Tibet Education Network: Curriculum and Resources
TEN has built a vast, comprehensive collection of curricular, reference, and resource
materials for elementary and secondary study of Tibet—the largest library focused on K-12
education in North America. TEN has also produced and published a number of handbooks (listed below), starter libraries, lessons, and other curricular support material
for use in K-12 education.
(See additional links at the bottom of this page.)
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In Fall 2006, Tenzin Gyatso, The 14th Dalai Lama, visited the University of Buffalo (NY). The school’s education department
contacted Global Source to reprint some materials from the course handbook we developed for our 2001 National Summer Institute on “Tibet in
K-12 Education: Landscapes and Lessons of Cultural Survival.” They connected our curricular frameworks to NY State Standards and posted
the curricular materials on-line at NYLearns.org.
(Make sure to search their site using key words: "Tibet", "Dalai Lama" or "Global Source".)
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Course Handbooks for TEN's Summer Teacher Institutes on
the Study of Tibet in K-12 Education.
Edited By Jon Garfunkel and Tibet Education Network.
These course handbooks contain over 300 pages of material,
including curricular frameworks, suggested sources, age appropriate
readings, lessons, maps, and other support materials for developing
a unit of study on Tibet. This is TEN's most advanced curricular
resource, and has been called "...the best resource for teaching about Tibet in existence!"
Approaching Tibetan Studies: A Resource Handbook
for Educators
Edited by Jon Garfunkel &
Tibet Education Network, 1998, 2001. Sixty pages of curricular
and resource materials produced to support K-12 educators.
Included in the Handbook: why teach and learn about Tibet, curricular
ideas for Tibetan studies, essential questions, maps, facts,
historical timeline, suggested bibliographies, videography,
resource information, on-line resources, and ideas for broadening
one's Tibetan experience.
• Course Handbooks for TEN's Summer Teacher Institutes on
the Study of Tibet in K-12 Education. Edited By Jon Garfunkel and Tibet Education Network. These
course handbooks have contained over 300 pages of material,
including curricular frameworks, suggested sources, age appropriate
readings, lessons, maps, and other support materials for developing
a unit of study on Tibet. This is TEN's most advanced curricular
resource, and has been called "...the best resource for teaching about Tibet in existence!"
• Approaching Tibetan Studies: A Resource Handbook
for Educators. Edited by Jon Garfunkel &
Tibet Education Network, 1998, 2001. Sixty pages of curricular
and resource materials produced to support K-12 educators.
Included in the Handbook: why teach & learn about Tibet, curricular
ideas for Tibetan studies, essential questions, maps, facts,
historical timeline, suggested bibliographies, videography,
resource information, on-line resources, and ideas for broadening
one's Tibetan experience.
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Presenting Tibet: A Slide Package for Educators. By Jon
Garfunkel & Tibet Education Network, 1996, 2000. Fifty
slide images covering Tibet and the Tibetan Diaspora, with
over 150 pages of annotated descriptions, curricular ideas,
supporting materials, lessons, readings, and suggestions for
further study. This is the only multimedia educational introduction
to Tibet of its kind. Appropriate for all ages and interdisciplinary
study.
• Faces
Magazine October 1999 Special issue on Tibet. TEN Director,
Jon Garfunkel, served as consulting editor and authored "The
World's Youngest Political Prisoner", an article on the
11th Panchen Lama of Tibet, commissioned by Faces."The
World's Youngest Political Prisoner" is also featured
in TEN course handbooks.
Student Programs and Projects
TEN
develops and leads interactive and experiential programs,
classroom presentations, student workshops, units of study,
and independent study projects for students in grades K-12.
• The
Arts of Tibet, curricular & professional development
and design of children's activity center for the Seattle International
Children's Festival, 1997
• Tibetan
Portrait, professional and curricular development for
the photographic exhibit by Phil Borges at the Museum of History
and Industry, Seattle, 1997
• Sakya Monastery of Tibetan Buddhism, educational tours
and programs for school groups in greater Seattle
• School and classroom presentations, tailored to setting,
grade level, focus of study.
• Independent study projects with middle and high school students.
• Schools
served by TEN and Global Source
Community Education
TEN works with Tibetan communities, cultural organizations,
and other Tibet-related organizations to design and produce
cultural programs, exhibitions, children's activities for
museums and festivals, and companion. TEN also presents educational
presentations for colleges and community groups on various
Tibet related subjects, including travel in Tibet.
Special Projects
In 2001-2002, Tibet Education Network at Global Source partnered
with the Conservancy for Tibetan Art and Culture (CTAC) on
a first of its kind research project titled Cultural
Survival: The Home-School Connection for Tibetan Youth in
North America: A Case Study on Education, Cultural Identity
and Community. Global Source Director, Jon Garfunkel
led the year long project and authored the report. You will
find the report on CTAC's website: www.TibetanCulture.org
MORE RESOURCES ON TIBET
• Other Curricular Materials Developed by Tibet Education Network
• Why Teach and Learn about Tibet?
• Where is Tibet?
• Questions?
• Reflections
• Glossary of Political Terms
• Starter Libraries For the Study of Tibet
• Global Source Catalog
