identity and masks

New theme: Identity

a persons identity is what makes them unique. A persons identity makes them different from every one else.

Physical identity- What a person looks like

What does identity mean ?

New theme: IdentityPersonal identity- what the person likes to do, their hobbies, what they are good at, their talents.

What is your identity?

What is a mask??A mask is used to cover the face to

disguise the person wearing it. It lets the person create a new identity .

Halloween is a good example of people wearing masks pretending to be someone else

Different types of masks

Different types of masks

Different types of masks

Why mask were invented?

Masks were invented by different groups of people to represent their culture.

What does culture mean ?- Culture mean a group of people that share thesame traditions.

Example of a culture :

African Irish

African

Irish

AfricanIrish

The Irish culture

Masks from differentcultures

African: African masks weremade to represent tribal spritsthat would protect the people of the villages. When the villagers would wearThese masks their identity wouldchange and they would become as powerful as the spirits.

Masks from differentcultures

African: some African masks Were made to represent the animalsthat they hunted. The villagers believed that if they wore the mask of the animal they were hunting they would becomeas brave and intelligent as the animal so could catch it easier.

Masks from differentcultures

Japanese: the mask that were made By the Japanese were to repel bad spirits. By wearing these masks the people were Able to tell any bad sprits that would bringBad luck to leave their home.

Masks from differentcultures

Chinese: the mask that were made in china represent different animals. The Chinese have an animal to represent their new year. The dragon is a popular mask as it is seen as powerful and the Chinese see it as being luck. They make a wish to the mask and hope it will come true.

Masks from differentcultures

For homework over the mid term you will research your given country and find out about their culture

Things that you could look at in their culture are : religious beliefs myths and legends animals festivals

You will put together an information sheet about the country and its culture. You can useImages from the internet, magazines, drawings and writing.

We will be looking at These sheets in class after the midterm and you will use them to start Designing what your mask will look like .