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The Civil Rights Movement in Context
Investigate the precursors to the Civil Rights Movement, its leadership, its opposition, and its legacy, including lesser-studied events of the movement and primary sources.
Take this course: Begins February 2.

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Hanuman searches the underworld for Ravana's soul
In The Ramayana, page 6.5
A mural at the Emerald Buddha Temple depicts Hanuman in two places as he travels through the underworld landscape in pursuit of Ravana's hidden soul container. Huge pink flowering lotus plants and boulders dominate the scene. Hanuman is visible standing on...
By Lorraine Aragon.
Rama in the demon world
In The Ramayana, page 6.1
Hanuman rescues and carries the unconscious Rama. This Emerald Buddha Temple mural image shows two sequential events painted within the same rocky outdoor landscape. At left, Hanuman finds Rama lying unconscious within a black wire cage. Hanuman balances on...
By Lorraine Aragon.
Respect and responsibility character traits: Cut and paste activity
Using 20 different quotations that are out of sequential order--each with a relationship to the respect and responsibility character traits--students are to cut and paste the text in ascending sequential order, save, and print.
Format: lesson plan (grade 7 Computer/Technology Skills)
By Jane M. Harris.
Rama's army marches on Lanka
In The Ramayana, page 4.6
In this mural at the Emerald Buddha Temple, Rama's officers ride on horses and wear the most colorful and elaborate clothes. One carries a triangular flag. Foot soldiers carrying swords and lances are dressed uniformly in red shirts with blue cloths wrapped...
By Lorraine Aragon.
Sita's son is twinned
In The Ramayana, page 7.8
This mural at the Emerald Buddha Temple illustrates when Sita's son is sent to fetch water in the forest. On the right side of the frame, Sita stands in a blue-tinted forest and hands her son a bowl with which to fetch water from a nearby pond. A god, watching...
By Lorraine Aragon.
Hanuman searches for Sita
In The Ramayana, page 3.5
Sequential images of Hanuman looking for Sita in the demon Ravana's palace are seen on a Ramayana mural at the Emerald Buddha Temple. The two adjacent images illustrate how framed space is used to indicate time lapses in Thai temple mural paintings. Hanuman,...
By Lorraine Aragon.
Ramayana mural sheltered under portico at Emerald Buddha Temple, Bangkok
Ramayana mural sheltered under portico at Emerald Buddha Temple, Bangkok
Sequential scenes from the Ramayana story are painted on mural walls sheltered under columned porticos at the Emerald Buddha Temple in Bangkok. Pilgrims and tourists can walk around the shaded gallery halls viewing the hundreds of paintings that visually convey...
Format: image/photograph
Hanuman travels through underworld landscape (Thai Ramayana mural)
Hanuman travels through underworld landscape (Thai Ramayana mural)
A mural at the Emerald Buddha Temple depicts Hanuman in two places as he travels through the underworld landscape in pursuit of Ravana's hidden soul container. Huge pink flowering lotus plants and boulders dominate the scene. Hanuman is visible standing on...
Format: image/photograph
Sita asks Rama to capture a golden deer (Thai Ramayana mural)
Sita asks Rama to capture a golden deer (Thai Ramayana mural)
A mural at the Emerald Buddha Temple depicts Sita asking Rama to capture a golden deer. Both Rama and Sita sit together on the veranda of an elegant pavillion. Sita leans towards Rama as if posing her request that he capture the golden deer for her. The deer...
Format: image/photograph
Ravana's palace complex in flames (Thai Ramayana mural)
Ravana's palace complex in flames (Thai Ramayana mural)
Ravana's blue tiered roof palace and white walled city is set on fire by Hanuman, leading Ravana and other demons to flee. Around a single dense complex of palace buildings, several sequential scenes are depicted by repeating characters. At the lower left,...
Format: image/photograph
Hanuman rescues and carries unconscious Rama (Thai Ramayana mural)
Hanuman rescues and carries unconscious Rama (Thai Ramayana mural)
Hanuman rescues and carries the unconscious Rama. This Emerald Buddha Temple mural image shows two sequential events painted within the same rocky outdoor landscape. At left, Hanuman finds Rama lying unconscious within a black wire cage. Hanuman balances on...
Format: image/photograph
Hermit tells Rama story of Sita and sons, now united at palace (Thai Ramayana mural)
Hermit tells Rama story of Sita and sons, now united at palace (Thai Ramayana mural)
A mural at the Emerald Buddha Temple shows the hermit telling Rama the story of Sita and her sons, now united at the palace. On the left of this happy reunion scene, the hermit sits cross-legged in a royal pavillion gesturing as he tells Rama and Laksman how...
Format: image/photograph
Rama's army marches to demon island of Lanka (Thai Ramayana mural)
Rama's army marches to demon island of Lanka (Thai Ramayana mural)
Rama's army marches through the forest towards Ravana's demon island of Lanka, as seen on a mural at the Emerald Buddha Temple. The landscape scenery includes low trees and large, round boulders. Rama's officers ride on horses and wear the most colorful and...
Format: image/photograph
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
The learner will be doing curriculum integrated activities using Eric Carle's The Very Hungry Caterpillar.
Format: lesson plan (grade K English Language Arts and Mathematics)
By Shannon Zerniak.
Rubbing of Sita and Hanuman from carved stone wall at Angkor Wat
Rubbing of Sita and Hanuman from carved stone wall at Angkor Wat
This charcoal rubbing was taken in 1983 from a carved stone relief at the Cambodian temple known as Angkor Wat. It is from one of Angkor Wat's many sequential stone wall carvings that depict key scenes from the Ramayana epic. This image depicts a scene where...
Format: image/photograph
Looking back - An Art/English interdisciplinary unit
This is an interdisciplinary unit that incorporates research of historical events of the past century. By students learning to recognize that society impacts the themes within art and literature, students then take this knowledge base and interview an individual to develop a biographical narrative, a collage, and oral presentation.
Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Visual Arts Education and English Language Arts)
By Julie Osmon.
Sita's son sent to fetch water in forest (Thai Ramayana mural)
Sita's son sent to fetch water in forest (Thai Ramayana mural)
This mural at the Emerald Buddha Temple illustrates when Sita's son is sent to fetch water in the forest. On the right side of the frame, Sita stands in a blue-tinted forest and hands her son a bowl with which to fetch water from a nearby pond. A god, watching...
Format: image/photograph
Hanuman looks for Sita in bedrooms of Ravana's palace (Thai Ramayana mural)
Hanuman looks for Sita in bedrooms of Ravana's palace (Thai Ramayana mural)
Sequential mural images of Hanuman show him looking for Sita in different bedrooms of the demon Ravana's palace. The two adjacent images illustrate how framed space is used to indicate time lapses in Thai temple mural paintings. Hanuman, the white monkey god,...
Format: image/photograph
Comics in the classroom
Graphic novels aren't just “literature lite”: they're a genre you can use to explore philosophy, history, human interactions, visual literacy, and more with soon-to-be adults in a high school English class.
Format: article
By Ross White.
A Birthday Basket For Tia
This lesson will provide your students with an opportunity to brainstorm, predict, and check for understanding throughout this wonderful story about a little girl, Cecilia, who is preparing a special birthday gift for her 90 year-old Aunt Tia. Cecilia collects objects that represent her favorite memories with her aunt. Many uses of technology are suggested to integrate math and science with language and reading.
Format: lesson plan (grade K English Language Arts)
By Jenny Walters.