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Class projects/lesson plans	Indus Valley	Buddhism
Architecture and Sacred Spaces/ Shinto	Polytheism	Monotheism


Archaeology in the Indus Valley Indus Valley Workshop notes Links for Indus Valley Prehistoric caves	Indus Valley elephant seal


The Spread of Buddhism in India and China Illustrated Life of Buddha Glossary for Illustrated Life of Buddha Life of Buddha Workshop notes Images from the Yungang Caves from Carol Murphey Links for Buddhist Images	Mural of Buddha "Crossing Over" at Peoknyun Sa Buddhist Temple, Seoul, Korea (-Carol Murphey) Chinese Buddha in dark limestone grotto. Lin YinTemple in the Yellow Dragon Taoist Theme Park, featuring arts from the Song (Sung) Dynasty. It is a recreation period piece with everyone in costume and doing crafts, etc. of the period,, like Williamsburg. (-Carol Murphey) . Tanchong painted carp used to strike the temple drum at right (Images from Peoknyun Sa Buddhist Temple, Seoul, Korea --Carol Murphey)


Architecture and Sacred Spaces: Sacred Spaces in Shinto Links for Sacred Spaces Stephane Murphey's photos Notes on Shinto from Professor John Nelson, USF The Golden Pavilion, Donna Kasprowicz	Shinto shrine

Polytheism in Greece and Rome

Polytheism in Greece and Rome:
gods and heroes in stone and bronze

Class Album

Parthenon

Monotheism

Three Monotheistic Religions: A Slide Exercise

Links for other images of iconography:

Sacred Images and Art A small collection of artwork, icons, photographs.
Art and Architecture from the Islamic World ORIAS library of links
Images from Judaism, and Images for Christianity
from University of Pennsylvania class site

Adam and Eve

Class Projects and Lesson Plans:

Perspective Through Art from Joel Arquillos
Greek Temples from Lisa Hague
Ancient Civilizations Board Game from Laura Townsend
Symbols in World Religion from Sheryl Hott

Lesson Template: http://orias.berkeley.edu/visuals/LessonTemplate.htm

Sample Lesson format: http://www.sfusd.edu/programs/cipd/socstds/earlystates/earlystates.htm

Contact List:
Michele Delattre, ORIAS, <orias@uclink4.berkeley.edu>
Carol Marquis, BAGEP, <schools@wacsf.org>
Carol Murphey, BAGEP, <camup@aol.com>
Edan Dekel, Classics Dept., U. C. Berkeley, ORIAS Lecturer, <edan@uclink4.berkeley.edu>
Sanjyot Mehendale, Near Eastern Studies, U. C. Berkeley, Guest Lecturer for Indus Valley session ,<sanjyotm@uclink4.berkeley.edu>
Raba Gunasekara, Outreach Coordinator at Center for South Asia Studies, U. C. Berkeley, <csas@ucllink4.berkeley.edu>
Bruce Williams, Group in Buddhist Studies, U.C. Berkeley, Guest Lecturer for Buddhism session, <bwilliam@library.berkeley.edu>
John Nelson, Department of Theology and Religious Studies, University of San Francisco, Guest Lecturer for Shinto session, <nelsonj@usfca.edu>
Laurence Michalak, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, U. C. Berkeley, Guest Lecturer for Monotheism session, <otis@uclink.berkeley.edu>

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