Curated OER
Lesson: Taking Risks & Making Comparisons
Kids are asked how an Indian mandala was made. They devise a hypothesis and then use colored sand to test if their guesses were correct. They document the experience, examine a mandala, and write a comparative piece about the differences...
Curated OER
Mandalas: Geometric Link between Medicine and Histor
Young scholars explore Mandalas. They observe a PowerPoint presentation explaining the history of Mandalas and the Aztecs of Mexico. Students discover the connections between geometry, medicine, and ancient history. They describe the...
Curated OER
Lost Treasures of Tibet: Mandalas
Students examine the history of mandalas from Tibet. After reviewing the Designing a Mandala handout, they use geometric symmetrical shapes to create their own examples. Next, they write poems or essays and explain the meaning of the...
Curated OER
Mandalas
Students explore meditation. In this relaxation and religious studies lesson, students identify reasons for meditation and practice relaxation. Students color a mandala, a richly colored design used as a focal point during Buddhist...
Curated OER
The Little House
First graders read the story "The Little House" and discuss changing patterns and then create a seasonal mandala using a paper plate and crayons.
Curated OER
Dalai Lama Tibetan Mandala Lesson
Students read a story from Tibet and discuss making choices in our lives. They explore the culture of Tibet and its traditions. In groups, students work cooperatively to construct a depiction of a Tibetan mandala.
Curated OER
China: Dim Sum: Sand Painting: Mandalas Lesson
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.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: The Writing Lesson: Season Mandala
In this lesson plan, students will learn about the season through decriptive words and phrases incorporated in two different books, Have You Seen Trees? by Joanne Oppenheim and The Seasons of Arnold's Apple Tree by Gail Gibbons. They...
Other
Himalayan Art Resources
Older students will find this to be a fabulous resource with examples of Himalayan art. Be sure to click "Kids!" to find various activities, stories, and coloring pages for younger children. Paintings, sculptures and textiles are the...
Other
Himalayan Art Resources
Older students will find this to be a fabulous resource with examples of Himalayan art. Be sure to click "Kids!" to find various activities, stories, and coloring pages for younger children. Paintings, sculptures and textiles are the...
Sonoma State University
Sonoma State University: Carl Gustav Jung
Sonoma State University provides definitions of terms used in Jung's Analytic Psychology. This would help a reader to understand the basic ideas of the theory.
Other
Mandala Project
Online educational project dedicated to the expression of peace through the creation of mandalas. With resources that explain the significance of mandalas and a gallery of submitted works, many by children. Stories accompany gallery...
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Season Mandala
In this lesson, Have You Seen Trees?, a book written by Joanne Oppenheim, and The Seasons of Arnold's Apple Tree, a book written by Gail Gibbons, are used as mentor texts. As a post-reading activity, students will record facts about the...
Utah Education Network
Uen: 1st Grade Act. 12: The Little House
This lesson introduces students to cycles and patterns. Students will engage in shared reading. Students will learn word patterns and repetition in language cycles. Students will learn that time in math and cycles of change in science...
Smithsonian Institution
Freer | Sackler Galleries: Tibetan Healing Mandala
A site in response to the September 11 tragedies. Twenty Buddhist monks constructed a madala at the Sackler gallery.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Borobudur
The idea of path is an important concept in Buddhism, and is essential in understanding the meaning and purpose of one of the most remarkable and impressive monuments in the world: Borobudur. View pictures and read the history behind...
Buddha Dharma Education Association
Buddha Net: Symbolism of the Mandala
Illustrated explanation of mandalas and the symbols seen in them.
Other
Asian Art: Early Tibetan Mandalas: The Rossi Collection
Access the text and associated images from a catalogue written to accompany an exhibition of mandalas mounted by London-based gallery Rossi and Rossi.