For this lesson on traditional African masks, first we were shown a presentation that gave us examples and told us about why African masks were used and how they were used throughout their culture. We then reviewed symmetry, geometrical shapes, and patterns. Then the teachers gave us the requirements of our mask and we created our design first on paper to show our plans. We needed at least 3, three dimensional aspects to our masks. I added three-dimensional hair, nose, and tongue to my animal mask. We each got to create our own unique designs based off of what we heard about traditional African masks. We had to then write two facts about traditional masks, our mask and its name on our note card. I wrote about how African masks that looked like animals were used in storytelling and for asking the gods/spirits for blessings. I named mine Scar like on Lion King.
This lesson could be tied in to a standard that are used on a previous lesson as well, 3.H.2.3. I think this lesson could very easily be integrated into the social studies standard because it talks about different cultures used around the world and different communities. Then you could talk about the traditional African masks and how they were used in their culture.
You could also extend this further and have your students use these in language arts and have them look up a traditional story that they told in African culture while wearing the masks. Your students could then tell the story while wearing their mask, and give the class an explanation as to what this story meant to the people of Africa. An example standard for this could be 3.SL.6, if you don’t want to require a lot of writing, but more focus on speaking the story itself.
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