Masks

This lesson was created by Rachel Waldner. We first learned about African Tribal masks. We saw all different kinds and what each kind of mask represented. Then we got to created our own mask. She showed us different ways to fold paper. We had to include at least 3 of the folds she taught us in our mask. She gave us a lot of different kind of things to create our masks. She gave us different kind of paper, texture and color. She also gave us pipe cleaners to use on our masks.

For an extension activity, I would have the students get into groups of 4 or 5 kids and they would have to create a play. In the play they would have to come up with name for their mask and what it represented, like this mask it the mask for fire. I would also use this activity to have students create famous people that we are talking about in class. Maybe at the end of a certain unit where we learned a lot about certain people, then the students can pick between many people we learned about to create a mask on.