THE MASK PROJECT |
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This first project of the 9th grade year focuses on a concept called socialization, the continual process through which an individual acquires a personal identity and learns the values and behaviors of their society. Socialization has both positive and negative effects on an individual. For example, one might be socialized to treat others with respect. However, one also may be socialized to discriminate against others based on their race or gender.
For this project, students explore the specific ways in which socialization works, and how they themselves have been socialized. The essential question they seek to answer is, "What is the relationship between the individual and society, and how can one influence the other?"
Their final product is an essay describing their socialization, as well as a painted mask that artistically represents the ways in which they have been socialized, as well as who they truly are. Students exhibit their during an open house at the Durango Public Library.
The Masks Project is a cornerstone of the Animas curriculum that has been taught every year to incoming freshman. Students often report that they end the project with a greater sense of self-awareness and a refined ability to think critically about how they can use their knowledge of socialization to create a positive social identity at Animas and in their communities.
Click below to see a sample of student work from this project:
mblaisdell.weebly.com/mask-project.html
For this project, students explore the specific ways in which socialization works, and how they themselves have been socialized. The essential question they seek to answer is, "What is the relationship between the individual and society, and how can one influence the other?"
Their final product is an essay describing their socialization, as well as a painted mask that artistically represents the ways in which they have been socialized, as well as who they truly are. Students exhibit their during an open house at the Durango Public Library.
The Masks Project is a cornerstone of the Animas curriculum that has been taught every year to incoming freshman. Students often report that they end the project with a greater sense of self-awareness and a refined ability to think critically about how they can use their knowledge of socialization to create a positive social identity at Animas and in their communities.
Click below to see a sample of student work from this project:
mblaisdell.weebly.com/mask-project.html