Body Language

Discuss the different kinds of expressions and postures we use to express certain feelings and reactions. How do these actions reveal moods? Play charades. Give each student a folded card upon which is written an emotion or situation such as protecting, commanding, praising, worshiping, offering, meditating, winning, losing, and so on. Discuss how Egyptian artists used gestures and poses to explain what a figure was doing.

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