Peer Lesson 4--Multicultural-1

Masks

For this project, I made a mask to represent myself without words, in order to show students tolerance of others that may look or act differently from their families.

I used a paper plate, foam cut-out pieces, glitter, paint, string, glue, and construction paper to make my mask.

This a great a project to teach about tolerance of others and their cultures. It also gives students a chance to show off their individual cultures to the class.




Extension Art Activity: Use this type of project for Language Arts and/or Social Studies by having students make masks of different characters described in a story that they are reading or using in class, and then use the masks to have a play about the story.

Another activity that students could do with the masks is to write their own stories to go with then mask, and then have the class send them to another school in another city, state, or country. The schools receiving the masks and stories, can then add on to the story and make their own masks to go with it and then mail theirs back to the original school, as a form of cultural exchange.