Tibetan Sand Mandala
Curriculum Resources
Web Sites
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Wikipedia - brief overview of sand mandalas, including colorful pictures.
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The Mandala Project - provides background information about mandalas.
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The Mandala Project Education Resource - This link goes to the part of this site that deals with education resources.
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Books
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"Buddhism" by Phillip Wilkinson and Peggy Morgan is part of the Eyewitness series. The reading level is from ages 9-12. This book has 64 pages and is published by DK Children
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"Paths to Peace: People Who Changed the World" by Jane Breskin Zalben, has a reading level for ages 9-12. It has 48 pages and is published by Dutton Juvenile. This book contains an excerpt about sand mandalas.
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"Marco Polo for Kids" by Janis Herbert, has a reading level for ages 9-12. This book is 144 pages long and is published by Chicago Review Press. It contains an activity book with different Eastern culture activities.
Lesson Plans
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Under point number five in this lesson about China, there is a portion about the Tibetan monks and their sand mandalas.
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Art activity with lots of background information on sand mandalas.
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Another art activity that also links with literacy about sand mandalas. At the bottom of the page there are also links to other resources.
