Lesson plan 1
Name of lesson: Natural environment and North Wind Mask
Brief Description of the lesson: The teacher will use the Ipad or tablet computer to show
the North Wind Mask. Students will use the Ipad to learn how to draw the mask, which
promotes their creativity in their art work. They can recreate a new mask through these
lines and shapes by using different ideas. Finally, they should consider the weather in
their environment and create their own mask related to nature by using own ideas.
Age of Students: Pre-kindergarten
Content Areas: Creative arts
Developmental Focus
Domain 1 Physical Well-Being-Fine/Gross Motor: Students will practice their fine
motor skills while drawing and making the mask by using their tools.
Domain 3 Approach to learning-Persistence and Attentiveness: Students will remain
focused on their drawing and painting long enough to complete the mask.
Domain 4 Cognition-Critical and Analytical Thinking: Students will use the Ipad to
learn how to draw the mask, which promotes their creativity in their art work, and they
recreate a new mask through these lines and shapes by using different ideas.
Domain 5 Language, Communication-Receptive and Expressive Language: Students
will have a discussion and express their thinking of why they create their masks in that
way and share their ideas with classmates.
Objective: Students will be able to personify one aspect of the climate (cold, rain, snow)
in the art work.
Rationale: Students will develop their skills in creative arts, while learning more
information about nature and environment through this North Wind Mask art work. They
will show their creative art skills to design a mask related to the natural environment.
Time needed: 10 minutes for the discussion, 20-25 minutes for the activity
Instructional context: The teachers will show the North Wind Mask after the circle time.
Students will observe the mask and use their creativity to draw a mask by using their
different ideas. After this, students will make a mask by themselves by using different
materials. The activities will help students to have better understanding about the natural
environments and also promote students’ creative art skills.
Educational Practice-Line of Inquiry: What do you think of the people are doing with
this mask? How do changes in the weather affect your life? What positive or negative
might a wind day bring to us? What comes to mind when you think about this
environment? Imagine a new facial expression of this figure by your own creation. What
would you think of this?
Activity:
Create a skill activity: The teacher will use the Ipad or tablet computer to show the
North Wind Mask. Students will take a moment to look closely. What colors, lines and
shapes do you notice from this art work? After observation, children will use the Ipad to
learn how to draw the mask, which promotes their creativity in their art work. They will
practice drawing different kinds of lines and shapes they see from the mask. Children can
recreate a new mask through these lines and shapes by using different ideas. Let’s see
what kind of figure would come up.
Design a Creative Activity: Children will create their own mask, using paper bag,
recycled materials, sticks, glue, tape, scissors, brushes, water and markers. Every child
should consider the weather in your environment. Think about how kind of weather do
you like the most or least? Why or why not? Choose one aspect of the weather (rain,
snow, wind, clouds, etc.) and create a list of qualities you associate with it. You may also
use your selected materials, colors and facial expression as a source of inspiration to
convey your own ideas on this creative mask. After finished their masks, students will
have a discussion and express their thinking of why they create their masks in that way
and share their ideas with classmates.
Materials Needed: Paper bag, recycled materials, sticks, glue, tape, scissors, brushes,
water and markers.
Room Modification: Put some newspaper or plastic bags on the table where students
will be making their masks.
Plan for differentiated instruction: The teacher will help students who need additional
assistant during activity. After this activity, students will be able to identify the ways of
art works reflect the natural environment, and develop their creative art skills.
Follow Up Activity/Extension Activity:
1) Museum Visit: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Address: 1000 5th Ave, New York, NY, 10028
Phone: 212-535-7710
2) Read the book “The living tradition of Yup’ik masks: agayuliyaraput = our way
of making prayer”
Summary:
This book describes masked dancing has been an important ceremonial activity for a long
time for the Yup’ik people of south western Alaska. During festivals, the performers with
masks dance and pray to be transformed in to spirits. The dance feature face and masks
that made sense of helping human and animal’s spirits, especially telling particular stories.
The mask has been a way of making prayer and became a powerful presence as well as
cultural pride. The Yup’ik people often use masks to facilitate communication and the
movement between human and animal worlds.
Method of assessing children’s learning: Students will use their comprehension to
describe the nature and the weather in their environment. Students will show their
creative art skills to design a mask related to the natural environment. They will be able
to personify one aspect of the climate (cold, rain, snow) in the art work. They will be able
to explain their artwork and share their ideas with classmates and teachers.
Grade Specific Rubric:
1(Foundational)
2 (Developing)
3(Achieved)
Are you able to
Does not clearly
Some aspects of the Clearly addressed
personify the
address the aspects
climate of
all the aspects of
aspects of the
of climate of the
assignment are
climate of the
climate of the
assignment.
addressed.
assignments.
assignment?
Does your work
Does not clearly
Somewhat explains Clearly explain and
effectively explain
explain and
and organizes the
organize the ideas.
and organize ideas? organize the ideas.
ideas.
Does your work
Does not clearly
Somewhat shows
Clearly show
show any personal
show personal
personal reflection
personal reflection
reflection?
reflection.
with evidence.
with evidence.
Is your work based
Does not clearly
Somewhat shows
Clearly show
on the accurate
information of what
you learned?
show any learned
information.
some accurate
information.
accurate information
based on what you
learned.