Why Does the Buddha Have Long Ears? A North Carolina Museum Educator Invites Students To Explore Religious Diversity through Art.

Bullard, Sara

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Publication Date: 1998

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Why Does the Buddha Have Long Ears? A North Carolina Museum Educator Invites Students To Explore Religious Diversity through Art.

Bullard, Sara

Teaching Tolerance, v7 n2 p28-33 Fall 1998

Describes the Five Faiths Project, a children's program of storytelling, photography workshops, museum exhibits, classroom projects, and community performances developed by the curator of education of the Ackland Art Museum at the University of North Carolina. Activities, which have focused on Hinduism and Judaism so far, will eventually explore diversity in Buddhism, Christianity, and Islam. (SLD)

Descriptors: Art Education, Arts Centers, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences, Educational Facilities, Multicultural Education, Museums, Religious Cultural Groups, Resource Centers

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: North Carolina

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