Students will be able to identify the characteristics of Krishna as a child.
Students trace the movement of Hinduism, and one of its primary stories, the Story of Rama (The Ramayana), from India to Bali, Indonesia; discuss how stories change and are reinterpreted according to time and place; and make comparisons between characters in the Story of Rama and the film series Star Wars.
In groups, students will discuss how artists communicate events and characters by observing and describing scenes in the scroll containing stories of Rama’s youth. Students will compare the context of this scroll’s use with those of scrolls illustrating other epics. Then they will create a biographical scroll from the perspective of a character in the Ramayana (The Life of Rama).
This selection of resources introduces stories of courageous acts performed by ordinary men, women, girls, and boys. Resources support the Heroes and Sheroes storytelling school program at the Asian Art Museum.
Students will: 1.) examine the Hindu tradition of threshold art; 2.) discuss how Indian values are expressed in the ephemeral art of threshold painting; 3.) draw traditional connect-the-dots threshold art designs; 4.) make colored rice flour and create an auspicious floor painting
These resources support artworks and topics highlighted in the 2015–16 India-focused Academic Decathlon.
Students become familiar with the Hindu concept of dharma as it is expressed in the Bhagavad Gita.
This three-week unit, developed by our partners at UC Berkeley ORIAS, invites students to understand and make connections with cultures in rural North India via traditions of ritual painting.
This selection of resources introduces stories and characters from South and Southeast Asia. Resources support the Stories from South and Southeast Asia storytelling school program at the Asian Art Museum.
Use this collection of resource to prepare your students for their visit to the exhibition The Rama Epic: Hero, Heroine, Ally, Foe on view at the Asian Art Museum Oct. 21, 2016-Jan. 15, 2017.
