Fourth grade mask research worksheet

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4^th grade mask research worksheet

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Class ID______________

Group continent: Africa    Asia    Europe    North America    South America    Oceania

Visit the websites listed below to find a mask from a culture of country in your continent.

http://www.kidzsearch.com/search.php?q=masks+of+the+world+.com&cx=006015089471652033071%3Astiinuf_qms&lang=en&ie=ISO-8859-1&cof=FORID%3A10&safe=active&aff=ks&sa2=++Search++#.VAXVW01OXcs&gsc.tab=0&gsc.q=masks%20of%20the%20world%20.com&gsc.page=1

http://www.kmop.gr/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=6&lang=en

Africa:

http://www.artyfactory.com/africanmasks/

http://africa.si.edu/collections/view/objects/asimages/2936?t:state:flow=9f2d99ba-2c71-4101-a537-668b6878fd11

http://www.buzzle.com/articles/african-masks-history.html

Asia:

http://www.buzzle.com/articles/japanese-masks-and-meanings.html

http://asianhistory.about.com/od/arthistoryinasia/ss/KoreanMasks_2.htm

Europe:

http://www.buzzle.com/articles/italian-masquerade-costumes-and-masks.html

North America:

http://natural-history.uoregon.edu/collections/web-galleries/native-american-masks-northwest-coast-and-alaska

http://collections.si.edu/search/results.htm?view=&dsort=&date.slider=&q=north+american+masks&tag.cstype=all

South America:

http://collections.si.edu/search/results.htm?view=&dsort=&date.slider=&q=south+american+mask&tag.cstype=all

Oceania:  Australia, New Zealand, Papua/ New Guinea

http://natural-history.uoregon.edu/masks-oceania

Print a photo of your mask and answer the questions on this page.

Right click on the photo and select “copy”

Open a word document and paste the photo into the document “ctrl v”

Select print preview and modify the size to make it larger or smaller

Print “ctrl p”

Where is your mask from ? __________________________________________________________________________

What is the country or culture? ______________________________________   

When was it made? _______________    

What materials were used to make it? _________________________________________________________________

What is the purpose of the mask, what is it used for?_________________________________________________________________________________

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