Curriculum
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Standards-aligned materials on the world’s wisdom traditions, written to be complete and ready to teach. Every title is available for individual classrooms and as a building or district license.
Grades 8–11 · 41 pages · Reading passages
World Religions Through Six Lives
Six nonfiction reading passages, each built around one life: a Sufi poet, an English anchoress, a Rajput princess, a Zen master, a Hasidic founder, and a Chinese philosopher. Six lives, six traditions, one unit.
- Line-numbered passages, comprehension questions, vocabulary, answer keys, and a Teacher Guide
- Aligned to the Texas world history standards (TEKS §113.42)
Grades 3–5 · Student workbook
Mind Muscle
An introduction to mindfulness for young students, in five short modules they can actually do: noticing thoughts, feeling less alone, understanding the body’s stress response, building empathy, and keeping a practice.
- Five modules: Noticing Your Thoughts, You’re Not Alone, The Mind-Body Connection, Building Empathy, and Establishing Your Own Practice
- Aligned to the Health Education TEKS (19 TAC Chapter 115), Mental Health and Wellness strand
- Pairs with The Aware Educator so teachers learn the practice before they teach it
Educators · Participant Workbook + Facilitator Guide
The Aware Educator
A semester-long mindfulness course for teachers, counselors, and school leaders, with up to 30 clock-hours of continuing professional education.
- Fourteen lessons and five classroom methods
- A Facilitator Guide so your own staff can run cohorts on campus
In development
New collections join the library through the year. Each follows the same model: real lives, primary sources, and everything a teacher needs in one place.
Circle (Mandala). Watercolour by a Tibetan painter. Public domain. Source: Wellcome Collection.
New collections join the library through the year. Each follows the same model: real lives, primary sources, and everything a teacher needs in one place.
Collection
Conscience and Resistance
Collection
Women Who Would Not Be Quiet
Collection
The American Transcendentalists
Collection
Sikhism: The Ten Gurus
Collection
Poetry and the Sacred
Primary texts
Reader’s Editions
Licensing
Every title can be licensed for a single classroom, a whole building, or a district, including use in your learning management system. Printed classroom sets ship on demand.
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