCCA/GES Common Core Curriculum. It provides a structured week-by-week roadmap for the entire academic year (Weeks 1–24), guiding learners from the rich history of Indigenous Ghanaian Art to the modern, problem-solving framework of Design Thinking.

Select Your Term:

This planner is divided into two comprehensive semesters. Select the specific semester you need from the dropdown menu above.

Semester 1 Highlights (Weeks 1–12)

• Indigenous Art History: Exploring pre-colonial Ghanaian art forms (8th–21st century) and tracing the profound impact of African myths and legends on global art.

• Ancient Design Concepts: Analyzing how the social and material conditions of ancient cultures (Egypt, Nok, Yoruba, Akan) shaped design solutions.

• Materials & Media: Investigating the environmental sourcing and traditional use of clay, wood, textiles, and natural pigments.

• Sensory Perception & Culture: Understanding how biological senses and cultural backgrounds intersect to shape visuality and meaning-making in art.

Semester 2 Highlights (Weeks 13–24)

• • Visual Literacy: Developing the critical skills to analyze form, subject matter, context, and technique to interpret the meaning of artworks.

  • Design Thinking: Mastering the empathize, define, ideate, prototype, and test phases to solve real-world problems creatively.

• Elements & Principles of Design: Practical application of line, texture, shape, balance, rhythm, and proportion in compositional layouts.

• Color Theory & Tonal Values: Understanding pigment vs. spectrum colors, creating specific emotional moods with color schemes (triadic, split-complementary), and rendering 3D forms using tonal gradation.

Why Choose This Planner?

• 100% Editable: Delivered in Word/PDF formats so you can seamlessly adapt it for your specific studio constraints and local material availability.

• Curriculum Compliant: Covers all major theoretical and practical sections of the Year 1 Art & Design syllabus.

• Bonus Assessments: Includes a massive test bank of 200 questions per semester (MCQs, True/False, and Essays) to rigorously evaluate student progress and prepare them for both practical portfolio reviews and written exams.

Download today to simplify your lesson preparation and guide the next generation of visionary African artists and designers.