Elementary Visual School Arts

Map

Materials – scissors, poster board,
pencils, markers, construction paper,
glue

Teach students how to take digital

photos of them wearing their masks.

Each student designs a slide with

his/her picture and name on it. Create

a slide show exhibit of students

celebrating with their masks.

Unit Vocabulary Terms Enrichment/Extension Interdisciplinary

Connections

Priority

Standards

Concepts

Supporting
Standards
Concepts and
Other Unit-
Specific
Terms
Masks
Symmetry

Elements
of Art
Lines –
Zigzag
Curved
Dashed
Horizontal
Diagonal

Shapes –
Geometric
Free form
Diamonds
Circles
Square
Rectangle
Semi-
Circle

Color
Warm
Cool
Neutral

Texture

Space

Color

Expression

Mood

Community

Culture

Celebrations

Moods

Anger

Excited

Worried

Nino’s Mask by

Jeanette Winter, Dial,

2003

Social Studies:

Students will become

familiar with African,

Native American and

Chinese cultures.

Math:

Symmetry

Use of proportions with

facial features on their

masks

Science:

Isaac Newton/Color

Wheel

Dance/Theater Arts

Masks in the performing

arts