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Tillya Tepe Gold Ornaments and Accessories (lesson and activities)

Grade Level: 
Elementary School (K-3), Elementary School (4-5), Middle School (6-8), High School (9-12)
Resource Type: 
Lesson or Activity
Duration: 
Two 45 minute sessions
Description: 

Students examine how artifacts found at Tillya Tepe reflect artistic and cultural exchange along the Silk Road. Students will learn how a nomadic group in Central Asia incorporated motifs from the eastern Mediterranean to China with their own to create items with composite styles and function. They will learn how many of the objects were made with gold, engraved with patterns, modeled into geometric shapes and mythical creatures—composite animals and fish forms, and embellished with semi-precious stones. Students will combine the cultural and artistic symbols of ancient Afghanistan to create their own ornament or accessory.

Travelogue with Michael Wolfe
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Travelogue with Michael Wolfe

Grade Level: 
College and Beyond
Resource Type: 
Video
Duration: 
0:34:59
Description: 

Poet, author and filmmaker Michael Wolfe shares personal stories from his journeys to the Arabian Peninsula. A critically acclaimed filmmaker, Wolfe hosted an inside account of the hajj (pilgrimage) for Ted Koppel’s “Nightline” on ABC during Wolfe’s pilgrimage to Mecca in 1997.

Stele of the Buddha Maitreya, 687
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What are the main branches of Buddhism?

Grade Level: 
Middle School (6-8), High School (9-12), College and Beyond
Resource Type: 
Background Information
Description: 

Over the centuries, two main branches of Buddhism emerged: a transmission that traveled to Southeast Asia, and a transmission that evolved in East Asia. A further offshoot of the northern transmission also developed. All three branches began in India, and developed further as they moved across Asia.

 

 

Map of Asia
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What is Asia?

Grade Level: 
Elementary School (4-5), Middle School (6-8), High School (9-12), College and Beyond
Resource Type: 
Background Information
Description: 

“Asia” is a term invented by the Greeks and Romans, and developed by Western geographers to indicate the land mass east of the Ural Mountains and Ural River, together with offshore islands such as Japan and Java.

Helmet with chain mail neckguard, approx. 1820-1840
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What is Sikhism?

Grade Level: 
Middle School (6-8), High School (9-12), College and Beyond
Resource Type: 
Background Information
Description: 

The Sikh religion arose in Punjab, a region that is now divided between India and Pakistan. Its followers consider themselves disciples of ten esteemed gurus, or teachers, the first of whom was Nanak (1469–1539), Sikhism’s historical founder. Although Hindu by birth, Nanak also embraced aspects of Muslim teachings, later proclaiming, “There is no Hindu, there is no Muslim.”

Calligraphic Lion
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Zoomorphic Calligraphy (activity)

Grade Level: 
Elementary School (K-3), Elementary School (4-5)
Resource Type: 
Lesson or Activity
Duration: 
45 minutes
Description: 

Turkish calligraphers were masters of transforming words and phrases into the shapes of animals. Artists achieved these effects by elongating, wrapping, and rotating letters to create the contour (outline) as well as details of the animal. Students will create a zoomorphic drawing composed of an adjective that describes the animal.

Calligraphic Lion
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Zoomorphic Calligraphy and Virtuous Qualities (activity)

Grade Level: 
Middle School (6-8), High School (9-12)
Resource Type: 
Lesson or Activity
Duration: 
1 class period
Description: 

Turkish calligraphers were skillful at transforming words and phrases into the shapes of animals. This was done by elongating, wrapping, and rotating letters to create the contour (outline) as well as details of the animal. Favorite animal shapes include the lion, peacock, and stork. Students will write a descriptive sentence about an animal that they believe has virtuous qualities. They will create a zoomorphic pen and ink drawing composed of this sentence.

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