TRAVELING TRUNKS
Education Contact: (M-F, 9 am–1 pm)
Diane Schupbach, Education Coordinator
319-273-3276 or diane.schupbach@uni.edu
TRUNK: Tibet
The staff of the UNI Museums, together with the University of Northern Iowa, are pleased to announce the creation of two copies of a new traveling trunk to celebrate the upcoming visit of His Holiness, the 14th Dalai Lama. These educational resources will provide a way for area children to experience some aspects of his culture right here in the Cedar Valley.
Each trunk, featuring daily life in Tibet, Tibetan Buddhism, and the Dalai Lama himself, will be available for check-out on Monday, March 22, 2010. Area educators will be able to reserve a Tibet trunk as of Monday, January 11, 2010, by e-mailing Education Coordinator, Diane Schupbach, at diane.schupbach@uni.edu. The trunks may be checked out from the UNI Museums for two weeks at a time, free of charge, on a first-come, first-serve basis.
The Tibet trunks will be filled with hands-on items and artifacts, books, and activities which connect to many areas of the social studies section of the Iowa Core Curriculum.
