What do the Grade 2 Performing and Visual Arts cards cover?

9 cards across 5 chapters of the national textbook: Artistic Perception, Expressing Creativity, Historical and Cultural Contexts, Aesthetic Value and Integration, Relationship and Application. You can take any chapter one card at a time on the page itself.

Is there a national exam in Grade 2?

No. Ethiopia sets national exams in Grade 6, Grade 8 and Grade 12 only. These cards are for your school's own exams, and for the national exam that comes a few years later.

Where do these cards come from?

They are drafted from Grade 2 Performing and Visual Arts, the Ministry of Education textbook for this grade. A second pass that cannot see the chapter then re-derives every formula, constant and table row, and anything it cannot confirm is held back instead of published.

Yes. Every card here is free to read and the printable sheet is free to download. Neither needs an account.

When was this last checked?

30 August 2026. Cards arrive chapter by chapter, and the line under each one says when that card was last read through.

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Grade 2 Performing and Visual Arts

Grade 2 Performing and Visual Arts on Temari has 9 revision cards, arranged by the chapters of the Ethiopian national curriculum. Every card says when the rule applies, what each symbol in it stands for, and the mistake students most often make with it. They are free to read and need no account.

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Cards: 5
Chapters: 7
Reference tables: Grade 2 Performing and Visual Arts
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Price: 30 August 2026
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Artistic Perception

Musical Notes and RestsReference tableWhole Note · Half Note · Whole Rest · +1

Note Type	Duration	Visual Shape	State
Whole Note	$4\text{ beats}$	Oval	Sound
Half Note	$2\text{ beats}$	Oval with stem	Sound
Whole Rest	$4\text{ beats}$	Inverted hat	Silence
Half Rest	$2\text{ beats}$	Upright hat	Silence

When you use it

Use this when identifying beat duration, shapes, and silence periods of basic musical notes.

Watch out

Do not confuse the whole rest with the half rest; a whole rest hangs downward like an upside-down hat, whereas a half rest sits upright like a hat.

Drafted from Grade 2 Performing and Visual Arts, pages 4-37, then checked twice before it went up

Visual Art ProfessionalsReference tablePainting · Sculpture · Printmaking

Field	Professional	Artwork Medium
Painting	Painter	Colors and paints
Sculpture	Sculptor	Three-dimensional forms
Printmaking	Printmaker	Printed artwork

When you use it

Use this to match each visual arts discipline with the correct practitioner title and medium.

Watch out

Do not confuse a sculptor with a painter; sculptors work on 3D carvings while painters apply color paints.

Drafted from Grade 2 Performing and Visual Arts, pages 4-37, then checked twice before it went up

Expressing Creativity

Acting Practice StepsMethod1 · 2 · 3 · +2

Step	Action
1	Remove fear and build courage.
2	Observe and remember objects and events in the surroundings.
3	Carefully watch how people speak, move, and dress.
4	Watch films and plays, then practice what you observed.
5	Practice imitating the voices and movements of different people and animals.

When you use it

Use these steps when preparing for drama and acting exercises in class.

Watch out

Do not rush into acting without first overcoming fear and observing real people and animals.

Drafted from Grade 2 Performing and Visual Arts, pages 38-61, then checked twice before it went up

Historical and Cultural Contexts

Ethiopian Traditional Dance MovementsReference tableKunama · Gonder · Shegoye (Hararghe) · +1

Culture or Region	Dance Movement
Kunama	Stamping feet on the ground
Gonder	Moving neck and shoulders
Shegoye (Hararghe)	Moving neck and shoulders
Hamer	Men jumping, women jumping while shaking arm bracelets

When you use it

Use to identify the characteristic body movements and origins of different traditional Ethiopian dances.

Watch out

Do not confuse Shegoye and Gonder neck and shoulder movements with Kunama foot stamping.

Drafted from Grade 2 Performing and Visual Arts, pages 62-86, then checked twice before it went up

Traditional Manuscript InksReference tableBlack ink · Red ink

Ink Color	Manuscript Writing Purpose	Traditional Raw Materials
Black ink	Writing the main body text	Charred leaves, soot, and lamp smoke
Red ink	Writing sacred names, chapter titles, decorative punctuation, and borders	Red soil, berries, and crushed red flowers

When you use it

Use to identify the natural ingredients and writing functions of traditional black and red Ethiopian parchment inks.

