Project Details

Native American Mask Project and Presentation

Fall 2016-Summer 2017

Junior English Tue/Thur Period 1

Date Due

Sept. 27, 2016

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 to be found in the contiguous United States.
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. 
All students must answer these questions in their presentations:
When would the mask be used? Who would wear it? What do the colors/decorations on the mask represent? The mask must be totally hand made. You may NOT use store bought masks! Be creative. Use cardboard or papier mache.....You may NOT use sparkles or glitter. Use material that would have been available to the tribes at that time in history--wood, feathers, fur, leaves, leather, etc.Presentation on the tribe and the mask will be done from memory. 
This assignment is worth two grades; one for the presentation of the paper, and one for the mask.