Assignment Details

Native American Mask Project and Presentation

2017-2018

Junior English 5 & 6

Date Due

Sept. 27, 2017

Additional Info
1. Choose a Native American tribe and write a short paper about that tribe. You may use the same tribe you chose for American History IF THE TRIBE IS/WAS TO BE FOUND IN THE CONTIGUOUS USA. 
2. Design and make a mask representative of that tribe. If your tribe actually used a mask, feel free to copy and present that mask. If your tribe did not use a mask, use the information you gather on the tribe to design a mask you think they would have worn.When would the mask be used? Who would wear it? What do the colors/decorations on the mask represent? The mask must be hand made. Store-bought masks will not earn you the best grade! 
3. Presentation on the tribe and the mask will be done from memory. This assignment is worth two grades. Begin work on your masks as soon as possible in order to allow clay, papier-mâché, paint, glue etc. to set properly or to dry. An incomplete mask will not earn you the best grade. 
4. Remember that glitter did not exist in those days😉, but feel free to use twigs, feathers, faux fur, pebbles, and any other material that Native Americans would have been able to use.