Elementary Visual School Arts

Repetition
Balance
Color Theory
Characteristics of Regional
Art

• African Masks


• Chinese Masks


• Native American Masks
  Cultural celebrations
  which incorporate masks

Roles of celebrations within
communities.
Purposes of masks

Identifying masks from

other cultures/regions.

3. Analyzing:
   Differentiate
   functional masks.
   Masks for
   decoration,
   disguise,
   celebration,
   ceremonial


4. Creating

Name of Unit: Sculpture – Mask making

Lesson Plans Brief Description Pacing
Masks from Many Cultures

Creating a paper mask

Introduction to mask

making

Interdisciplinary

connections and life

applications of masks:

Mask reproductions

Actual Masks

DVD or video

Masks and Face

Coverings by Crystal

Video

Mask making With Paper

by Peggy Flores

Read Exploration in Art

(Grade 3), Paper

Traditions: Celebrating

With Masks, pp. 166-169.

Students begin to plan,

organize, and work by

sketching several mask

designs and choosing the

1 Session

2 Sessions