Arctic Mask Design

Students explore the cultural importance of Native American masks. In this indigenous cultures lesson plan, students are first introduced to the tribal groups of the Northwest and how they used masks for medicine, religion, and...

Celebrate Mardi Gras in style with beautiful sparkling masks! Class members use provided materials to create their own Mardi Gras masks and then don their costumes for a fun masquerade.

Students discover the many diverse artwork produced in Africa while focusing upon masks created in tribal groups. They conduct research using a variety of resources and then use the information as samples for inspiration to create their...

Musicals have been adapted from stage plays, novels, and movies. With The Lion King, Disney transforms its animated film into show-stopping, live-action musical theatre. The guide Disney provides to accompany a study of the award-winning...

Young scholars make replicas of African masks. They also express what attributes they would want to have as an adult and put that into their mask.

Students will develop an understanding design space. The arrangement of shapes is taught to create simple perspective. The differences in the size of shapes is shown in order to help learners see how they should be arranged in...

Students create papier-mache masks showing different human emotions. In this mask lesson, students choose what facial expression they want and sketch out their mask and background. They form the "face" in clay and then papier-mache over...

Seventh graders create a symmetrical mask using tempura paint that displays interesting visual texture after watching an Eric Carle video. They apply collage in the making of the mask.

Learners make an African mask.  In this culture and heritage lesson, students view samples of African masks and learn about the importance of these masks.  Learners visit the African Art Museum website to view the styles of mask making. ...

Students examine different types of masks from various cultures. Using the masks, they identify the use of design elements in them. They create their own paper mask using the elements and share them with the class. After viewing a...