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Amaterasu, The Sun Goddess Asian Art Museum of San Francisco Asian Art Museum Storyteller, Liz Nichols, tells a Japanese story about Amaterasu, the sun goddess, in the museum’s Japan galleries. Go to Museum Resource: https://education.asianart.org/resources/amaterasu-the-sun-goddess/

How to Identify a Buddha Asian Art Museum of San Francisco "The earliest surviving representations of the Buddha date from hundreds of years after his death, so they are not portraits in the usual sense. Buddha images vary greatly from place to place and period to period, but they almost always show these conventional features..." Downloads includes student handouts and a teacher packet on Hindu Buddhist Art. See also An Introduction to Buddhism. Go to Museum Resource: https://education.asianart.org/resources/how-to-identify-a-buddha/

The Spread of Buddhism Across Asia Asian Art Museum of San Francisco Understand, through the analysis of artifacts and maps, how Buddhism changed as it spread across Asia and came to reflect the countries that embraced it. Downloads include a slideshow and handout on Buddhist artifacts and a lesson plan. Go to Museum Resource: https://education.asianart.org/resources/the-spread-of-buddhism-across-asia/

Using Mystery Objects to Draw Conclusions about Ancient Chinese and Japanese Culture The Cleveland Museum of Art In this lesson, students use art to draw conclusions about ancient Chinese and Japanese civilizations and cultures. Go to Museum Resource: http://www.clevelandart.org/lesson-plan-packet/using-mystery-objects-draw-concl...

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