Mask Making
- Visual Arts/Theatre
- Language Arts
- Geography
- History
- 12 Weeks
- Grade Level: 4th-5th
The “Secrets” Children Learn:
- Identity • Tradition • Feelings • Purpose
Summary
Mask Making is a 12 week on campus residency program for 4th and 5th grades. This program provides a creative hands-on introduction to a selection of engaging mask making projects. Students will explore the history, function, and purpose of masks in everyday life, diverse cultures, traditions, in theatre and in contemporary 2D and 3D arts.
The “secrets” taught throughout the course include: identity, tradition and feelings. The world cultures explored include: Ancient Greece, Ancient China, Japan, England, Italy, Africa, and the United States/Native American.
- Parent Orientation: Provides an overview of what students experience during the residency and introduces parents to the concept of mask making through group activities.
- Professional Development: Offers participating teachers an opportunity to learn the program’s goals and expected outcomes and gives them a preview of some of the activities that students will experience. The professional development is open to all teachers and staff, regardless of grade level.
- Mask Making Workshops: Students learn about mask making techniques through a curriculum that includes language arts, vocabulary, geography and mathematics. The curriculum is based upon the California Arts Standards and is aligned with the Common Core Standards for language.
Outcomes
- Develop fine motor skills and hand eye coordination.
- Create character and story.
- Perform in a mask.
- New vocabulary.
- Collaborate and learn to work together.
- Appreciation of different cultures from around the world.
- Learn words in American Sign Language.
- Learn proper performance etiquette and practice this etiquette in a culminating performance.
- Identify different emotions and how to articulate them.
- Practice self-expression.
- Student use art materials in a safe and responsible way.
- Children learn about exhibiting works for their final presentation.
