Mask Making

National Standards for Theatre Education:

The Fab Foundation lesson is grounded and aligned to grade-level appropriate National Coalition for Core Arts Standards for Theatre blueprint:

• Students will reflect on, interpret, and evaluate plays and theatrical performances using the language of dramatic criticism and will analyze the meaning and role of theatre in society: (a) discuss their understanding, interpretation, and evaluation of a theatrical performance, using basic theatre terminology; (b) identify the use of other art forms in theatre productions; and (c) explain the relationship of theatre to film and video.
• Students will identify ways in which drama/theatre connects to film and video, other arts, and other disciplines: (a) articulate an understanding, interpretation, and evaluation of a theatre piece as drama and as a realized production, using appropriate critical vocabulary; (b) evaluate the use of other art forms in a theatre production; (c) explain how a theatrical production exemplifies major themes and ideas from other disciplines.
• Students will interpret how theatre reflects the beliefs, issues, and events of societies past and present: (a) dramatize stories and folktales from various cultures; (b) engage in drama/theatre activities including music, dance, and games which reflect other cultures and ethnic groups; (c) discuss how classroom theatre activities relate to their lives.
• Students will gain knowledge about past and present cultures as expressed through theatre: (a) improvise scenes based on information about various cultures; (b) create intercultural celebrations using props, settings, and costumes; (c) explain how drama/theatre experiences relate to themselves and others.
• Students will gain information about past and present cultures as expressed through theatre: (a) read and view a variety of plays from different cultures; (b) using the basic elements of theatre (e.g., speech, gesture, costume, etc.), explain how different theatrical productions represent the cultures from which they come; (c) articulate the societal beliefs, issues and events of specific theatrical productions.

National Standards for Visual Arts ( I can statements)

The lesson includes five I can statements that apply the skills and language of specific visual arts and demonstrate the ability to create in the visual arts.

• I can demonstrate the ability to present in the visual arts.
• I can understand and evaluate how the specific visual arts convey meaning.
• I can connect artistic ideas and works with personal and external meaning.
• I can demonstrate personal growth in the visual arts.

Common Core Standards:

Reading Standards for Literature (RL):

• RL.1 Students will cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says as well as inferences drawn from the text.
• RL.2 Students will determine a theme or central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details; provide summary of the text distinct from personal opinions or judgments.
• RL.3 Students will describe how a particular story’s or drama’s plot unfolds in a series of episodes as well as how characters respond or change as the plot moves towards resolution.
• RL.5 Students will analyse how a particular sentence, chapter, scene, or stanza fits into the overall structure of a text and contributes to the development of the theme, setting, or plot.
• RL.7 Students will compare and contrast the experience of reading a story, drama, or poem to listening to or viewing an audio, video, or live performance of the text, including contrasting what they “see” and “hear” when reading the text to what they perceive when they listen or watch.
• RL.11 Students will recognize, interpret, and make connections in narratives, poetry, and drama, ethically and artistically to other texts, ideas, cultural perspectives, eras, personal events, and situations.

Writing Standards (W):

• W.1 Students will write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence. Support claim(s) with clear reasons and relevant evidence, using credible sources and demonstrating an understanding of the topic or text.
• W.3 Students will write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, relevant descriptive details, and well-structured event sequences, including use of dialogue, pacing, and description, to develop experiences, event, and/or character.
• W.4 Students will produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience. Produce text (print or spoken word) that explores a variety of cultures and perspectives.
• W.5 Students will, with some guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying new approach.
• W.7 Students will conduct short research projects to answer a question, drawing on several sources and refocusing the inquiry when appropriate.
• W.7 Students will conduct short research projects to answer a question, drawing on several sources and refocusing the inquiry when appropriate

Speaking and Listening Standards (SL):

• 1 Students will engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade topics, text, and issues, building on other’s ideas and expressing their own clearly.

Digital Fabrication Competencies: I Can Statements

• (S.2) Safety: I can operate equipment in a Fab Lab following safety protocols.
• (DP.2) Design Process: I can design something in a Fab Lab using a specific process under close instructor guidance.
• (DP.3) Design Process: I can create analog models (e.g. sketches, small physical models, ) to facilitate a design process.
• (DP.4) Design Process: I can record and share my ideas during a design process to document the learning process (e.g. journal writing, group reviews,etc. ).
• (DP.5) Design Process: I can work with a group to follow multiple common design process steps (e.g. defining the user, brainstorming, prototyping, iterating, etc.).
• (CAD.1) Computer Aided Design: I can draw a basic design using 2D Vector graphics
• (MO.2) Machine Operation: I can safely operate a digital fabrication machine under close observation of an instructor.
• (F.4) Fabrication: I can fabricate components of my own design using a single digital fabrication process.
• (CT.2) Critical Thinking: I can identify the design problem, investigation, or challenge.
• (Q.2) Questioning: I can formulate questions that reveal important aspects of design process including problems and challenges.
• (IG.2) Information Gathering: I can read informational text to answer general questions about Fab Lab equipment and design process.