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Tibet and China

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students evaluate primary documents that provide different perspectives about the Tibet/China conflict. They identify sources of economic and governmental conflicts. Students create a political cartoon and write persuasive essay on the...
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Lesson Plan
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Tibetan Monk Sand Paintings

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students complete an art project. In this sand paintings lesson, students learn about the history of mandalas and then create a sand painting of their own. Extensions include writing a story or poem about their sand painting, study of...
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Lesson Plan
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Tibet and China

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Learners explore the geography and history of Tibet and China. In this Asian studies instructional activity, students study the Tibetan situation. In this global issues instructional activity and conduct research on its ties to China....
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Lesson Plan
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Sacred Art

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars view a PowerPoint about Tibetan monks to help them explain the culture's world views, myths and religious beliefs. They investigate Navajo sand paintings and compare how they are similar to the Tibetan monks' artwork.
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Interactive
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Gerunds and Infinitives 28

For Students 5th - 10th
In this online interactive grammar skills instructional activity, students answer 10 fill in the blank questions regarding gerunds and infinitives. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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Worksheet
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Angela Merkel

For Students 4th - 6th
In this Angela Merkel worksheet, students read about the life of the Chancellor, then complete a variety of comprehension activities. An answer key is included.
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Lesson Plan
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China: Dim Sum: Sand Painting: Mandalas Lesson

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students discover the art form of mandalas and create their own sand paintings. In the process, students explore the history of this art form in Tibetan culture.
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Lesson Plan
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Recognizing Peace

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students read the statement of Alfred Nobel and discuss the Nobel Peace Price and its criteria. They consider criteria and selection process to establish a school or community peace award. Students consider potential recipients for the...
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Flip Flop Diplomacy

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders examine the dress of diplomats. In this American Government activity, 9th graders read an article and answer guided questions. Students participate in a quiz on the reading.
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Technology-Supported Lesson Template

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students identify the major elements of a culture and the importance of religion in it.
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United Nations General Assembly

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students study China and the Chinese occupation of Tibet. They read position summaries/notes of China, Tibet and various foreign nations. Then they roleplay members of United Nations General Assembly and discuss and debate the topic.
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Lesson Plan
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Nobel Peace Prize Winners

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Learners work in groups to complete biography overviews and research, organize information and decorate masks to look like their assigned Nobel Peace Prize winner. They present their information to the class as a group then independently...
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Other

Dalai Lama Foundation: The Missing Peace

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Downloadable lesson plans for middle and high school students based on The Missing Peace: Artists Consider the Dalai Lama exhibit. Lessons include interview/discussion activites for the module Pathways to Empathy and art lessons related...
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Website
Nobel Media AB

The Nobel Prize: The Nobel Peace Prize 1989: Fourteenth Dalai Lama

For Students 9th - 10th
Biography of the Dalai Lama (Tenzin Gyatso) issued by the Nobel Foundation at the time he was award the Nobel Peace Prize (1989). Find links to his acceptance, the speech he gave at the awards ceremony, a photo gallery, and related...
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Handout
Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies

Mocomi: The Dalai Lama

For Students 2nd - 8th
Discover interesting biographical details about the Dalai Lama, the highest spiritual leader of Tibet.
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My Hero Project

My Hero: Dalai Lama

For Students 9th - 10th
Use this resource to learn about the Dalai Lama, and his fight to free Tibet from Chinese occupation. This article includes links to further information on the Dalai Lama's life, exile, and work.
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Website
Other

Canada Tibet Committee

For Students 9th - 10th
The Canada Tibet Committee supports Tibetans in Canada through ts fundraising and awareness campaigns. Here you can read news items, learn more about Tibet's history and the Tibetan community in Canada, and read about His Holiness the...
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Website
Other

Canadian Tibetan Association of Ontario

For Students 9th - 10th
The Canadian Tibetan Association of Ontario strives to unite Tibetans living in Canada and to preserve Tibetan culture and heritage, long threatened by China's rule. At this site you can learn more about Tibetan culture in Ontario,...
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Graphic
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Meditation Club: Dalai Lama a Biography

For Students 9th - 10th
An extensive biography of the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet. Also includes a bibliography of the Dalai Lama's writings and news items concerning both him and Tibet.
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Graphic
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Dalai Lama

For Students Pre-K - 1st
An image of Dalai Lama.
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Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: The Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara

For Students 9th - 10th
The main image in this painting is Avalokiteshvara (1), the Bodhisattva of Compassion. He is the principle patron deity of Tibet. He sits on a lotus throne upon a lunar disc. This god takes many forms, such as the Dalai Lamas of Tibet,...
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Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: The Buddhist Protector Deity Penden Lhamo

For Students 9th - 10th
Penden Lhamo is one of the more wrathful female deities of Buddhism. Among her many roles, she is the special protector of the city of Lhasa, the Gelukpa Order, and the Dalai Lamas of Tibet. She was invited to Tibet in around the...
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Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs Newshour Extra: This Nine Year Old Is Destined to Become a Spiritual Leader

For Students 9th - 10th
A young boy from Minnesota is in "training" because it is believed that he is the reincarnation of a spiritual leader within the faith who died nine years ago. Check out the story and what the Dalai Lama has to say about it all.
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Website
PBS

Pbs: Independent Lens: Unmistaken Child

For Students 9th - 10th
'Unmistaken Child' is an independent film by Nati Baratz about the search for the reincarnation of Tibetan master Geshe Lama Konchog, who died in 2001. His disciple, Tenzin Zopa, was charged with the task of finding his reincarnation and...