1. The Identity we show others Lessons 1 - 2

2. Teacher notes ANALYSE POEM ASAP Make rough draft (papers) of mask DONE There are only two lessons her plus 15 minutes of HW take up and students displaying their work Queue video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikGVWEvUzNMhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikGVWEvUzNM Have copy of worksheet for masks and the poem and the mask making worksheet (in google drive? On web site?) (mask making prep sheet & we wear the mask docs) Tell students to bring materials in for their projects the week before Place order through Fiona and look to www.meisum.com catalogue or artland.com.hk productswww.meisum.com Materials for mask making, including (but not limited to): paper plates, large pieces of paper, glue, scissors, markers, magazinesCraft materials (such as construction paper, yarn, pipe cleaners, glitter, or pasta) Natural materials (such as pebbles, shells, leaves, twigs, or feathers), Found objects (such as buttons, small coins, stickers, erasers, images cut from magazines, or anything else students find at home or at school http://www.brooklynkids.org/attachments/Masks_FIN.pdf Get art teachers advice Find a computer based program for mask creation for students that prefer that?

3. The Identity we show others Lessons 1

4. Agenda Video 5 min Discussion Masks 8 min Poem reading 7 min Question regarding poem 8 min Questions for your mask 12 min 40 min

5. Announcement You will need to bring your mask and your bio poem to our next class and your mind map (if willing to share mind map)!

6. Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikGVWEv UzNM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikGVWEv UzNM What different important points is this short movie trying to make? Eg. What do you think the masks represent?

7. Masks For centuries, various cultures have used masks as a way to express individual and group identity. In some cultures masks are an important part of spiritual rituals. In other cultures they are part of national traditions such as celebrations of war or independence.

8. Masks also provide a way to visually represent an answer to the question, “Who am I?”

9. Individual Think time Think about a time when you have pretended to be something that you are not or when you have hidden your true feelings. Why did you choose to hide a part of your identity? We will not be sharing these thoughts with the class…

10. Think/Pair/Share Why do people sometimes hide their true selves?

11. Poem We Wear the Mask by Paul Laurence Dunbar (1896) Soft copy in folder

12. Partner work- Questions for ‘We Wear the Mask’ Paul Laurence Dunbar was an African American poet who was born in 1872. He was the son of slaves. Whom do you think he might have been writing about in this poem? Why might these people be wearing a mask? He writes, “With torn and bleeding hearts we smile.” Why would the hearts of African Americans be torn and bleeding in the years after the Civil War? Why would African Americans still be smiling? Are their smiles happy smiles? Why did Dunbar call this poem “We Wear the Mask”?

13. list the reasons people wear masks both literally and figuratively -When I saw on the news that there would be no school tomorrow because of the snowstorm, I literally jumped for joy, and hit my head on the ceiling fan. -The opposite of literal is figuratively- ‘It’s raining cats and dogs’ is figurative unless it is literally raining cats and dogs out of the sky!

14. Figuratively speaking, people wear masks all the time

15. Mask making preparation worksheet Creating your mask- To make their masks, students first have to decide how they want to present themselves to the class. Which aspects of their identities do they want to emphasize? Fill out the sheet provided

16. Inside & Out You can decorate both the outside and the inside of the masks. They can use the outside to represent the aspects of their identities they openly show to the outside world and the inside to represent the more private aspects of their identities.

17. Rough Draft Draw what you want to have on your mask inside and out and show to a person in your group who knows you… Time to get arty! Bring items from home that you want to add to your mask for next class You will need to do some searching for images online you want to add to your mask but make them small so they fit- I will print them off for you as long as you give me enough time!

18. Homework Get pictures from home or the internet that you feel represent you and combine them on a one page document and add them to our class file so I can print them out before next class The next class we will be creating masks so bring any materials you want to add to your mask and I will print your photos

19. The Identity we show others Lesson 2

20. Teacher notes Don’t forget to print all the photos

21. Agenda Rough draft of mask 5-10 min Creating mask 30-35 min 40 min

22. Curious to learn more about masks? Check out this website! www.brooklynkids.org/emuseum

23. Summary We all wear masks—in different ways and for different reasons. Eg. Often in an attempt to come across as “cool” in front of their peers, adolescents will hide their feelings or their interests. They may wear masks to conceal a love of math or disappointment about a bad grade. The way you design your masks at the beginning of sixth grade is probably different from the way you would have designed them at the beginning of fifth grade. Similarly, the way you answer the question “Who am I?” at the beginning of sixth grade is probably different from the way you would answer it at the end of sixth grade.