African Tribal Masks

African Tribal Masks are one of the most commonly known art form of Africa. Your task is to gather information about this African art form and the uses of masks in African society.

Objectives:       1. To learn background information about African Tribal Masks including uses, materials    used to create, who creates the masks, and the various styles used in each mask

2. To learn about a particular mask, where it came from, and what it is used for.

3. To create your own African Tribal Mask.

Procedure:

*Go to the following link for “African Masks Information” and answer the following. (There are 5 links at bottom of page related to artist, functions, materials, patterns, and styles to help answer all questions)

 a.What is the job of the mask artist in an African tribal society? 


  b. What process would you need to follow to become an African mask artist?

             c. How are African masks used in African culture?

            d. What two forces influence the style of an African tribal mask?

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e. What are 4 of the forms that are used to create an African mask?1.      
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            f. Most patterns in African masks tend to be ____________________ and ________________.

            g.  List at least 5 other design patterns or materials that are used to create an African mask.

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              h.   List the 9 materials that are used to make African masks:

1.                                                                                 6

2                                                                              7

3                                                                              8

4                                                                              9

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      i. What two reasons are given for the use of wood in the majority of masks?

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*Now return back to the main website: www.artyfactory.com/africanmasks

a.       Explore and take notes about how to create an African Mask Design (this will help you when you prepare to draw and create your own mask, pay close attention to each of the steps given on how to create symmetrical patterns with the facial features)

b.      Go to the link, “African Masks Examples” and look at the different examples of African Masks (start thinking about which mask style you would like!)

c.       African Mask Design will give you instructions on how to create your own

* Write a paragraph containing at least three facts about your mask and how it relates to African culture.

     

Proverbs

Hey guys and gals.

A few of you were out last week and missed the two days class deciphered and discussed the many proverbs in chapters 1 - 11. Remember to pick up a list of proverbs tomorrow. Keep reading and be prepared to discuss book tomorrow.

-Mr. Boyer

Last two journals

Last two journal entries.

1/14 Journal #18- So far we have read to chapter 11. What are your opinions regarding the tribes community, their laws, and their life style? Do you find anything interesting, peculiar, or offensive with the story so far? Explain.

1/19 Journal #19- Religion restricts behavior. Do you agree with this statement? Explain. Give examples from the story to support your opinion.

 We will have one more journal entry before they are collected.

Journal Topics So Far

12/13     Journal #12- Free Write!

1/2         Journal #13- Should tradition be abandoned for new ways?

1/3         Journal# 14-What does community mean to you? What makes up your community? What beliefs does your community uphold or value?

1/4         Journal #15-FREE WRITE

1/7         Journal #16- W.B Yeats Analysis.  Directions:  Analyze this portion of the poem. What does it mean? Explain

1/8         Journal #17-The Ibo are very superstitious and live life 

             according to tradition and proverbs.

Are you superstitious or know any proverbs that you live by?

Will have a couple more Journal entries before journals are 

collected.

Things Fall Apart

Ladies and Gentlemen. Here is the reading schedule for the rest of the week and weekend:

Read chapter 7 and 8 for Friday.
Over the weekend read chapters 9, 10, and 11. Be prepared for class discussion on Monday.

Remember to keep a log of proverbs and superstitions that you find in the Ibo tribe while reading.

Achebe finds a title

 William Butler Yeats (1865-1939)

       THE SECOND COMING

    Turning and turning in the widening gyre

    The falcon cannot hear the falconer;

    Things fall apart; the center cannot hold;

    Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,

    The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and  everywhere

    The ceremony of innocence is drowned;

    The best lack all conviction, while the worst

    Are full of passionate intensity.

    Surely some revelation is at hand;

    Surely the Second Coming is at hand.

    The Second Coming! Hardly are those words out

    When a vast image out of Spiritus Mundi

    Troubles my sight: a waste of desert sand;

    A shape with lion body and the head of a man,

    A gaze blank and pitiless as the sun,

    Is moving its slow thighs, while all about it

    Wind shadows of the indignant desert birds.

    The darkness drops again but now I know

    That twenty centuries of stony sleep

    Were vexed to nightmare by a rocking cradle,

     And what rough beast, its hour come round at last,   
     Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born?

Back to the Grind!

Hello all!

I hope the winter break went well and safe. I want to give you a heads up. We will begin Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart this week. You will each get a copy Wednesday. See you all soon.

--Mr. B