THE INSTITUTE'S CURRICULUM IMPLEMENTATION PLANS

The web sites below are organized by grade level. However, each site has overlap and utility for teachers and students at every level. If contact information is provided on the teacher site, he or she welcomes inquiries.

Resources for Teachers and Students:

Kaki Dipinto Change


Elementary Plans:

Kelly Richards Home of the Snows


Middle School Plans:

Isara Argent The Naga in Science, Story and Song
Heidi Kaiter Sacred Mountains, Buddhism by Numbers and Concord Transcendentalism
Mary Elizabeth Klechot Going Far "Beyond the Garden Gate" with Alexandra David-Neel and "Tintin"
Shannon MacDonald Tap into the Himalayas
Amy Jane Priest Himalayan Geography: Human Environment Interaction
Ryan Redmond Chipko: A case study in CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE and NON VIOLENT DIRECT ACTION
Laurie Schmidt A Study of Hindu and Buddhist Sculpture

John Baron and
 Sarah Swift

Asian Influences on Western Civilization
Maureen Travers Jataka Tales

High School and General:

Jim Blynt World Religions Buddhism
Ricks Carson Walt Whitman and Tantra
Son-Mey Chiu Buddhism Through Art
Ann Cunningham Introduction to the Himalayas Using Graphic and Illustration Software
Drew Devore The Himalaya: A Cultural, Religious and Geographic History
Suzan Doan Tibetan Buddhism and Sakya Masters
Susan Dyment Autobiography: From the Two-Tongued Sea to the Pure Lhasa Air
Matthew Glenn Music of the Himalayan Region
Tricia Lea Karma

Brian Newmark and
Gayle Shepardson

 Depression: A Comparison of the United States and Himalayan Cultures
Megan Normandin Peter Matthiessen's The Snow Leopard: An Interdisciplinary Unit
Lorena Ortiz Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the Himalayan Region
Jim Rogers Sacred Geographies of the Himalaya and Native America
Emily Snyder World Religions in Historical Contexts: Hinduism and Buddhism in the Himalayan
Patrick Tiernan Ashrama, Dharma, Moksha: The Ramayana as a Metanarrative for Hindu Cosmology
Susan Young Kali: Cross-Cultural (Mis)Understandings