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− | #Life, climate and culture of Tibet | + | #Idea 1 - Life, climate and culture of Tibet |
##Context of the story | ##Context of the story | ||
##Life conditions | ##Life conditions | ||
##Tibetan customs and practices | ##Tibetan customs and practices | ||
+ | ###Activity | ||
+ | Give the students a set of pictures and can they tell a story | ||
+ | #Idea 2 - Discussing the story | ||
+ | ##The key actors | ||
+ | ##The key ideas | ||
+ | ##What belief systems | ||
+ | ###Activity | ||
+ | **Students can make a mind map of what they picked up from the story | ||
+ | **Share the mind maps and discuss | ||
+ | ###Activity | ||
+ | **Give the series of images of a scree | ||
+ | **Ask students to write a story | ||
+ | ###Activity | ||
+ | **Make a play | ||
#Folk Tales and how they are organized | #Folk Tales and how they are organized | ||
+ | ##Comparison with other folk tales locally | ||
+ | ##Translate one of the Kannada stories into English with images |
Revision as of 02:23, 11 February 2015
Concept Map
Additional Information
Life and culture in Tibet
- Tibetan landscape
- Climate in Tibet
- Images of Tibetan Life
- Tibetan People
- Barley and barley bread
- Tibet Oral History
- Tibetan food
- Religion in Tibet
- Images for Tibetan Mythological creatures
Compilations of Tibetan folk tales
What is this story about
- About a Tibetan village where people where poor and suffering (discuss reasons and the role of natural resources in human life)
- A boy's search to help his village
- About the boy's virtues, ethics and how that helps the village
- We are introduced to the customs in the village
- Names and characters in the Tibetan mythology
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNAuvquh4O4
http://www.inyatrust.com/editor/uploads/7/5/2/9/7529832/185003695108296584_10th_english_question_bank_-2014-15.pdf
Language used in the story
- Translated text (talk about the Sino Tibetan family of languages)
- Who is the translator?
- Some vocabulary specific to mountains
- Some vocabulary which is a slang is also used (for grandfather, etc)
- Written in the past tense
- Third person narrative
Teaching Outlines
- Idea 1 - Life, climate and culture of Tibet
- Context of the story
- Life conditions
- Tibetan customs and practices
- Activity
Give the students a set of pictures and can they tell a story
- Idea 2 - Discussing the story
- The key actors
- The key ideas
- What belief systems
- Activity
- Students can make a mind map of what they picked up from the story
- Share the mind maps and discuss
- Activity
- Give the series of images of a scree
- Ask students to write a story
- Activity
- Make a play
- Folk Tales and how they are organized
- Comparison with other folk tales locally
- Translate one of the Kannada stories into English with images