Many
of these materials can be purchased through The Global
Source Catalog.
Landscapes
and Lessons of Cultural Survival: A Course Handbook for the
2001 National Summer Teacher Institute on the Study of Tibet
in K-12 Education
By Jon Garfunkel and Tibet Education Network at Global Source.
This course handbook contains 40 pages of curricular ideas
and curricular themes, over 20 pages of suggested sources,
and over 50 age appropriate readings, lessons, maps, and other
support materials for developing a unit of study on Tibet.
This is the most developed curricular resource for the study
of Tibet in K-12 education.
Binder. 360 Pages.
Compassion
and Cultural Survival: A Course Handbook for the 2000 National
Summer Teacher Institute on the Study of Tibet in K-12 Education
By Jon Garfunkel and Tibet Education Network at Global
Source. This course handbook contains curricular ideas
and curricular themes, pages of suggested sources, and age
appropriate readings, lessons, maps, and other support materials
for developing a unit of study on Tibet.
Binder. 360 Pages.
Praise
for TEN's Course Handbooks:
"Your [Tibet Institute Course Handbook] has to be the best
resource for teaching about Tibet in existence!" - Senior
Program Director, Primary Source, Boston, MA
"Impressive
and Highly Useful" -
Editor, Research Institute for Inner Asian Studies, Indiana
University, about our Tibet Institute Course Handbook.
Approaching
Tibetan Studies: A Resource Handbook for Educators
By Jon Garfunkel & Tibet Education Network, 1998, 1999.
2000. 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.
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 curricular ideas, supporting materials,
lessons, readings, and suggestions for further study. The
slides have annotated descriptions and accompanying support
materials to assist educators in custom designing a presentation,
and larger unit of study, on Geography and Natural Enviroment
of Tibet (including three maps), People and Traditional Culture,
Tibetan Civilization, Historic and Religious Sites, Tibetan
Buddhism, Tibetan Art, Modern Tibet, The Tibetan Diaspora,The
14th Dalai Lama and 11th Panchen Lama. Presenting Tibet is appropriate for all ages and for educators working in almost
any discipline, and is also useful for community and advocacy
groups working to increase public awareness of Tibet. This
is the only multimedia educational introduction to Tibet of
its kind.
When
The Iron Bird Flies: A Handbook on Tibetan Cultural Survival
Edited by Jon Garfunkel and the Milarepa Fund, 1995. A comprehensive
handbook and starter library for educators and students. The
Handbook features over 250 pages of primary, secondary and
reference source material selected to introduce teachers and
students to the wealth of educationally friendly source material
reading on Tibetan civilization, Tibet under Chinese occupation,
and the future of Tibet.
Tibetan
Buddhist Mandalas: A Cross-Cultural Lesson
By Jon Garfunkel, Tibet Education Network and Seattle International
Children's Festival, 1997. A hands-on lesson plan that teaches
students about Tibetan Buddhist mandalas and allows them to
make their own mandala incorporating their world view and
using compassion as the main theme. Student materials include
an introductory reading, sheet of questions, and a mandala
making worksheet. Also included in Course Handbooks and Presenting
Tibet.
Tibetan
Prayer Flags: A Cross-Cultural Lesson Plan
By Jon Garfunkel &Tibet Education Network, 1997. A hands-on
lesson plan that teaches students about Tibetan prayer flags
and allows them to make prayer flags expressing their own
hopes, wishes, and prayers. Materials include an introductory
reading with instructions for making prayer flags and a prayer
flag outline worksheet. Also included in Course Handbooks
and Presenting Tibet.
The
World's Youngest Political Prisoner. By Jon Garfunkel,
1999. An article about The 11th Panchen Lama. Featured in
The Culture of Tibet, "Faces: Peoples Places and Cultures,"
Cobblestone Publishing October 1999. TEN Director, Jon Garfunkel,
was also a consulting editor for this Faces Issue. Also included
in Course Handbooks and Presenting Tibet.
Deconstructing
a Lhasa Uprising: Understanding the Tibetan Situation, A Lesson in Multiple Perspectives. By
Jon Garfunkel &Tibet Education Network, 1998. Included
in Course Handbooks and Presenting Tibet.
The
Bodhisattva Ideal: An Introductory Reading. By
Jon Garfunkel &Tibet Education Network, 1998. Included
in Course Handbooks and Presenting Tibet.
The
Potala Palace, An Introductory Reading. By Jon
Garfunkel & Tibet Education Network, 1998.Included in Presenting Tibet.
Tibetan
Portrait: The Power of Compassion, Curricular Ideas & Student
Worksheets. By Jon Garfunkel, Tibet Education Network
and Phil Borges, 1997. Supporting educational materials to
accompany the exhibit and book of the same name, photographs
by Phil Borges.
Tibet
in Seattle: A Reader and Resource Guide
Edited by Jon Garfunkel, Tibet Education Network, 1995. A
collection of newspaper and magazine stories about the Seattle
Tibetan community dating back to its beginning in 1960.
