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Student health and wellness is a growing focus for my learning spaces. This guide for The Dhamma Brothers features resources on meditation and the brain, including an experiential lesson for beginning meditation. These lessons can be used with the film, which will increase their relevance, but the lessons can also stand alone.
Film runtime: 1 hour, 16 minutes
Film rating: Not rated. We recommend for Grades 7 and up.
Where to watch: The Dhamma Brothers is available on streaming platforms. Or buy the DVD.
The Dhamma Brothers Curriculum Guide
Lesson 1: Getting to Know the Dhamma Brothers (Film Literacy)
Lesson 2: Prison Writing (English Literature)
Lesson 3: Introduction to Buddhism and Meditation (Psychology, History, Religious Studies)
Lesson 4: U.S. Prisons Today: A Statistical Study (Social Studies)
Lesson 5: Prison Programs for Rehabilitation and Treatment (Social Studies)
Lesson 6: Sentencing Disparities (Social Studies)
Lesson 7: Meditation and the Brain (Psychology, Biology, Anatomy and Physiology, Neurology)
Lesson 8: Beginning Meditation (An Experiential Lesson)
Appendix: Full text and references for Dr. Jim Hopper’s Essay “Meditation Can Harness Key Brain Circuitries to Bring Healing and Happiness”
Facilitation Guidelines for Group Discussions
In this guide, you will find suggestions for leading productive conversations that broaden perspectives, encourage empathy, and build new paradigms for education. It is adaptable, flexible and useful for a variety of learning settings. We recommend pairing it with this film to create safe space for classroom engagement around these themes and subjects.
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Related Resources
Teaching about Criminal Justice? This film pairs well with Just Mercy and Safe Place.
Teaching about Meditation, Mindfulness and Buddhism? Learn more with our article on Introducing Students to Buddhism Through Film and Experiential Learning.
Put Lesson 6 on Sentencing Disparities into context with resources from our Black History Collection.
Sustainable Development Goals
Journeys in Film supports the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Learn more about teaching with UN SDGs. This curriculum guide connects to the following SDGs.
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