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- Grade Range
- 6th - 12th
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Students explore Angkor Wat and its place in Cambodian, and Southeast Asian, history. They attempt to "read" the temple, in a way that resembles the reading of a primary document, to gain insight into this history. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students compare and contrast beliefs of the Hindu and Buddhist religions. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students investigate one of the largest religious structures in the world, Angkor Wat, a temple in Cambodia. The temple's place in Southeast Asian history, its history and the migration of ideas of both Hinduism and Buddhism is examined in this lesson. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students conduct research and then take a position regarding violent acts carried out in the name of religious conviction. Using Hindu-Muslim conflict in India as a case study, they present arguments for or against to the rest of the class. Full Review »
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- 7th - 8th
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Students explore the principal religions which are alive today: Islam, Judaism, Hinduism, Buddhism, Christianity, and the Philosophies of the Chinese. They determine that there are scientific explanations for many of the subjects that dealt with sacred stories. Full Review »
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- 10th
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Students examine Angkor Wat and its place in history. They visit websites, utilize maps, and complete interactive worksheets. Students investigate the local temple to discover its purpose. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 10th - 12th
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Students design and build a model for a place of contemplation based on Hindu Temple designs. Students discuss how the elements and principles of design are employed to create personal meaning and self-reflection. Students build a 3-D model based on their sketches. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students explore the architecture and decoration of Hindu temples, compare them with, and apply them to, a place of contemplation that they design for themselves. They discuss the roles of women in the 1700s in both France and Japan. Full Review »
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- 4th - 6th
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Students brainstorm ideas about the life of Buddihist monks through the internet or temples. The teacher identifies key terms and has the students look them up for meaning and put them in their notebook. The students then have a problem to solve. They have to find the problem with the ants and figure out what the monks want from Malaysia. Students write an essay about their findings. Full Review »
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- 2nd - 5th
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Students are exposed to some Indian motifs as seen in Hindu temples. A traditional folk art of Southern India is also introduced. They explore at least two principles of design and two elements of design into their work. Complete a design for show. Full Review »
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