Classroom Activities for Siddhartha

Resources Available at the Wachovia Educational Resource Center

1. DVDs Art from Asia 2. Books Buddhism (World Beliefs and Culture Series) by Sue Penney I Once Was a Monkey: Stories Buddha Told by Jeanne M. Lee Buddhism: Teachings and Traditions (Eyewitness Books Series) Intimate Worlds: Indian Paintings Understanding Far Eastern Art 3. Poster Kit Asian Art through the Ages 4. Other Kits Narrative Thread: Women’s Embroidery from Rural India 5. Juvenile Books The Little Brown Jay(A Tale from India) Momotaro and the Island of Ogres Painted Delight: Indian Paintings

1. Some of the ethical values explored in Siddhartha are faith, freedom, integrity, peace, self-discipline, truth, self-knowledge. Describe an experience you have had in which you were forced to challenge one of these values. 2. Write a letter from Siddhartha to his father explaining why he is leaving the palace. Write a letter of advice back to Siddhartha, that his father might have written. 3. Like many parents, Siddhartha’s father tried to protect him from certain things. What sort of things do your parents try to protect you from? Do you think they are right to do this? Why/why not? 4. The things Siddhartha saw outside the palace shocked him and changed the way he thought about things forever. Write an essay describing an experience in your life that has had a similar effect. How did it affect you?

Web Sites for Siddhartha

1. Buddhist Rituals and Practices - ReligionFacts

Guide to Buddhist practices, including Meditation, Mantras , Mudras (Symbolic hand gestures), Prayer Wheels, veneration of Buddhas, pilgrimages, and more.

2. Buddhism : practice, religious views and beliefs

Buddhist ritual This site is a good source of general information about Buddhist practices, religious views, and beliefs. It also explores Siddharta Gautama - the founder of Buddhism, pictures, karma and rebirth, as well as an interview with a Zen Buddhist Priest.

3. Siddhartha Lesson Plans & Study Guides for literature by Hermann Hesse

Teaching Units, Teacher's Guides, Novel Unit Plans, Study Guides, and more for Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse.

4. Buddhism - Lessons, Activities, Online Games for Kids That was the day Prince Siddhartha Gautama began to earn a new title, the Buddha, which means "Awakened One". This site offers information and lesson plans for younger and less competent readers. Lesson plans about Buddhism for teachers and games for children are included.