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Touching Spirit Bear: The Literary Mandala
Even someone with a dark side can make a good decision—and vice versa. Readers explore Cole's traits and decisions in Ben Mikaelson's Touching Spirit Bear and analyze his sunside and shadowside. They identify a symbol that best...
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Mandala Geometry
Students compare and contrast symbols and images in traditional Buddist and Hindu mandalas and choose several symbols that have meaning to them. They assess the spiritual beliefs and representations in traditional creation of this art...
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Mandalas: Geometric Link between Medicine and Histor
Students 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 geometric...
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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...
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Mandalas, Polygons and Symmetry
Students create a geometric pattern using mandalas, polygons and symmetry. In this geometry instructional activity, students analyze the mathematics involved in making the mandalas, including the shapes and symmetry. Students create...
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Sun-Shadow Mandala Worksheet
For this Sun-Shadow Mandala Worksheet, students complete a graphic organizer and create an original mandala. Students are given 8 categories with related questions as a guide.
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Dalai Lama Tibetan Mandala Lesson
Students explore world history by reading a children's story in class. In this Tibetan culture instructional activity, students identify the Dalai Lama and his contributions to both Western and Tibetan society. Students read the story...
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New Year’s Resolution
Begin the new year with a two-part activity that asks class members to formulate a resolution and to write about someone or something they are proud of. These statements are then attached to a snowflake and a mandala which they decorate.
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Architectural Rendering
Explore different methods of architectural rendering and technical drawing. Pupils learn about cross hatching, parallel line rendering, random line rendering, rubbing, shading, and stippling in the second lesson of the series of 11....
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Inked Geometric Mandalas
Fifth graders gain an appreciation for mandalas in many cultures. Compare and contrast designs from many cultures. They see geometric design in mandalas and become aware of symmetrical balance and radial balance. They create a mandala...
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Mandala Art Lessons
Mandala art lessons provide easy and fun ways to learn about art, math, and other cultures.
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Maus: After Reading Strategy Instructional Routine
Class members create literary mandalas for two characters from Maus, Art Spiegelman’s graphic novel about his father’s experiences with the Holocaust. After finding quotes that reveal three good traits and three bad traits of each...
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Mandalas : polygons
Fourth graders create mandalas. In this mandala lesson, 4th graders look at these polygons in nature and man-made forms. They create their own by using tangrams.
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Mandala Art
Young scholars investigate art elements such as color schemes and proportion by creating their own personal Mandala Circle on paper or canvas. This also allows students to investigate mathematical concepts such as tesselations or social...
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Tree of Life Mandala Print
Students create a Tree of Life. In this visual art activity, students explore mandalas. Students investigate the concepts of balance and symmetry while designing their own unique Tree of Life.
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Mandalas
Students explore meditation. In this relaxation and religious studies lesson plan, students identify reasons for meditation and practice relaxation. Students color a mandala, a richly colored design used as a focal point during Buddhist...
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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...
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Mandala Portfolio Project
Here's a great idea for writing portfolios. Kids decorate all four sides of their portfolio, introducing themselves, their families, goals, dreams, and favorite things. Detailed directions for all four panels and a rubric are included in...
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Tibetan Monk Sand Paintings
Young scholars complete an art project. In this sand paintings lesson, students learn about the history of mandalas and then create a sand painting of their own. Extensions include writing a story or poem about their sand painting, study...
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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.
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Magnificent Mandalas
Students examine the principle of radial symmetry and apply it to an original mandala design. They draw a design using organic and geometric shapes, repeating the design symmetrically around the paper.
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Dalai Lama Tibetan Mandala Lesson
Learners 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.
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Circular "Mandala"
Students create a nonobjective design from a magazine photo (or personal photograph) using a view finder. By using colored pencils the drawing use layers to recreate the colors in the magazine picture.
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The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers: Literary Mandala
Explore the concept of yin and yang with this resource. On the first page, learners study a picture of George Bush. Then, have learners choose a character from The Heart is a Lonely Hunter. After brainstorming adjectives and choosing...
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