Cultural Erasure and Non-Violent Resistance in Tibet

Author

Nikolina K. Klinkenberg, Dartmouth CollegeFollow

Document Type

Lesson Plan and Materials

Publication Date

2024

Abstract

This lesson uses lectures, discussions, and hands-on activities to encourage students to empathize with the Tibetan people and to think critically about responses to the Chinese Communist Party’s oppressive policies. The lesson begins with an overview of Tibetan Buddhism, Tibetan history since the Chinese invasion, and religious policy in China. Next, students actively interpret instances of self-immolation and analyze non-violent strategies for resolving conflict, connecting these subjects to their learning about Tibetan Buddhism and their prior knowledge of non-violent resistance. The lesson concludes with a reflection in which students connect the lesson’s topics to circumstances in their own lives.

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Cultural Erasure and Non-Violent Resistance in Tibet © 2024 by Nikolina Klinkenberg is licensed under CC BY 4.0