Name: Heather Kennedy                                                                     Date: April 5, 2015

School: University of South Alabama                                                 Grade Level: Kindergarten

                                                                                                              Time: 30 minutes

Teaching Strategy (ies): Whole group instruction

I. Subject/Content Area

Visual Arts- Identify artistic characteristics of cultures, times, and places.

II. Behavioral Objectives  

• Identify artistic characteristics of cultures, times, and places.
• Students will make African tribal masks.

III. Lesson Concepts

• Africa
• Culture
• Continent
• Mask

IV. Materials

• SMARTboard
• Construction paper
• Scissors
• Color worksheet
• Pencils
• Crayons
• Markers
• iPad
• Glue
• Map

V. Teaching/Learning Procedures

    A.        Motivation

• Good morning class, today we are going on a virtual field trip to Africa to learn about their culture and masks!

    B.        Instructional Procedures

• First day: What is Africa?
• State that Africa is a Continent.
• What is a Continent?
• Explain what a Continent is.
• Where is Africa on the map?
• Show students where Africa is on the map.
• Answer questions students may have about Africa and a Continent.
• Students will view videos about African culture on the SMARTboard.
• What is Culture?
• State the definition of culture.
• Second day: students will view videos about African masks on the SMARTboard.
• What is a mask?
• State the definition of mask.
• Students will view examples of handmade masks on the SMARTboard.
• Discuss mask project.
• Students will use African culture techniques to make a mask.
• Students will explain what they learned about African culture.
• Third day: students will review African culture and masks.
• Students will color an African mask worksheet.
• Students will research African mask designs on the iPad.
• Students will view examples of handmade masks made by students.
• Students will be given examples of materials they can use in order to complete the mask.
• Fourth day: Review Africa, Continent, culture, and masks for the last time.
• Students begin making masks.
• Last day: Students present their mask project to the class.
• Students will describe their mask and what they learned about African culture.
• The teacher will evaluate students by using a rubric.

    C.        Closure

• Teacher and students will have a discussion about what was learned about African culture and masks.
• Teacher will state the next virtual field trip the students will be taking.

VI.        Assessment/Evaluation

• Rubric (based on point scale 1-4)

Students produced creative work and showed originality.

Students applied all concepts learned for the project.

Students used all project materials appropriately.

Students followed all project rules.