AFRICAN MASK By: Jayla (student) Sometimes African masks look like animals and are used in dances for weddings, funerals, and initiation rites. This mask is an example of a zebra mask from Kenya. Kenya is a country in East Africa and is the 27th most…
RAIN STICK By: Omar (student) It is a long, hollow tube partially filled with small pebbles, rice or beans that has small pins or thorns arranged helically on its inside surface. When the stick is upended, the pebbles fall to the other end of the…
Egyptian Pyramids Shaniyah (Student) The word “pyramid” actually comes from the Greek word ‘pyramis,’ which means “wheat cake” The word pyramis was used to describe the ancient Egyptian buildings because they reminded the Greeks of pointy-topped wheat cakes. It was the ancient Kemites (known now…