Thursday, May 12, 2016

North African Project Work in the EK/High School - Plus Mask-Making in Art


This entire school year, the EK/high-school program has been studying Africa - an amazing, diverse and fascinating continent. Here, the students are working on a variety of projects about the history, geography and culture of North Africa. Topics ranged from Africa's role in WWII, to the making of the movie Casablanca. We all learned a lot!

Decorating a project board about African architecture
The iconic mosque in the city of Casablanca is a backdrop for this project
Learning how to use the projector to enlarge an image for impact
A finished board
Geography work on the Atlas Mountain Range
Finalizing work on Daily Life in North Africa
Presenting our work to each other - we take notes as there will be a quiz later
Oral presentation is a big part of the Montessori curriculum, even through high-school
Learning how to make a papier mache mask by using balloons, old newspaper and flour-and-water paste
Getting the layers just right
It's messy, but the effects will be good
We need to keep the layers smooth so the final result is good

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