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Constructing a Maasai Nyumba: A Creative Paper Project

In this engaging activity, students will construct a Maasai nyumba using paper to represent traditional building elements: kuta (walls), milango (door), and pa’a (roof). Working collaboratively, students will compare and contrast their models, enhancing their understanding of Maasai culture. Students will reflect on the challenges faced during the project and suggest improvements for clearer instructions. This hands-on experience will cultivate both creative skills and cultural awareness through language practice and teamwork.

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Constructing a Maasai Nyumba: A Creative Paper Project

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  1. Nyumba Activity Objectives Content Objective: Construct a Maasai nyumba out of karatasi with a kuta, milango, and pa’a. Language Objective: With a partner, compare and contrast your nyumba and write a paragraph using nyumba, kuta, milango, and pa’a. Does that help?

  2. Nyumba Activity Discuss: Analyze what made the project difficult, and what could be done to make the directions more comprehensible. Complete the following sentence frame in writing: "If__________________, then___________________." Example: If you had shown me a sample nyumba, then I’d have known what you wanted me to make.

  3. Nyumba Activity, the SIOP Way Building Background: In Africa, what kinds of houses do people live in? (Discuss with a partner.) In Tanzania, the Maasai people live in a round one-room house made of tree branches covered in cow dung. It is called a nyumba. The roof is a pa’a, the walls are kuta, and the door is a milango. Let me show you what they look like.

  4. Nyumba Vocabulary pa’a tawi kuta milango mbuzi nyumba

  5. A Maasai Village in Tanzania

  6. Nyumba Activity Objectives Content Objective: Construct a Maasai nyumba out of karatasi with a kuta, milango, and pa’a. Language Objective: With a partner, compare and contrast your nyumba and write a paragraph using nyumba, kuta, milango, and pa’a. Now do they help?

  7. A Sample Nyumba • This is a nyumba that was made by a student last year.

  8. How to Make a Nyumba We are going to make a Maasai village by making nyumbas out of paper instead of branches and cow dung. • Cut one piece of paper into a long rectangle. • Cut another piece of paper into a circle and cut out a small triangle.

  9. How to Make a Nyumba • Cut one piece of paper into a long rectangle. • Cut another piece of paper into a circle and cut a small triangle out of it. • Draw tawi on both pieces and a milango on the long rectangle. • Tape the short ends together. • Form the circle into a cone to make the pa’a and tape it. • Place the pa’a on top of the kuta. • Find a partner who is finished and compare and contrast your nyumba, using the words nyumba, tawi, kuta, pa’a, and milango.

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