Quiz Topics
Topic 1: History of Zambian Art (II)
Specific Competence: Understand the development of art in Zambia, including key organizations, early artists, and traditional art forms. Learning Activities: Students will learn about important art groups like the National Arts Council. They will list founding members of the Visual Arts Council. They will describe the art styles of early Zambian artists such as Henry Tayali and Gabriel Ellison. Students will discuss different types of traditional Zambian art like tattoos and pottery. They will also identify crafts used for everyday life, religious events, or special purposes. Expected Standard: Students can identify major art organizations and their founding members. They can describe the art styles of early Zambian artists and talk about their works. Students can explain various forms of traditional Zambian art and classify craft items by their use.
Topic 2: Pottery
Specific Competence: Understand how pottery developed, why it is important, and how to make pottery. Learning Activities: Students will learn how pottery changed over time. They will discuss why both old and new pottery are important. Students will identify different types of clay, such as ball clay and red clay, and know where to find them. They will learn about the tools used to make pottery. Students will prepare clay, make pottery using old methods, decorate their pieces, and learn about firing (baking in a very hot oven) and glazing (putting a shiny coating on the pottery). Expected Standard: Students can explain the history and importance of pottery. They can identify different clay types and pottery tools. They can also create their own pottery using various methods, including decoration, firing, and glazing.
Topic 3: Weaving
Specific Competence: Understand how to weave, including the tools, materials, and making woven products from local resources. Learning Activities: Students will identify tools and materials used for weaving, such as looms (frames for weaving), knives, sisal (a plant fiber), reeds, and threads. They will learn about local woven items like baskets, mats, and fish traps. Students will practice weaving using materials found in their local area. Expected Standard: Students can identify weaving tools and materials. They can describe local woven products and make simple woven items using local resources.
Topic 4: Colour
Specific Competence: Understand the features of colour and how to use it in art, including mixing colours and different colour schemes. Learning Activities: Students will learn about the features of colour: hue (the pure colour, like red or blue), value (how light or dark a colour is), and intensity (how bright or dull a colour is). They will practice mixing pigments (colouring powders) with binders (substances that hold the colour together). Students will look at how Zambian painters use colour in their art. They will learn about warm colours (like red, orange, yellow) and cool colours (like blue, green, purple). They will also learn to use optical colours (showing colours as they appear in real life) and arbitrary colours (choosing colours for artistic effect, not realism). Expected Standard: Students can explain colour features and mix pigments. They can analyze how colour is used in artworks. They can tell the difference between warm and cool colours and use optical and arbitrary colours well.
Topic 5: Studio Practice (Painting & Drawing)
Specific Competence: Develop practical skills in painting and drawing using many different methods, compositions, and ways of showing depth, for both looking at things and imagining things. Learning Activities: Students will practice various painting and drawing methods, such as brush strokes, using a palette knife, resist techniques (blocking out areas), dry pigment (using powdered colours), and mixed media (combining different art materials). They will explore creative ideas like spraying, splattering, and dotting (pointillism). Students will create art pieces with abstract (non-realistic) and realistic themes. They will learn about perspective, including linear perspective (showing depth with lines), 1-point perspective, 2-point perspective, aerial perspective (showing distance with faded colours), and foreshortening (making objects look shorter when seen from an angle). Students will draw what they see, like natural objects, man-made objects, still life (arrangements of objects), landscapes, and human figures. They will also create imaginative art based on topics like climate change, public health, or festivals. Expected Standard: Students can use many painting and drawing methods. They can create abstract and realistic art. They can show an understanding of different perspectives and produce both drawings from observation and imaginative artworks.
Topic 6: Crafts
Specific Competence: Develop practical skills in many craft-making techniques, using different materials to create useful and decorative items. Learning Activities: Students will make pictures using methods like frieze (a long, decorated strip), montage (combining different pictures), collage (gluing various materials onto a surface), and mosaic (making a picture from small coloured pieces). They will practice appliqué (sewing pieces of fabric onto a larger piece) and stitchery (decorative sewing) for items like bags or wall decorations. Students will learn weaving, plaiting (braiding), and knotting to make items such as handbags, belts, and macramé (knot-based textile art). They will learn different ways to bind books. Students will also work with pottery and ceramics, including bisque (the first firing in an oven), glazing (applying a shiny coating), and decoration. They will make items using papier-mâché (a material made from paper pieces mixed with glue), like toys or decorative models. They will also create general crafts such as twig decorations, necklaces, and bangles. Expected Standard: Students can create various craft items using techniques like collage, appliqué, weaving, bookbinding, pottery, and papier-mâché. They can explain the steps involved and make useful or decorative crafts.
Topic 7: Graphic Design
Specific Competence: Understand and use the rules of graphic design to create different visual communication materials, using both traditional methods and computers. Learning Activities: Students will use Computer Aided Design (CAD) software (computer programs that help design) to create logos (symbols), cards, letterheads (paper with a company's name and address), and emblems (badges). They will practice different styles of lettering, including calligraphy (beautiful handwriting), and design signs and labels. Students will design posters based on important topics like drug abuse or human rights. They will create illustrations such as caricatures (drawings that exaggerate features), editorial illustrations (for articles), storyboards (a series of drawings showing scenes for a video or film), comics, and cartoons. Students will also design covers, applying art elements (like line, shape, colour) and principles (like balance, contrast). Expected Standard: Students can use CAD for simple designs. They can create different lettering styles. They can design effective posters and illustrations. They can use art elements and principles to create appealing cover designs.