Curricular and Resource Materials for the Study of Tibet in K-12 Education Developed by Tibet Education Network

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.