Watch out

Black ink is used for the main text, while red ink is reserved for divine names, headings, and decorative punctuation.

Drafted from Grade 2 Performing and Visual Arts, pages 62-86, then checked twice before it went up

Aesthetic Value

Notable Ethiopian Artists and Their DisciplinesReference tableMusic · Dance · Theatre · +1

Art Field	Artist	Key Contribution
Music	Saint Yared	Composer of Digua and indigenous musical notation
Music	Mulatu Astatke	Ethio-jazz pioneer, marimba and conga player
Dance	Enye Takele	Internationally recognized traditional dancer
Dance	Temesgen Melesse	Dancer, performer, and youth dance instructor
Theatre	Tesfaye Sahlu (Ababa Tesfaye)	Children's storyteller, TV host, and multi-talented actor
Theatre	Nibret Gelaw (Eke)	Actor in the Betoch television series
Visual Arts	Wosene Worke Kosrof	Painter and sculptor known for incorporating Ethiopian script
Visual Arts	Tadesse Belayneh	Sculptor, art educator, and school director

When you use it

Use this table to identify prominent Ethiopian performers and visual artists and recall their major contributions.

Watch out

Do not confuse the artistic fields of practitioners, such as mixing theatre performers with sculptors or musicians.

Drafted from Grade 2 Performing and Visual Arts, pages 87-106, then checked twice before it went up

Visual Arts Materials and ToolsReference tablePainter · Sculptor

Practitioner	Art Form	Materials and Tools Used
Painter	Painting	Paint, brush, canvas, paper
Sculptor	Sculpting	Clay, metal, plaster, cement

When you use it

Use this table to distinguish between the tools and raw materials used in painting and sculpting.

Watch out

Do not mix painting tools like brush and canvas with sculpting materials like clay, plaster, and cement.

Drafted from Grade 2 Performing and Visual Arts, pages 87-106, then checked twice before it went up

Integration, Relationship and Application

Integration of Arts with Other SubjectsRule

When you use it

Use this to recall how performing and visual arts connect to and support academic learning in other subjects.

Watch out

Do not treat arts as isolated from academic subjects, because music rhythm connects to math counting, drawing aids science observation, and theatre builds language skills.

Drafted from Grade 2 Performing and Visual Arts, page 107 onwards, then checked twice before it went up

Performing Arts and Visual ArtsReference tablePerforming Arts · Visual Arts

Art Category	Mode of Expression	Examples
Performing Arts	Presented through action and performance	Music, Dance, Theatre, Film
Visual Arts	Presented visually through images and forms	Photography, Painting, Sculpture

When you use it

Use this table to distinguish between performing arts and visual arts based on how they are presented.

Watch out

Do not classify photography or sculpture under performing arts, because they are viewed as stationary objects rather than performed live.

Drafted from Grade 2 Performing and Visual Arts, page 107 onwards, then checked twice before it went up

The same subject in other years

An exam paper keeps asking for what the year below taught. Those cards are here too.

Your other Grade 2 subjects

Everything else in this year that has cards so far.

Questions students ask

What do the Grade 2 Performing and Visual Arts cards cover?: 9 cards across 5 chapters of the national textbook: Artistic Perception, Expressing Creativity, Historical and Cultural Contexts, Aesthetic Value and Integration, Relationship and Application. You can take any chapter one card at a time on the page itself.
Is there a national exam in Grade 2?: No. Ethiopia sets national exams in Grade 6, Grade 8 and Grade 12 only. These cards are for your school's own exams, and for the national exam that comes a few years later.
Where do these cards come from?: They are drafted from Grade 2 Performing and Visual Arts, the Ministry of Education textbook for this grade. A second pass that cannot see the chapter then re-derives every formula, constant and table row, and anything it cannot confirm is held back instead of published.
Is this free?: Yes. Every card here is free to read and the printable sheet is free to download. Neither needs an account.
When was this last checked?: 30 August 2026. Cards arrive chapter by chapter, and the line under each one says when that card was last read through.

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