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LTC 8900: Artistic Thinking: Multimedia Applications for Teaching Art
Lesson Plan: Paper Mache Masks: “ A Jazzy Renaissance” Mardi Gras Ready " A Cultural Experience for the 21st Century
Unit Plan: A Jazzy Renaissance Saint Joseph
Catholic School, Jefferson City, Missouri Art Strands: Making Art, Art History, Art
Criticism, Grade levels: 6 and Up The Big Idea: This is the fourth lesson of four within the "Jazzy Renaissance" unit of instruction. Class time allotted for this lesson is four class periods.
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Eighth, Grade student mask. Saint Joseph Elementary School in Jefferson City, Missouri.
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Conceptual Structure: Making a mask is one way of not only having but it’s a great way to learn three-dimensional sculpting and painting techniques. Not only will we learn about the different ritualistic masks of many cultures but the materials and purposes for which many of them are used. While we research each culture and their different mask types let us, understand that we have more in common with “others” than we think. Also, lets realize that many of the customs in our present day society evolved from the very cultures we’re about to research. In ritual Indian ceremonial dance mask play and important part, and it has been that way since ancient times. The Hopi and other Pueblo Indians carve and paint wooden kachina masks for their traditional dances; the Iroquois create sacred "false face". Navajo and Apache make leather masks for dancing, and the Cherokee construct gourd masks for storytelling. In many parts of Latin America, masks are used to tell myths, legends, culture and the history of its people. In African tribes’ mask are believed to portray the faces of gods or spirits, and are often designed with animal or human features. Many customs and rituals of the African culture are passed down through story telling. These ritual practices like many other cultures are how they communicate their ancestral traditions to the next generation. All head and face decorations of African ritual mask falls into one of four categories: they either posses ancestral spirits, are mythological heroes, or a combination of ancestral, hero, and animal spirits. The ritual uses for these masks run from childbearing too a person’s rites of passage that typically involves some form of dance custom. African tribes use ritual dance ceremonies in many ways from: agricultural festivals, initiations, to increase ones wealth, money or property, or for fertility reasons. Introduction: Show your student’s different mask from the Cherokee, Hopi or other Pueblo Indians tribes, Latin American, and African masks. Any of these styles can be used to incorporate a Mardi Gras festive theme. Ensure your students understand that artistically, masks are among the most remarkable objects created by some of these civilizations. Ensure that your students are able to distinguish the differences between crafts and Fine Art. During this session, students will construct a mask as they begin exploring the imaginative power of this exciting art form. Use this lesson as a multicultural and historical learning opportunity to illustrate how many of these cultural rituals have deep ancestral importance and similarities.
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Eighth, Grade student mask. Saint Joseph Elementary School in Jefferson City, Missouri. |
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Lesson Goals and
Objectives: Lesson Concepts:
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| Art making and
instructional activities; (What to do):
DAY ONE - Talk about the different mask types and what kinds of mask are there? Why do people make masks? How do masks make us feel? (Happy, sad, scared, etc.). - Show examples of different sorts of masks from different cultures. If possible, show your students real masks. If you do not have any masks, try to find pictures of masks in books, on posters etc. - Prepare by having your students rip up newspaper strips of various lengths that they will later add to their poster paper when the time comes. Store these pieces of paper in a small box, one per student or pair of students if possible. - Make sure that the tape covers all joining areas front and back. - Mix up paper mache mix as directed on wallpaper paste box. Add a touch of white glue to make the mixture nice and sticky. - Cover the mask with newspaper strips of various lengths that have been dipped in the paste. The paste should have the consistency of thick yogurt. The mask should have between four and six layers by the time it is completed. - You might wish to have the students do the front one-week -- let it dry -- and the back the following week. It makes things a lot easier for them. |
| DAY TWO - Continue to cover the mask with newspaper strips of various lengths that have been dipped in the paste. The mask should have between four and six layers by the time it is completed. - Review some of the geographical features for the particular civilization of tribes your students are concentrating within. DAY THREE
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DAY FOUR - On the final day, embellishments can be added with hot glue (supervision for the young ones) and a string can be attached so the mask can be worn. - If there is time, students may want to plan a short play, and you are know ready for Mardi Gras. You might want to take pictures. |
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What you will need:
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Vocabulary: Paper Mache Masks |
Useful Internet Links:
American Indian Art (2007). American Indian Masks. .
Retrieved November 10, 2010 from http://www.native-languages.org/masks.htm
DLTK Growing Together (2010). DLTK's Crafts for Kids. Mardi Gras Masks.
Retrieved
November 11, 2010
http://www.dltk-kids.com/crafts/mardigras/mmasks.htm
Encyclopedia Britannica.com (2010). Arts & Entertainment: Harlem
Renaissance. Assorted References; in African American literature:
The Harlem Renaissance. Retrieved November 9, 2010,
from
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/255397/Harlem-Renaissance/272829/Drama
Garner, E. (2010). Reading Writing and Arithmetic. Art and Developmental
Lesson Plans. Retrieved April 2, 2007,
from essexgarner.com/artlessonplans
LaCalaca (2010). Antique and Folk Art of Latin America. Ceremonial Masks.
Retrieved November 11, 2010
from http://www.lacalaca.com/ceremonial-masks
Mask and More Mask (2010). Learn About Masks of Africa. Retrieved November
11. 2010
from
http://www.mask-and-more-masks.com/masks-of-africa.html
McNulty, Ian (2010). History New OrleansFrenchQuaters.com. First Notes:
New Orleans and the Early Roots of Jazz. Retrieved
October 29, 2010, from
http://frenchquarter.com/history/JazzMasters.php
New Orleans Website Directory (1999). New Orleans & Louisiana Bands &
Musicians. Retrieved November 9, 2010, from
http://neworleanswebsites.com/cat/en/mu/m-bm/m-bm.html
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