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Strand C: Music
The Music strand of the Grade 5 Arts course (expectations C1, C2, C3); the museum maps C3.1 and C3.2.
- Music in today's culture: film and wider audiences What influence music has within contemporary culture, shown through a qawwali written for a film and a qawwal whose music reached audiences far from where it began (C3.1). ObjectCareers
- Instruments across time: the oud How an instrument is used and remembered in a tradition, shown through the oud and the account of a string added to it (C3.2). Invention
Strand D: Visual Arts
The Visual Arts strand of the Grade 5 Arts course (expectations D1, D2, D3); the museum maps D2.2, D2.3, D3.1 and D3.2.
- Reading a style: Kufic and nasta'liq How to read the name, features and story of a script as signs of style, shown through two Arabic scripts (D2.3). Invention × 2
- Pattern, surface and colour How design choices such as stylised leaves, flat surface, colour and cut carry meaning, shown through the arabesque and zellij tilework (D2.2). InventionObject
- Art that carries a belief: writing and decoration How forms and styles of visual art reflect the beliefs and contexts of a people, shown through manuscript decoration and a script on coins and monuments (D3.1, D3.2). InventionObject