I am preparing a lesson for Purim on masks. Here is a brainstorm you could
do with your pupils:
Ritual Masks: African, Halloween, Purim
Protective Masks: gasmask, fencing, goalie, ski, facial mask
Masks to hide identity: robbery, ku klux klan
Famous Masks: zorro, iron mask
Theatrical masks
Here are some of the websites I am looking at:
http://www.girlsite.org/Html/mask.htm
Nice simple page about the history of masks and their meaning
http://www.uip.com/ironmask/theman.htm
Article about who The Man in the Iron Mask really was. Printed red on
almost red background, it is difficult to read but by marking the text it
becomes readable. The text is quite difficult and might not be usable as is
but the idea could be used for an interesting story about masks in class.
Avraham Roos
http://www.upp.co.il/spectrum/
